Children of the 70's know the story of this guy. Played guitar in Humble Pie. Formed Frampton's Camel. Put out a few studio records (including this one) that more or less went unnoticed.

Then out comes Frampton Comes Alive! (I do want to get the 25th anniversary edition of that one, as soon as I get over the shock of twenty five fricken' years passing!) and the rest is history.

Well, almost.

After those heady times came, in what chronology I don't care to contemplate, I'm In You and that Sgt. Pepper movie (which I will now here admit to seeing twice...back-to-back on the same night at the movie theater.)

Those two things appeared to burst the Frampton phenomenon bubble. He just disappeared.

I did buy a record of his in the mid-1980's called Breaking All The Rules. Nothing earth-shattering there. More recently I picked up Live in Detroit, which does showcase what a fine guitar player he still is.

So what's with this original Frampton disc? I was visiting friends this past weekend and found it in the 3/$7 bin. Couldn't not get it. Boy, it's really, really weird to hear studio versions of tunes that have long been inhabiting my brain chemicals in entirely different forms.

And, ya know? The record ain't half bad. Strangely, it ends with "Penny For Your Thoughts"->"("I'll Give You) Money", just like on the original live record. Comfort for nostalgia freaks like me.

(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)