Scoop for all the Ross Wilson/Daddy Cool/Mondo Rock fans
out there, Ross the Boss personally sent me a message on
facebook to tell me that definitely this year he intends
to finally get around to releasing his classic album by
the name of DARK SIDE OF THE MAN at some stage
this year on CD. We have to make sure he comes
good on that solumn promise, it is a great album,
never been available on compact disc before this.
The next thing i want to talk about is a long lost
MONDO ROCK EP which i think is the best record-
ing Mondo Rock ever did release actually besides
their classic debut album PRIMAL PARK in 1979.
I have never seen this recording on a compact
disc either, just vinyl. It's called ALIENS, the
title track has the extended name of ALIENS
WALK AMONG US. Only five songs to talk of,
best to me is A WOMAN LIKE YOU which has
a bit of a yankee metal edge to it, ALIENS
is a great song too, perhaps more in the
trad Mondo mould, then there is a quite
convincing soul cover of I'M FREE which
i have never heard Ross Wilson ever
sing live or heard he had in all the
years since, followed by a predicta-
ble but not sacrilegic re-mix of the
the band's minor hit on the radio at
the time PRIMITIVE LOVE RITES and
to end off the EP off there is a tough
rootsy sounding blues rock embedded
piece of grainy funk called WORKING
MY WAY BACK. I think i might well be
pushing my luck but i really hope Ross
gives thought about re-releasing this
EP on compact disc while he is doing
likewise for Dark Side of the Man.
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