Wednesday, January 11, 2012

SCOOP FOR ALL MONDO ROCK/ EAGLE ROCKER FANS



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 solemn 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 recording 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 predictable but not sacrilegious re-mix of the the band's minor hit on the radio at the time, PRIMITIVE LOVE RITES.

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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