Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 1970 (U.S.) 25 May 1970 (UK) | |||
Recorded | May–September 1969 | |||
Studio | Mystic Studios, Hollywood, California; Olympic Studios, London | |||
Genre | Rock[1] | |||
Length | 35:15 | |||
Label | Cotillion | |||
Producer | Jimmy Page, Lord Sutch | |||
Screaming Lord Sutch chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Record Collector | [2] |
Rolling Stone | (negative)[3] |
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of
This album has also been released under the name Smoke and Fire. A CD release under the latter name appeared on the Magnum Music Group label sometime in the 1980s, evidently mastered from a vinyl copy of the original album. The cover credits Page, Beck, Bonham, Redding, and Hopkins; Sutch's name appears only in the personnel list, as David Sutch.
Track listing
Side one
- "Wailing Sounds" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 2:38
- "'Cause I Love You" (John Bonham, Deniel Edwards, Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 2:46
- "Flashing Lights" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:14
- "Gutty Guitar" (Sutch) – 2:33
- "Would You Believe" (Jay Cee) – 3:20
- "Smoke and Fire" (Sutch) – 2:38
Side two
- "Thumping Beat" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:07
- "Union Jack Car" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:03
- "One for You, Baby" (Sutch) – 2:44
- "L-O-N-D-O-N" (Sutch) – 2:56
- "Brightest Light" (Jay Cee, Sutch) – 3:57
- "Baby, Come Back" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 2:31
Personnel
- Screaming Lord Sutch – lead vocals
- Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitar (on tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12),[4] backing vocals, producer
- Jeff Beck – electric guitar (on tracks 4, 5, 11)
- John Bonham – drums (on tracks 1–3, 7, 8, 11, 12), percussion, backing vocals
- Nicky Hopkins – piano, keyboards (on tracks 4, 5, 11)
- Kent Henry – guitar (on tracks 5, 6, 9–11)
- Noel Redding – bass guitar (on tracks 7, 9–11)
- Rick Brown – bass guitar (on tracks 4, 5, 11)
- Deniel Edwards – lead guitar and bass guitar (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12)
- Martin Kohl – bass guitar (on tracks 5, 6, 9–11)
- Carlo Little – drums (on tracks 4–6)
- Bob Metke – drums (on tracks 6, 9, 10)
- Technical
- Tommy Caccetta – engineer
- Edgar Blackeney, Lord Sutch – album design
- Baron Robbins – cover photography
Charts
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 16 |
US Billboard Top LPs | 84 |
Reception
Many of the musicians had grave misgivings upon its release. They were under the assumption these were demo-quality recordings. As a result, the artists disowned the project and the album sold poorly. It also seriously damaged Sutch's reputation with the musicians involved. "I just went down to have a laugh, playing some old rock 'n' roll, a bit of a send-up. The whole joke sort of reversed itself and became ugly," Jimmy Page said of the record.[6]
A reviewer in Rolling Stone called Sutch "absolutely terrible" and lamented that the celebrated musicians involved were made to sound "like a fouled parody of themselves".[3]
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends was named in a 1998 BBC poll as the
Additional information
Catalogue: Atlantic 2400 008 (UK), Cotillion SD 9015 (US)
References
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ "Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends - Record Collector Magazine".
- ^ a b Young, J.R. (2 April 1970). "Lord Sutch and his Heavy Friends". Rolling Stone (54). Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 66.
- ^ "Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends – Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends (2013, CD)" – via www.discogs.com.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
External links
- Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends Session Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends Session (Page / Bonham) | [title]