Corky Laing’s Pompeii-THE SECRET SESSIONS-CD - 21.04.2018
- Corky Laing/Rouge Records/Prudental Music Group-040232478000-150 grn
CD Replica From Record Store Day LP’s Edition.
Recorded between 1976 and 1978, The Secret Sessions saw Laing starting working on the project in conjunction with Mott The Hooples Ian Hunter and producer Bob Ezrin, partnership that brought in, as the initial embryo of the project, Frees Andy Fraser, Alice Cooper Bands Steve Hunter, Lee Michaels and Ian Hunter. But then, just when things were starting going well, all the band members, apart of Laing and Ian Hunter, went to follow different projects, leaving Laing and Hunter only to deal with the mammoth task of carrying on the Pompeiis project. When Laing was starting to lose every hope to bring the project to life, Hunter came up with the idea to invite on board guitarist and producer Mick Ronson (Lou Reeds Transformer, David Bowies The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars), to which point Laing managed to convince one of his Mountains band-mates, Felix Pappalardi, to join them and play bass guitar. This created new lymph to the project and an incredible array of Special Guests were called in to play on the record too; from Eric Clapton to Leslie West, from Todd Rundgren to John Sebastian, elite of rock musicians were all present to support the making of The Secret Sessions, an album that was then completed in 1978 but never saw the light of the day, until now. Ronson, Leslie West and Todd Rundgrens individual performances on the tunes The Outsider and The Best Thing are immense, Eric Claptons guitar playing on On My Way To Georgia is as slick and suave as it can possibly be and guitarists Tommy Talton (from Cowboy) and Pete Carr are utterly superb on the tune Growin Old With Rock & Roll. Fundamentally, though, this is the record that belong to the artistic chemistry between Laing, Hunter, Ronson and Pappalardi, their ability and their forward thinking attitude. Their musical understanding, their timing and their capacity to encapsulate melodies of such high standards in the songs included in the album, like for example in I Aint No Angel, I Hate Dancin and Silent Movie, among many others, make of The Secret Sessions album as one of the most exciting record releases of 2018.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Foldout Insert.
UNOFFICIAL EDITION.