Description
Label Review.
1975 album remastered with 7 bonus tracks (single sides).
Our Overview.
After earning success as a performer and songwriter with The Move, The Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard the supremely talented Roy Wood released his second solo album in December 1975. As one might have expected, given the eclectic nature of his previous work, ‘Mustard’ was diverse in style, but was also a masterpiece. Critics in some quarters hailed the record as Wood’s equivalent to the Beach Boys classic album ‘Pet Sounds’ and the eccentric nature of the album certainly drew on this influence, along with pieces that took inspiration from the producer Phil Spector to Led Zeppelin.
Remarkably, Roy Wood not only wrote and produced the album, but also played every instrument featured on the recordings. He was joined by guest vocalists Annie Haslam (of Renaissance) and Phil Everly on the songs “The Rain Came Down on Everything” and “Get On Down Home” respectively. Inexplicably, the album failed to chart in his UK homeland despite his Top 20 hit “Oh What A Shame” (which is one of the bonus tracks) coming out earlier the same year. This new re-issue will address the status of this forgotten classic!