70aarcuda
11-13-2001, 1:16am
Mutt produced 3 albums for Supercharge in the 70s. The following is taken from a conversation between Bob Hardy and Albie Donnelly (the founder of the group):
Bob: You got your first major recording contract with Virgin Records in 1976. How many albums did you make, and could you say something about them?
Albie: We made three albums. The first one was called "Local LADS Make Good", which Virgin distributed as "Local BOYS Make Good"! as a result of this **** up, many people who tried to order the album using its correct title were told, that it didn't exist! Then they called our first single, which used the hook "Get Down Boogie" and should have been a hit, "Who Needs The White Man, Who needs The Black Man"!....In My opinion this crap title was the main reason why it only got to number 68 in the charts. This first album was also released in the USA, but under the title "Supercharge". It had no photo on the front cover, because Virgin wanted the public there to think we were a black band! I have no idea why they though all this was such a good idea, but I suppose it had something to do with the fact that it was Virgin, and the label was run by a bunch of hippies with some very strange ideas. The next album, which musically I believe was the best, was called "Horizontal Refreshment".........
Bob: What about the third album?
Albie: The third album was the stranget of the three. It was called "Body Rhythm"......By this time Virgin had completely deconstructed "Supercharge", and I was the only one left. The material on this album was all written and sung by the now famous record producer Mutt Lange (who also produced the other two albums). One of these songs became Huey lewis and the News first hit in 1982 - a thing called "Do You Believe in Love". It's identical to the Supercharge version - only Huey Lewis is singing it and not Mutt!
Bob: You got your first major recording contract with Virgin Records in 1976. How many albums did you make, and could you say something about them?
Albie: We made three albums. The first one was called "Local LADS Make Good", which Virgin distributed as "Local BOYS Make Good"! as a result of this **** up, many people who tried to order the album using its correct title were told, that it didn't exist! Then they called our first single, which used the hook "Get Down Boogie" and should have been a hit, "Who Needs The White Man, Who needs The Black Man"!....In My opinion this crap title was the main reason why it only got to number 68 in the charts. This first album was also released in the USA, but under the title "Supercharge". It had no photo on the front cover, because Virgin wanted the public there to think we were a black band! I have no idea why they though all this was such a good idea, but I suppose it had something to do with the fact that it was Virgin, and the label was run by a bunch of hippies with some very strange ideas. The next album, which musically I believe was the best, was called "Horizontal Refreshment".........
Bob: What about the third album?
Albie: The third album was the stranget of the three. It was called "Body Rhythm"......By this time Virgin had completely deconstructed "Supercharge", and I was the only one left. The material on this album was all written and sung by the now famous record producer Mutt Lange (who also produced the other two albums). One of these songs became Huey lewis and the News first hit in 1982 - a thing called "Do You Believe in Love". It's identical to the Supercharge version - only Huey Lewis is singing it and not Mutt!