Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
Studio album by Screaming Lord Sutch
Released	February 1970 (U.S.) May 25, 1970 (U.K.)
Recorded	May - September 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood
Genre	Rock and roll, psychedelic rock
Length	35:15
Label	Cotillion Records
Producer	Jimmy Page, Lord Sutch
Screaming Lord Sutch chronology
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends (1970) Hands of Jack the Ripper (1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(negative)

Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of English rock singer Screaming Lord Sutch. Recording began in May 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood and released on Cotillion Records in 1970. The album featured an all-star line-up with contributions from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (who also produced the album) and John Bonham, guitarist Jeff Beck, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, session guitarist Deniel Edwards and Jimi Hendrix Experience bass-player Noel Redding. Rick Brown and Carlo Little were previously with The Savages. Many of the musicians who sessioned for Sutch on this album 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 did poorly saleswise. 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.

A negative review published in Rolling Stone called Sutch "absolutely terrible" and lamented that under the restrictions of the project, the collection of talented musicians on hand were made to sound "like a fouled parody of themselves".

This album has also been released under the name "Smoke and Fire".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Wailing Sounds" (Jimmy Page, Sutch)– 2:38
2. "'Cause I Love You" (John Bonham, Edwards, Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 2:46
3. "Flashing Lights" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:14
4. "Gutty Guitar" (Sutch) – 2:33
5. "Would You Believe" (Jay Cee) - 3:20
6. "Smoke and Fire" (Sutch) - 2:38

Side two

1. "Thumping Beat" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:07
2. "Union Jack Car" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) – 3:03
3. "One for You, Baby" (Sutch) – 2:44
4. "L-O-N-D-O-N" (Sutch) – 2:56
5. "Brightest Light" (Jay Cee, Sutch) - 3:57
6. "Baby, Come Back" (Jimmy Page, Sutch) - 2:31

Personnel

• Jimmy Page – Acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Jeff Beck - Electric guitar on "Gutty Guitar"
• John Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Nicky Hopkins - Piano, keyboards
• Kent Henry - Guitar
• Noel Redding - Bass guitar
• Rick Brown - Bass guitar
• Deniel Edwards - Lead guitar and Bass guitar
• Martin Kohl - Bass guitar
• Carlo Little - Drums on "Gutty Guitar"
• Bob Metke - Drums
• Tommy Caccetta - Engineer

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	84

Additional information

Catalogue: Atlantic 2400 008 (UK), Cotillion SD 9015 (US)

External links

• Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends Session] | http://www.ledzeppelin.com/event/may-7-1969