The Great Fatsby

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The Great Fatsby
Leslie West The Great Fatsby.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1975
Studio Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock
Length34.16
Label Phantom
Producer Leslie West, Bob D'Orleans
Leslie West chronology
Mountain
(1969)
The Great Fatsby
(1975)
The Leslie West Band
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [1]

The Great Fatsby is the second album by American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Leslie West. It was released on Bud Prager's Phantom Records in March 1975 and distributed by RCA Records. The album features Mick Jagger on rhythm guitar. [2] The album features four original tracks alongside West's interpretation of six other songs: covers of tracks by Paul Kelly, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, Sharks, Tim Hardin and Free.

Contents

"Little Bit of Love" would be the first of four tracks by Free covered by Leslie West. Subsequently he released "The Stealer" (on Alligator), "Walk in My Shadow" (on Got Blooze) and "Woman" (on Blue Me).

Track listing

  1. "Don't Burn Me" (Paul Kelly) 3.01
  2. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Leslie West) 4.59
  3. "High Roller" (Corky Laing, Keith Richards, Leslie West, Mick Jagger, Sandra Palmer) 4.17
  4. "I'm Gonna Love You Thru the Night" (Corky Laing, Leslie West) 2.42
  5. "ESP" (Leslie West) 2.46
  6. "Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3.20
  7. "If I Still Had You" (Ira Stone, Maxine Stone, Leslie West) 2.17
  8. "Doctor Love" (Andy Fraser) 2.59
  9. "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) 5.20
  10. "Little Bit of Love" (Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke) 2.35

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  2. "Interview:Leslie West (Solo,Mountain,West Bruce & Laing)". November 7, 2013.