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The worst album of all time? Steve shows two punk rockers a heavily panned album from 1970, featuring names such as JIMMY PAGE, JOHN BONHAM, JEFF BECK, & NOEL REDDING. Join us as we find out if LORD SUTCH AND HEAVY FRIENDS (1970) deserves its reputation.
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Steve and Dave bring in their Alliterates bandmate, Sean to check out this album that was once voted as the worst album of all time by multiple publications.
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Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of English rock singer Screaming Lord Sutch. Recording began in May 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood and it was released on Cotillion Records in 1970. The album featured an all-star line-up with contributions from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (who also produced the album) and John Bonham, guitarist Jeff Beck, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, session guitarist Deniel Edwards and Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. Rick Brown and Carlo Little were previously with the Savages.
Many of the musicians had grave misgivings upon its release. They were under the assumption these were demo-quality recordings. As a result, the artists disowned the project and the album sold poorly. It also seriously damaged Sutch's reputation with the musicians involved. "I just went down to have a laugh, playing some old rock 'n' roll, a bit of a send-up. The whole joke sort of reversed itself and became ugly," Jimmy Page said of the record.
A reviewer in Rolling Stone called Sutch "absolutely terrible" and lamented that the celebrated
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