ROD STEWART "NEVER A DULL MOMENT" - 1972 MERCURY 1st PRESS ***NM 9/10***

ROD STEWART "NEVER A DULL MOMENT"

***1972 MERCURY 1st PRESS***

EXCELLENT 9/10

Essentially a harder-rocking reprise of Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment never quite reaches the heights of its predecessor, but it's a wonderful, multi-faceted record in its own right. Opening with the touching, autobiographical rocker "True Blue," which finds Rod Stewart trying to come to grips with his newfound stardom but concluding that he'd "rather be back home," the record is the last of Stewart's series of epic fusions of hard rock and folk. It's possible to hear Stewart go for superstardom with the hard-rocking kick and fat electric guitars of the album, but the songs still cut to the core. "You Wear It Well" is a "Maggie May" rewrite on the surface, but it develops into a touching song about being emotionally inarticulate. Similarly, "Lost Paraguayos" is funny, driving folk-rock, and it's hard not to be swept away when the Stonesy hard rocker "Italian Girls" soars into a mandolin-driven coda. The covers -- whether a soulful reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," an empathetic version of Dylan's "Mama, You Been on My Mind," or a stunning interpretation of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" -- are equally effective, making Never a Dull Moment a masterful record. He never got quite this good ever again. (AMDB)

Rod Stewart ‎– Never A Dull Moment
Label: Mercury ‎– SRM-1-646, Mercury ‎– SRM 1 646
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US Released: 1972

Track List:
A1 True Blue Drums – Kenny ("You Queer") Jones*Engineer [Assistant] – Glyn JohnsPiano – Ian (I'm Fantastic) McLagan*Written-By – R. Stewart*, R. Wood* 3:28
A2 Lost Paraguayos Written-By – R. Stewart*, R. Wood* 3:58
A3 Mama You Been On My Mind Bass [Upright] – Spike (I Prefer Jazz) Heatley*Guitar [Steel] – Gordon HuntleyPiano [Chest Piano] – Brian (29)Violin – Dick (Tricky Dicky) Powell*Written-By – B. Dylan* 4:26
A4 Italian Girls Piano – Pete SearsViolin – Dick (Tricky Dicky) Powell*Written-By – R. Stewart*, R. Wood* 5:01
B1 Angel Congas – Speedy (11)Written-By – J. Hendrix* 4:04
B2 Interludings Written-By – A. Wood* 0:40
B3 You Wear It Well Written-By – M. Quittenton*, R. Stewart* 4:21
B4 I'd Rather Go Blind Bass – Pete SearsWritten-By – B. Foster*, E. Jordon* 3:53
B5 Twistin' The Night Away Arranged By – Jimmy Horovidtzz*Written-By – S. Cook* 3:15

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
Acoustic Guitar – Martin Quittenton (tracks: A2 to A4, B3), Woody* (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B3)
Art Direction – Des Strobel*
Artwork [Graphic Supervision] – Jim The Easwig
Bass – Ronnie (It Wasn't Me) Lane* (tracks: A1, B1, B5)
Design [Cover] – John (Where's The Postcards) Craig*
Drums – Micky (I'm Not Feeling Very Well Today) Waller* (tracks: A2 to B5)
Electric Guitar – Woody* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5)
Engineer – Mike Bobak
Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Butcher
Mastered By – Gilbert Kong
Organ – Ian (I'm Fantastic) McLagan* (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B4)
Photography By [Cover Shot] – Ed Caraeff
Photography By [Pages 2 & 3] – Joel Brodsky
Producer – Rod Stewart
Vocals – Stewarty*

Notes: Lots of errors (fun ones are not included) in credits etc. must have been a great time (1972).

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (stamped Variant 1)): SRM-1-646A-M11
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (stamped Variant 2)): SRM-1-646A-M9
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (etched)): G.K.
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (stamped Variant 1)): SRM-1-646B-M11
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (stamped Variant 2)): SRM-1-646B-M9
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (etched)): G.K

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