{"id":934,"date":"2017-08-22T00:59:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T00:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/?p=934"},"modified":"2017-08-22T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T17:11:41","slug":"bad-company-1974-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/bad-company-1974-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Company: 1974 -1982"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Always On The Run” <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

>Bad Company: 1974 -1982<<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

PsychoGello Vinyl Radio Show
\nArticle 2-B August 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This time round we’re going to cover one of De Dee’s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> favorite bands; BAD COMPANY<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 A British Super-Group<\/em> Managed by Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin’s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Manager & on the L.Z. ‘Swan Song’ label<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, it’s rumored\u00a0 they took their name from the (Oct) 1972<\/u><\/strong> Jeff Bridges film “Bad Company”<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The band was born out of 3 other British bands starting with the band ‘FREE’ <\/u><\/em><\/strong>who released 7 LPs from Mar 1969 to Jan 1973<\/u><\/em><\/strong> when the band split, Vocalist Paul Bernard Rodgers <\/u><\/em><\/strong>(17 Dec 1949; Middlesbrough UK)<\/em> & Drummer Simon Kirke<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (Simon Frederick St George Kirke (28 Jul 1949: London UK).<\/em><\/p>\n

*Trivia Time: Tommy Bolin liked ‘FREE’ so much he frequently covered 2 of their songs “Walk In My Shadow” & “I’m A Mover”. Paul Stanley: KISS (& to a lesser extent Ace Frehley) sited ‘FREE’ Guitarist Paul Kossoff (1950 -1976) as one of his favorites, Frehley & Stanley together, recorded a cover of “Fire & Water” in 2016 & one of the few cover songs Paul Stanley jammed on with any regularity was “All Right Now”. <\/em>
\nAnd with Guitarist Mick Ralphs<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (Michael Geoffrey Ralphs 31 Mar 1944; Herefordshire UK)<\/em> from the band ‘Mott the Hoople’ who played\u00a0on 7\u00a0LPs for the band from 1969-1973<\/u><\/em><\/strong> , and with Bassist\/ Vocalist “Boz” Raymond Burrell<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (1 Aug 1946:\u00a0 Lincolnshire UK \u2013 21 Sep 2006)<\/em> from the band ‘King Crimson’<\/u> 1971 -1973<\/em><\/strong> he toured with the band & played on1 LP in ’71.<\/p>\n

>Turn On Your Light: 1974 -1975<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 4 came together in Fall of ’73<\/em><\/strong>, to start recording their 1st LP & performed their 1st concert in Apr ’74.<\/em><\/strong> The band released 6 albums from 1974 to 1982 & 13 Single 45s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with 3 Non-LP songs. beginning with ‘Bad Co.’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in Jun 1974,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #1 album on the Billboard Charts, most of the songs were written by Rodgers & or Ralphs<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. They released 2 singles\u00a0\u201dCan’t Get Enough b\/w Little Miss Fortune (Non-LP B-Side)”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #5 hit in Nov ’74,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> followed by the next 45 single “Movin On b\/w Easy On My Soul (Non-LP B-Side)”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #19 hit in Mar ’75. Here is a set list from a show they performed in the Mid-west on the 1st album tour:<\/p>\n

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26 Aug 1974 Monday in Des Moines, Iowa @ Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deal With The Preacher<\/em><\/p>\n

Rock Steady
\nLittle Miss Fortune<\/em><\/p>\n

Ready For Love<\/em><\/p>\n

Easy on My Soul<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t Let Me Down<\/em><\/p>\n

Bad Company<\/em><\/p>\n

Palace Of The King<\/em><\/p>\n

Movin On<\/em><\/p>\n

Can’t Get Enough<\/em><\/p>\n

The Stealer<\/em>
\nOddly enough just like Grant’s other clients ‘Led Zeppelin’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> there were almost no TV appearances, by this band, however they did make an appearance on: (video footage exists of this show)\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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“Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” (Season 2 Episode 4) Fall 1974 (29min)<\/u><\/em><\/strong>
\nBad Company
\nReady For Love
\nLittle Miss Fortune (Non-LP B-Side)
\nRock Steady<\/em><\/p>\n

Can’t Get Enough <\/em><\/p>\n

The Stealer (FREE) <\/em><\/p>\n

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The band’s 2nd LP ‘Straight Shooter’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is released in Apr 1975<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #3 album on the Billboard Charts with 6 of the songs being written again by Rodgers & or Ralphs<\/em><\/strong>, the other 2 were written by Kirke<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. They\u00a0 release 2 singles “Good Lovin Gone Bad b\/w Whiskey Bottle (Non-LP B-Side)\u201d<\/em> a #36 hit in May ’75,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> followed by one of their most well known songs; “Feel Like Makin Love b\/w Little Miss Fortune”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #10 hit in Oct ’75<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. Strangely, one of their most famous songs (in my area of the country anyway),<\/em> was not even a single, that being “Shooting Star”.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

> Color OF The Sky, I’m Told: 1976 – 1977<<\/u><\/em><\/strong>
\nThe band is on a roll with their first 2 LPS, however they are considerably more popular in the USA than in the UK, where they are from, their 3rd LP ‘Run With The Pack’ <\/u><\/em><\/strong>is released in Jan 1976<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a #5 album on the Billboard Charts once again the main song writers are Rodgers & or Ralphs. They release the 45 Single; “Young Blood b\/w Do Right By Your Woman\u201d#<\/u><\/em><\/strong>20 hit in May ’76<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. In an unusual move the song they promote on TV is not even a single, in the summer of ’76 I saw a video montage of photos, to the song “Run With The Pack”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the TV Show “In Concert”,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> well it worked it got me to spend my hard earned allowance on this LP.<\/p>\n

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I vividly remember their 4th LP ‘Burnin Sky’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> coming out in Mar 1977<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, as I lived in Jackson, MS. that summer of ’77 it seemed like the sky was burning, not doing as well as their other releases this one goes to\u00a0#15 on the Billboard Charts, this LP has a major shift in song writing as Rodgers wrote most of the material on this album. About this same time Boz Burrell performs backing vocals on Ted Nugent’s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> album ‘Cat Scratch Fever’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> recorded in Mar ’77<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

>Painted Horses Riding Up & Down: 1979 -1982<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After a major tour the band takes 2 years off, something most artists dare not do at the time for fear of falling off the listener’s radar. Their 5th LP ‘Desolation Angels’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is released in Mar 1979<\/u><\/em><\/strong> & ends up being their 2nd #3 album on the Billboard Charts this album is back to most of the songs being written by Rodgers & or Ralphs, however Burrell<\/u><\/em><\/strong> beings to contribute more to the song writing team with 2 contributions. The 45 Single “Rock N Roll Fantasy b\/w Crazy Circles”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> hits #13 on the charts in Jun ’79.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 6th & final LP ‘Rough Diamonds’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is released in Aug 1982<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with the single “Electricland b\/w Untie The Knot”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> & ends up being their lowest charting album at #26, for this final album from the original line-up, all 4 members contribute equally, I read an article at the time that stated \u201cA fight erupted between Kirke & Rodgers, & Rogers being a black belt, came out on top”<\/em> leading up the Rodgers leaving the band & releasing a Solo LP “Cut Loose” in Oct ’83<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Their Manager Peter Grant<\/u><\/em><\/strong> despised “Live” & “Compilation”<\/em> releases therefore no “Live” albums were released during their hey-day in the 70s. However noteworthy are 4 CDs<\/u><\/em><\/strong> that were released a “Hits” collection ’10 From 6′ in Dec1985<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, & ‘Anthology’ in Mar 1999<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with 6 B-Sides & Out-Takes & 4 New Tracks<\/em>, eventually 2 “Live” CDs were released from the 70s heyday; ‘Albuquerque ’76’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (recorded 10 Mar 1976 in New\u00a0 Mexico)<\/em> 2 CDs @ 16 Tracks released in 2006<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, & later ‘In Concert 1977 & 1979’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (recorded on 23 May 1977 in Houston @ the Summit & 9 Mar 1979 in London @ Wembley& 29 Jun 1979 in Largo,DC @ Capitol Centre)<\/em> 2 CDs @ 30 Tracks, released in 2016.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> I never got to see the “Original Bad Company, I did see “Version 2” with Brian Howe in 1989<\/u><\/em><\/strong> & I saw Simon Kirke in Ringo’s “All-Starr Band” in Jul 2000 where he sang “All Right Now” & “Shooting Star”.\u00a0 I also saw & met Rodgers Solo in 2002, & when I asked him to sign my “Run With The Pack” LP he said “For me, no thanks, I already have one” & handed it back.
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\n*Be sure to tune into my Vinyl Radio on WDGY\u00a0 740AM & 92.1FM & Streaming 103.7 Sunday mornings at 10am for my upcoming “Bad Company Show” featuring 1 song from each of Bad Company’s Vinyl Releases.<\/p>\n

Don’t you know you are a shooting star …. MrZerr0<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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