Some years later I bought him the Cowboy Junkies "200 More miles" on CD as another birthday present - he hated that too.
Haven't bought him any music since.
I don't know - I don't think he listens to music much these days. We don't discuss it when we meet.
My own tastes have changed from ProgRock in my teens to North American music in my mid and old age, preferably with female vocalists, such as Emmylou Harris. Yesterday, I found myself listening to "The Marble Index" (Nico) which I first bought as a cut-out on vinyl in Woolworths in 1970, and which I think I still have (somewhere, don't know where).
I have always harboured a deep loathing for Jethro Tull, and particularly for Ian Anderson!