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Money Can't Buy Love was written with Tommy Mandel, Karla DeVito, who worked with Meatloaf, recorded it as well. Usually money can't buy love, except sometimes, but Hunter says it can buy ornamental fronts.
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| Money Can't Buy Love | 3:09 | Originally released on Experiments - Previously Unreleased Recordings (box set only). |
(Miss) Silver Dime is an ode to Alice as a "drunken Mona Lisa" and was based on a Slick guitar lick, great piano, and good melody and chorus. Another song about an Alice thought topically this is closer to a Lounge Lizard than the Alice from the Mott The Hoople days. Silver Dime seem to be attracted to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and connects with the singer. Earl Slick got a co-writing credit on the tune on this song which took only about ten minutes to write. It was to be the first single from the LP and it was written naturally. This Alice was not connected to the one on The Hoople LP, in fact, Ian does not know any Alice.
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(Ian Hunter/Earl Slick)
Alice was a drunken Mona Lisa
Arching up some American wall
She said I really want to please you
I said that's easy let yourself fall All you got to do is go
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on Miss Silver Dime
Ride on down rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
As I was posing down some empty broken street
Said the world is coming to an end
She screamed out loudly
I'm so lonely I'm so lonely
I'm so lonely I'm so lonely
I said on me you can depend
All you got to do is go
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on Miss Silver Dime
Ride on down rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
She sucked so sadly on this feather tail
She got me up when I was down
She plays the music and when the music fades
I want her to get me up I want her to get me up
I want her to get me up I want her to get me up
I want her to get me up get me up
Get me up get me up get me up get me up
Get me up get me up get me up get me up
All you got to do is go
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on Miss Silver Dime
Ride on down rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on Miss Silver Dime
Ride on down rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
All you got to do is go
(fade)
Sony/Columbia 474781-2.
After receiving (and turning down) several offers in 1976, Ian realised he wanted to be in a band again. After the less than commercial success of Alien Boy, he went in to the studios wanting to record fast songs again (having recorded Alien Boy never wanting to do a fast song again!). With Roy Thomas Baker producing (he had produced several Queen albums), this should have been a monster.
The result could almost be described heavy metal - it is certainly not a typical Ian Hunter album. The rockers are certainly there, but the production is too thin - everything is at the same level in the mix (up front!), with Ian's voice almost drowned out at times.
Released when punk was at its height, the album and subsequent tour received mixed reviews. Columbia in the States was more forthright - they refused to release it (although a few test pressings exist). Ian would soon part company from CBS/Columbia and Fred Heller (his manager), and soon disowned the album, describing it as "that horrible album" and "a mistake", and hasn't played any track from it in concert since.
| (Miss) Silver Dime | 4:34 | Originally issued on Overnight Angels. It can also be found on the compilations Gold and Once Bitten - the CBS Collection. |
In August 1993 Hunter performed with Ricky Byrd on the Hamn Rock (Harbour Rock) tour while Ian and Byrd appeared as guests of The Mats Ronander Band in particular at Stockholm's Melody Club where Hunter first played a new song, Michael Picasso, a tribute to Ronson. This heartfelt tribute to close mate Mick Ronson is quiet, reflective, and subdued as appropriate to the subject matter. Songs like this are so hard to write since they are so personal, emotional, and difficult to say without sounding trite but Hunter pulls it off with this track. The two mates had a long professional, family, and personal together and it is quite an accomplishment to say so much in so little time. He sums up Mick in one word and that is "artistry" so the reference to Picasso is aptly made.
We get to hear a bit of the development of the song as there is an early version released on Experiments and the song was often performed live so there are four live versions as well.
Ian's artistic, simple tribute to his mate Mick Ronson is quieter and more subdued than the live version we'd grown used to (from tapes of the Ronson Memorial show). Transposed in a studio setting, featuring only lead voice, soft guitars and light orchestration, it is an authentic, emotional eulogy to a musical mate and cherished friend. In the studio it took three and a half days to get the ideal take.
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(Ian Hunter)
Once upon a time
not so long ago
people used to stand and stare
at the Spider with the platinum hair
they thought you were immortal
We had our ups and downs
like brothers often do
but I was there for him
he was always there for me
and we were there for you
How can I put into words
what my heart feels?
it's the deepest thing
when somebody you love dies
I just wanted
to give something back to you gift to gift
Michael, Michael Picasso good night
You used to love our house
you said it was relaxing
now I walk in the places you walk
I talk in all the spaces you talk
it still hasn't sunk in
Are the words real
that come into my head
on a morning walk?
Do the shadows
play tricks with my mind?
For it feels like
nothing has changed
but I know it has
Michael, Michael Picasso
good night
Heal me
won't you
heal me?
nothing lasts forever
set me free
Heal me
won't you
heal me?
I'm the one who's left here
heal me
heal me
heal me
You turned into a ghost
surrounded by your pain
and the thing that I liked the least
was sitting 'round Hasker Street
lying about the future
And we all sit
in a room full of tears
on a windy day
and I looked out
but none of these words seem right
I just wanted
to give something back to you gift to gift
Michael, Michael Picasso
good night
Michael Picasso, Ian's tribute to his mate Mick Ronson is quieter and more subdued than the live version we'd grown used to (from tapes of the Ronson Memorial show).
Citadel CITCD 1.
Ian recorded his 1997 album in Canada and Norway in 1995. Ian used a variety of musicians on this album, but he retained Bjørn Nessjø as producer because Ian was impressed with his work on Dirty Laundry. Ian jointly owns this recording with Bjørn (recordings are normally owned by record companies), and is now leasing it to record companies. Ian felt he needed management before he could do this in the UK and USA, which is why this album was released initially only in Norway (in 1996).
This is a strong album, though it takes a couple of listens to get used to. This is mainly the fault of Too Much, which is a slow opener - the rockers come later, but it is not another Laundry (that said, tho', a friend of mine bought this album immediately after the Burnley gig purely on the strength of Too Much). The standout tracks are Now Is The Time, Something To Believe In, 23A Swan Hill and The Artful Dodger. Michael Picasso, Ian's tribute to his mate Mick Ronson is quieter and more subdued than the live version we'd grown used to (from tapes of the Ronson Memorial show). Resurrection Mary is also a different tempo from the version performed at the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert in 1994.
Ian has described this album as being his most focussed. He also says that he is still writing... maybe his next album won't take another six years!
The album was released in the UK on 21st April 1997 on the Citadel label (CIT1CD); the title track was released as a single on the same day (CIT101CDS). This single included the non-album track F*ck It Up.
The UK release is a picture CD and comes with some nice photos of Ian, together with lyrics.
| Michael Picasso | 5:46 | Originally issued on The Artful Dodger, also on the compilations The Golden Age 1969-1997 and The Journey. |
| Michael Picasso (early version) | 6:56 | Originally released on Experiments - Previously Unreleased Recordings (box set only). |
| Michael Picasso (live 29th April 1994) | 7:26 | This live version (recorded Hammersmith Apollo, London England) was released on The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert and on the compilations Bag Of Tricks (Vol 1) (box set only) and Once Bitten Twice Shy. The version on Once Bitten Twice Shy is shorter (at 6:52) because it omits the spoken introduction. |
| Michael Picasso (live 29/30th January 2002) | 8:20 | This live version (recorded Sentrum Scene, Oslo Norway) was issued on Strings Attached. |
| Michael Picasso (live 28th May 2004) | 7:50 | This live version (recorded The Astoria, London England) was released on The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nuthin' But The Truth and on Behind The Shades. Not on the box set. |
| Michael Picasso (live October 2010) | 8:00 | This live version (recorded at an unknown UK venue) was released on Live In The UK 2010. |
Originally a Mott The Hoople track Marionette was released on The Hoople LP and released only once and coupled with Morons and Broadway when recorded at the Nidaros Blues Festival, Kongressal, Trondheim Norway 29th April 2005.
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(Ian Hunter)
No puppet, no liar, won't bend my lips to wire - No
Don't pressurize me so
Don't gamble with my life, or you won't live to do it twice
Oh take some good advice from me
And let the wires rock
All dressed in black so nobody sees you
Smile in the wings, tell me I please you
Call me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke me
And you're like a giraffe, the performance is poor
Watch the audience laugh as my head hits the floor
When I'm broken in half you still reach for the saw
STOP!
I've had enough of this
The pantomime's reversed
I need -you feed
I greed - you bleed
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - Well you'd better forget it
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - Go check your stocks and shares
And when the coffin comes make sure there's room for two
You lied - I led
I died - You're dead
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - You'd better forget it
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - go check your product
A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought
A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - No way
Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught
"Who are you"
"The nerve"
I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get
out, AHHHHH!
Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the street
He wanna play words to a world that don't speak
He wanna play people who play hide 'n' seek when they don't talk
He wanna play a riff to the man with the wires
He wanna play lead but his hand's getting tired
He just wanna play but don't know how to say - STOP
OK, the show's been fun
But my wood's begun to warp
They won -I'm done
New one - begun
Marionette - I did my best
Teacher's pet - It just couldn't last
Marionette - Get me out of this mess
Teacher's little pet - It happened so fast
Marionette - Now I need a rest
Teacher's pet - Where's my sanity gone - Mother?
Marionette - I did my best
Teacher's little pet - I'm just like all the others
They gambled, with my life
and now I've lost my will to fight
Oh God these wires are so tight....
I'm just a marionette.
| Marionette (live 29th April 2005) | (6:38) | Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded at the Nidaros Blues Festival, Trondheim Norway) was released on Bag Of Tricks (Vol 3) (box set only). |
| Man O' War | 4:19 | Originally released on Welcome to the Club, and on the compilations The Collection and From The Knees Of My Heart. |
The title track Man Overboard was originally entitled Drunk and Disorderly but it is a powerful treatise on the life of the person left behind and living a miserable existence. The acoustic-based anecdote visualizes alcohol rather than seawater overwhelming this dejected individual. The derelict was not born in booze but sunk in it as he tried to wash away his internalized anger. Poverty and the sense of hopelessness fills this track and emotionally tugs at us to hear the life of a down and out life. The picture painted was a downbeat snapshot of repossessed homes and crime. The immediate issue is where you can find him, drunk and disorderly, despite all the technology available to help. You can display your "insides on TV" but they have not found a cure for the narrator. Ian references Dante Alighieri's work Inferno and echoes its most famous phrase: Abandon hope all who live here
The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous won't work and the song seems like one of Ian's Northampton mates: overboard, drunk and unredeemable.
Hunter says this is a working man's blues but this guy isn't working thus it is an English blues song. It is based on a person who is no longer with us and his life wound up as a mess.
There is a live version from 2010 as well.
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The title track of the CD is a powerful treatise on the life of the person left behind and living a miserable existence. Poverty and the sense of hopelessness fills this track and emotionally tugs at us to hear the life of a down and out life. The immediate issue is where you can find him, drunk and disorderly, despite all the technology available to help, Ian references Dante Alighieri's work Inferno and echoes its most famous phrase:
Abandon hope all who live hereThe 12 steps of Alcoholic Anonymous won't work and the song seems like one of Ian's Northampton mates: overboard, drunk and unredeemable. . Hunter says this is a working man's blues but this guy isn't working thus it is an English blues song. It is based on a person who is no longer with us and his life wound up as a mess. There is a live version from 2010 as well. (Ian Hunter)
I shiver and shake, every morning I wake to the roar of the trains overhead
I got a newspaper floor and a towel for a door and there's things crawlin' round my bed
The facilities are free at The Ship hostelry before the football supporters appear
And I'm losing my mind in the great left behind
I got to get myself out of here
Man overboard, waves washing over me
Hard times, it's a perilous sea
I'll never learn
Anyone can tell ya where you can find me
Drunk and disorderly
There is rain on the ground and I can see upside down
Streetlamps and repossessed homes
They say crime doesn't pay, well take a walk down my way
And I'm stuck here with nowhere to go
Out on the streets with all the other deadbeats
Wasting away with the years
Their ship's going down on the wrong side of town
And I gotta get my ass out of here
Man overboard, waves washing over me
Sometimes it's a treacherous sea
The walls spinning around the anger that's hidden deep inside of me
Drunk and disorderly
Reality this, reality that
I been there once and I ain't going back
They squeezed me 'till I fell apart at the seams
Now I'd rather dream drunk and disorderly dreams
They got lasers that zap, they got cures for the clap
You can see your insides on TV
They got all kinds of pills for all kinds of ills
But they ain't found a cure yet for me
Out on the street where the cigarettes meet
Abandon hope all who live here
There ain't no medicine for the state that I'm in
And I gotta get myself out of here
Man overboard, waves washing over me
Sometimes it's a perilous sea
I'll never learn the 12 steps to heaven
They never work for me
Drunk and disorderly
Man overboard, straight in the deep end baby
Sometimes it s atreacherous sea
If I'm going down well it can't hurt any more than what you did to me
Drunk and disorderly
New West NW6167
After two albums that were somewhat political in nature (2001's Rant and 2007's Shrunken Heads), 2009 find Ian in a more mellow frame of mind. After a long and successful career he has time to look back on his life and say "Yeah... I've no complaints..."
The album opens strongly with The Great Escape, which tells of the singer's narrow escape after a "lack of respect" for a local thug. Indeed, several songs seem to be telling tales of the rougher side of life, such as the title track which informs us "They say crime doesn't pay, well take a walk down my way..."
Ian doesn't forget his working-class roots either, with the delightful Girl From The Office, which is reminiscent of the Kinks at their best and has a very English feel to it, and tells the story of a factory-floor romance. As always with Ian's songs of this nature, it has a happy ending (he gets the girl).
Ballads have always been a strong point with Ian, and these are prominent especially on the second half of the album. Not all work, however, with These Feelings being a particular weakness.
More up-tempo songs are on the first half of the album. I hesitate to say "rockers", as medium-pace is about the best we get these days (I did say Ian is more mellow these days) and guitars, although present, are rarely high in the mix any more. Those expecting another Just Another Night or Cleveland Rocks should perhaps look elsewhere. That was then and this is now... That said, Arms And Legs is a strong guitar-led song that will really work well in a live setting, as is the next track Up And Running.
Ian hopes to tour with the album both in the USA and UK, so we will wait and see how the songs work in a live setting. Reports from the two gig so far (at the time of writing, end July '09) are positive. As for where this album fits in Ian's extensive back catalogue time only will tell. It is more immediately likeable than its predecessor (sometimes it takes a few plays to "get" an Ian Hunter album, but I liked this straight away), but ulimately I feel it may end up a notch or two down from his very best.
| Man Overboard | 5:16 | Originally issued on Man Overboard. |
The Man In Me is a song from 2014 with Ian and a young British band called Tribes on Island Records. Hunter feels that it is too Dylanish but there is no other way to do a Dylan song but Bob's style. On the other hand, the Jimi Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower impressed Dylan so much he performed the song live more like Jimi. Ian and Tribes also recorded Lou Reed's Sweet Jane in a London studio but that version has not been released.
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| The Man In Me | 3:03 | Credited to 'Ian Hunter and Tribes', this was originally released on Experiments - Previously Unreleased Recordings (box set only). |
Pet Rock Records PET-CD-60042
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.
| Lowdown Freedom | 4:12 | This collaboration (Laing/Hunter/Ronson/Pappalardi) can be found on The Secret Sessions (not on the box set). |
Lounge Lizard although released on the first solo LP had a bit of history. The song was originally a mechanical Mott The Hoople track as the B-side of Saturday Gigs. Mick Ronson re-did it with Johnny Gustafson on bass. The re-do produced a stronger version than the original. The track features a Honky Tonk Women cowbell, Ronson's guitar motif, and Roxy Music's Gustafson impressive bass line.
The year before Hunter met his future wife Trudi he was pulling women out of the Speakeasy in the middle of the night which is the theme of the song.
The lounge lizard is what most fans imagine the rock 'n' roll lifestyle is all about with groupies clamoring for musicians. Hunter wrote it using a girl but as a cover up for something else he was trying to express; maybe it is the tawdry rock life but a fan often sees the lifestyle as glamorous. Ian confirms that the song is fictional.
There is a live version from 2005 as well.
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(Ian Hunter)
Well I picked her up on a Saturday night
Pool hall poison but she felt alright
Oh dear what a sight when I saw her in the light of day
She was a speakeasy sleazer of the highest degree
Oh you should hear the stories she was laying on me
We really got it on as she held my point of view
Oh! She's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
Its me you're with
Lounge lizard
Come on come on
You got to be joking
Give give give yeah
Well I don't care if your sisters a john
I don't mind where your momma come for
Just give it to me
Just pull it through me
Alright
[Golly?] is a dolly got makeup on
I don't mind just keep your raincoat on
No hesitation no reputations to scale us
Oh! She's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
Its me you're with
Lounge lizard
Come on come on
You got to be joking
Give give give
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
Oh! She's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
Its me your with
Lounge lizard
Come on come on
You got to be joking
Just give give give
Oh! She's a lounge lizard
Coming on come on
Who you fooling
Its me your with
Lounge lizard
Come on come on
You got to be joking
Give give give
I said give give give
Give give give
Give give give
Give give give
Give give give
Sony/Columbia 519817 2.
After leaving Mott the Hoople, Ian teamed up with guitarist Mick Ronson to record his first solo album. Mott had booked Air studios in London, but Ian and Mick went in instead. The result is an album that is totally stunning - one of Ian's best.
From the opening "'Ullo!" of Once Bitten Twice Shy to the savage cut-off of original album closer I Get So Excited this is an album packed full of good tracks. I can't pick out highlights because they're all good.
The 30th Anniversary issue now includes two session outtakes (unreleased at the time), together with two single edits. All of the bonus material was previously released on the Once Bitten Twice Shycompilation.
Sound quality is excellent, as are the sleeve notes.
This album has been issued several times on CD. The original Columbia (USA) CD had good (but not exceptional) sound quality, while the UK Sony/Rewind CD had very good sound quality. Neither had bonus tracks.
| Lounge Lizzard | 4:31 | Originally issued on Ian Hunter, also on the compilations Gold, Once Bitten - the CBS Collection and The Journey. This track was also recorded by Mott The Hoople. |
| Lounge Lizzard (live 18th March 2005) | 5:02 | This live version (recorded at the SxSW Festival Austin TX) was released on Bag Of Tricks (Vol 2) (box set only). |
Hunter notes that Look Before You Leap is a cautionary tale. There are no details about the song but it can be speculated that it is Mick Ronson on guitar as they began to collaborate again in anticipation of recording YUI Orta around 1988 when it was proposed but not included on the release.
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Recorded at The Mick Jagger Theatre, Dartford, Kent 2nd March 2008
It was 2013 when fans were first teased with "coming soon... the ultimate Ian Hunter box set". Well, over three years in the making and what was originally going to be a 24-disc set is now a 30-disc whopper. And yes, it has been worth the wait.
OK, so what's in the box? Well there's every (regular) album that Ian has ever released, with the exception of 2016's Fingers Crossed and 2004's live double The Truth...Every album has been remastered, in some cases with bonus tracks (eg single edits) that haven't appeared on previous issues. Each is presented in a mini-LP replica sleeve, complete with an inner sleeve (for the CD itself) and a booklet. Sound quality is excellent throughout.
In addition, there are a further nine discs of rare and previously-unreleased material. There is an acoustic gig (Acoustic Shadows) from 2008, which is an interesting contrast to the (also acoustic) Live In The UK 2010 disc (also included here). Two discs of rarities (Tilting The Mirror) gather together bonus tracks that have appeared on "bonus CDs" on previous releases. Bag Of Tricks gather together various live tracks recorded over the years, including the 2002 Manchester gig that was previously thought to be "lost". It neatly showcases the last 30 years of live shows, from Toronto in 1987 through to Sheffield in 2013 and Tokyo in 2015. Fascinating.
Then there's If You Wait Long Enough... which included for the first time the 1979 Hammersmith Odeon gig. OK, an hour of this show was broadcast on BBC Radio One but this is the full show (nearly two hours!) and an improvement on the original BBC mix. We also get a 1981 show recorded in San Fransisco. This is interesting because it features Robbie Alter on guitar and Mick Ronson - on keyboards!
Experiments is fascinating. These are demos and (complete) unreleased tracks from the past thirty or so years. Look Before You Leap is a great power ballad (is that Ronno on guitar?), while Salvation (written in 1997 but not recorded until 2008) is a great way to close the collection. Ian has said it would be on his last record, and Proper's track listing has Experiments as the last disc... if this is really the last one (and Ian says it's not) then there's no finer way to finish.
Then there's two DVDs. The first is a motley collection of promo films, TV appearances and concert clips from the past 40 years. Disc 2 includes the 1979 Rhyerson Theatre show from Toronto which was broadcast on TV and has circulated amonst fans for years. There's also the Ian Hunter Rocks show from 1981, previously only issued on VHS (and Laserdisc). Then there's the Strings Attached show from Oslo in 2002. This has two tracks not included on the original DVD and a great way to round off a fascination collection. The 'Strings Attached' show is also in real-time sequence (unlike the original).
There is also a lavish hard-cover book which presents a biography of Ian's career so far, together with a track-by-track run-down of all the material in this collection, with Ian's (at times) brutally honest opinion. The book ends with tributes from a whole host of fellow musicians, all of whom are unstinting in their praise. Whorrabloke!
There is also a replica music paper, which contains reproductions of album and gig reviews from the past forty years. Finally, there is an Alien Boy-era lithograph (why don't they call it a photo?), signed by Ian.
The whole is presented in a large presentation case, complete with Escher-inspired artwork.
The whole collection is limited to just 2500 copies and Proper have stated that none of the (extra) discs will be available separately. So if you want any of these extras, you need to buy this box!
The cost is a whopping £250. This collection, therefore, is not aimed at the casual fan but the dedicated Ian Hunter fan (albeit one with very deep pockets). Given that such a fan will already own most if not all of the regular discs, this works out at £250 for the just nine "new" CDs and two DVDs. Whether this is worth the cost is a question for the individual fan to answer.
Ian has said his career isn't yet finished (he turned 77 in 2016!), but if it were to end now this set is an excellent way to bring the curtain down on the career of one of Britain's finest-ever rock stars.
Unsurpassable.
| Look Before You Leap | 5:24 | Originally released on Experiments - Previously Unreleased Recordings (box set only). |
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