July 14, 2009
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Rod Stewart’s Sessions CD
Every disc tells a story in The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 is a four-CD box set spanning nearly three decades of the rock legend’s career in studio tracks, outtakes and ephemera.The set, out Sept. 29 on Warner Bros. opens with an early, ragged version of Maggie May, the hit that launched his solo career in 1971.
The set boasts unreleased versions of Scottish rocker Frankie Miller’s “When I’m Away From You” and Python Lee Jackson’s “In a Broken Dream”, featuring Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones.
The unfinished “Think I’ll Pack My Bags”, which later resurfaced as “Mystifies Me” on Ron Wood’s solo debut, made the cut, along with alternate takes of “Sailing” “Tonight’s the Night (It’s Gonna Be Alright)” and “You Wear It Well”, plus acoustic renditions of “You’re in My Heart” and “Rosie”.
Rarities from the ’80s include unreleased song “Thunderbird” and a spare “Forever Young”.
I will have to buy it as I have been following Rod since the Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Maggie May came out as I was leaving family, friends and a special relationship to go to school. Hey L.G. remember that?
