Mick Ronson : Just Like This

Michael Ronson 

(May 26th 1946 – April 29th 1993)

was an 

English musician, 

songwriter,

 arranger, 

and producer. 

He achieved critical 

and commercial success

 working with 

David Bowie 

as the guitarist of 

the Spiders from Mars. 

He was a 

session musician

who recorded

 five studio albums

 with Bowie

 followed by

 four with 

Ian Hunter, 

and also

 played in

 touring bands

 with

Van Morrison

and 

Bob Dylan. 

A classically trained musician, 

Ronson was known for

 his melodic approach

 to guitar playing.

Ronson and Bowie 

produced 

Lou Reed's 

Transformer 

with Ronson

 playing guitar and piano

 and writing 

string arrangements, 

which brought him

 mainstream recognition. 

The album is considered

 an influential landmark

 of the glam rock genre,

 anchored by 

Reed's most successful single, 

"Walk on the Wild Side". 

In 2008,

John Cougar Mellencamp 

credited Ronson

 for helping to arrange

 his most 

successful hit single,

 "Jack & Diane".

Ronson recorded

 three solo studio albums,

 the most popular being 

Slaughter on 10th Avenue,

 which reached No. 9 

on the 

UK Albums Chart. 

He played with 

various bands 

after his time 

with Bowie. 

He was named the

 64th-greatest guitarist 

of all time 

by Rolling Stone

in 2003 

and 41st

 in 2012

 by the

 same magazine.

ROCK ME

ALL NIGHT LONG

JUST LIKE THIS...

 Just Like This

is the fourth 

solo studio album

 by

Mick Ronson

consisting of

 previously unreleased material 

recorded in

 November and December 1976.

 It was supposed to

 become Ronson's

 third solo album 

after

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

(1974)

 and 

Play Don't Worry

(1975),

 but due to

 low selling amounts

 of these albums, 

record company RCA

 refused to release

 this third album in 1977.

Just Like This 

was finally released 

six years after 

Ronson's death

 (1993), 

on 

 March 15th 1999, 

by New Millennium Music 

(Burning Airlines label)

 in a limited amount. 

The release was

 backed by 

Mick Ronson's widow 

Suzanne Ronson

 Two songs from the album, 

"I'd Give Anything to See You"

 and 

"Hard Life" 

were included in

 the 2017

 feature-length

 biographical documentary,

 and compilation

 Soundtrack, 

entitled 

Beside Bowie: 

the Mick Ronson Story.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Just Like This

I'd Give Anything To See You

Takin' A Train

Hard Life

(I'm Just A) 

Junkie For Your Love

Crazy Love

Hey Grandma

Is That Any Way

I've Got No Secrets

Hard Headed Woman

Roll Like The River

Angel No. 9

Like A Rolling Stone [*]

Play Don't Worry  [*]

Life On Mars  [*]

Stone Love

 (Soul Love)  [*]

CD 2

Crazy Love 

(Demo)

I'd Give Anything To See You

(Right Now) 

(Demo)

Takin' The Next Train

 (Demo)

Hard Life

 (Ballad Version)

Junkie

 (Demo)

Hey Grandma 

(Demo)

Just Like This

 (Demo)

Ronno's Bar And Grill 

(Out-Take)

Stone Love 

(Soul Love) 

(Demo)

I'd Rather Be Me

 (Demo)

(Is There)

 Life On Mars? 

(Demo)

Pain In The City

 (Demo)

Dogs

 (French Girl)

 (Demo)

Woman

 (Out-Take)

Seven Days 

(Out-Take)

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