Описание
Laing, Hunter, Ronson, Pappalardi- THE SECRET SESSIONS- CD- 19.01.1999/24.12.2011-
- Pet Rock Records/Floating World Ltd.- 0805772612020- 400 grn
In 1978 Corky Laing (of Mountain), acting on a suggestion from his record company, put a "supergroup" together featuring himself (drums/vocals), Ian Hunter (ex Mott The Hoople) on keyboards/vocals, Mick Ronson on guitar and Felix Peppalardi (Mountain) on bass. They started recording, but shortly after the record company lost interest and funding stopped. The sessions were completed at a different studio, but remained in the can - until now. The CD opens strongly enough, with the superb Easy Money, but soon descends into ordinaryness. Although all the tracks are complete versions, they sound rushed or demo-like, with little standing out, apart from a brilliant, lengthy version of The Outsider, which of course Ian recorded for his Schizophrenic album. The CD is filled out with two tracks from Corky's 1978 solo album, perhaps because originally once funding had stopped there wasn't the time or money to record a full album's worth of material. In summary, a CD mainly of historical interest only. Ian Hunter completists will want it, ditto Corky Laing/Mountain fans, but I doubt if the casual fan would be persuaded to part with his cash. Recorded At Levon Helm’s Studio In Woodstock, NY Between 1976 And 1978.
FEATURING Corky Laing, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Eric Clapton , Leslie West & Todd Rundgren.
A real mish-mash of sessions from 1978 with two tracks from Corky Laing's earlier Makin’ It On The Street included to fill the album out (one of which accounts for the Eric Clapton and Dickey Betts cover credits)! Of the remaining tracks, three feature unnecessary Leslie West overdubs (answers on a postcard please as to why you would want to overdub Leslie West's guitar playing onto that of Mick Ronson) and one is a pointless cover of a fairly mundane MOR song. Having said all of that, a just-about-decent album can be salvaged from this slightly shoddy package. Of the two 1977 Laing tracks, "On My Way To Georgia", featuring Clapton and Betts, is forgettable whilst the closing track, despite its hackneyed lyrics, is wistful and well played and is quite a nice way to finish the album.
Enhanced CD.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes 8-Page Booklet.
Made In The EU.
ПРИ ПОКУПКЕ (сразу) ТРЁХ ФИРМЕННЫХ АЛЬБОМОВ, ДОСТАВКА БЕСПЛАТНО !!!