Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

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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". Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends was named in a 1998 BBC poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in Colin Larkin's book The Top 1000 Albums of All Time. This album has also been released under the name "Smoke and

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Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends & Hands of Jack the Ripper (1970-72)

Hands Of Jack The Ripper

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Selftitled & Hands of Jack the Ripper

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Heavy '70s Volume 4

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Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends (featuring Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, Nicky Hopkins)

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The Day After The Sabbath 136: Mainline Riders Pt1

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Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends (Remastered)

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