Back then, everybody wanted wood finishes, so we started working on them in his flat in London. “Myself and Ian McLagen, from the Small Faces, went into the business of stripping guitars. When it came to solos, you had me with jazz influences and Steve playing harder riffs, so it was a mish-mash of styles that made Humble Pie so vibrant and lyrical.”įrampton was already playing his fabled three-pickup Les Paul Custom, Marriott a single-pickup Epiphone Coronet, and Ridley had a “refinished” Fender Precision Bass. “Blues or rock with Steve singing R&B all the time.

“It was heavy rock, not heavy metal,” he clarified. Those familiar only with Frampton’s solo career might be surprised at how hard Humble Pie rocked, and the influence of blues on their material. Ashley Shepherd did wonderful mixes, and if you play a track from the original and the same one, re-mixed, the difference is incredible.” “We were able to bring out so much more, and it sounds ‘bigger’. “The sound is vastly different because of today’s technology,” he said. Jerry and I went over every detail – every mix, every name. “We downloaded the tapes, went into the studio, and started from scratch. I said, ‘Wait… What are you talking about?’ They sent me mixes, which were not to my standards, and we said ‘If you want this out, Jerry and I have to be involved.’ “Someone had re-mixed the tapes, and Jerry and I knew nothing about it until I was contacted about getting permission to release it. “It was very close to being released without our knowledge,” Frampton recounted. The band, with guitarists Steve Marriott and Clem Clempson, bassist Greg Ridley, and drummer Jerry Shirley, continued for several years.įorty years later, all four 1971 Fillmore East concerts from which Performance was culled have been released as a boxed set.įrampton and Shirley are co-producing the effort. “When the album started selling like hotcakes, I wondered if I’d made the worst decision of my career thus far,” Frampton said. thanks to its live album, Performance – Rockin’ the Fillmore, Peter Frampton had departed and begun to beat the odds by forging a successful solo career. By the time Humble Pie reached “breakthrough” status in the U.S.

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