ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Boston has been plagued with problems from the start while recording the follow-up to their hysterically successful first album. Work began in Tom Scholz's basement studio, like before, but there have been spanners in the works all along.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Boston has been plagued with problems from the start while recording the follow-up to their hysterically successful first album. Work began in Tom Scholz's basement studio, like before, but there have been spanners in the works all along. First, enough street noise snuck onto the tape to make Jimmy Page's hair stand on end, then flooding from heavy rains in Boston swept down into Tom's cellar. Their manager has taken the phone off the hook for weeks but optimists at Epic say "late January— maybe" for the album release.
Pete Townshend on the Rough Mix sessions with Ronnie Lane: "Sometimes Ronnie and me would talk about life. That would mean Ronnie insulting me and me hitting him. Sometimes Eric Clapton ~ would come to play. That would mean Ronnie insulting him, Eric hitting him, and then falling over." That Eric's such a funny guy. See, being a Godfather isn't just all of that Rolling Stone Meher Baba hohum...
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