Leslie West : The Leslie West Band/The Great Fatsby

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 The Leslie West Band

 is the

 third album 

released by 

American

 rock guitarist

Leslie West 

The album,

 recorded at

 Electric Lady Studios

 in New York City, 

was released on 

Bud Prager's Phantom Records

 in 1976

 and features

 Mick Jones, 

who formed

 Foreigner 

the following year, 

on guitar.

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.

Following the 

albums release, 

Leslie West

 formed 

"The Leslie West Band", 

with which he toured 

the United States.

Content

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.

"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).

 "House of the Rising Sun"

 is a duet with 

Dana Valery.

Release

The Great Fatsby 

was released in

March 1975. 

The album debuted at

 No. 177, 

and peaked at No. 168 

on the on the 

Billboard 200 chart. 

"Don't Burn Me" 

was released as a single 

with

 "E.S.P." 

as the B-Side.

Reception

A Cashbox reviewer

 wrote that 

Leslie West's

 "lightning guitar work 

and dynamic vocals 

carry this album to 

unbelievable listening heights."

 A Record World reviewer

 describes the album as

 "a heavy hunk o' funk."^[

AllMusic's

 Joe Viglione says

 the album

 "emerges as a unique look

 at an important 

rock & roll artist

 with some 

surprises tucked inside."

TRACKLIST

Money

 (Whatcha Gonna Do)

Dear Prudence

Get It Up

 (No Bass - Whatsoever)

Singapore Sling

By The River

The Twister

Setting Sun

Sea Of Heartache

We'll Find A Way

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Don't Burn Me

House Of The Rising Sun

(w/ Dana Valery)

High Roller

(w/ Mick Jagger on Guitar)

I'm Gonna Love You Thru The Night

E.S.P.

Honky Tonk Women

If I Still Had You

Doctor Love

If I Were A Carpenter

Little Bit Of Love

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