Free, As In Not Paid

It's an incredible story. In 1969, Moogy Klingman, 19,  fresh from the break-up of his band The Glitterhouse [see the Jane Fonda piece below - Ed.] somehow puts together a dream-team superstar jam album, revolving around sessions led by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Dr. John, Keith Emerson, and Harvey Mandel, with contributions from Todd Rundgren, the First National Band, Mitch Mitchell, Joe Farrell, and a host of session luminaries (and a cameo from trash movie queen Geri Miller).

To cut a long story short, Earl Dowd [unfunny comedy album producer - Ed.] cut himself in on the deal, bringing free studio time at the Record Plant and a couple of big names, and finished up not only taking over the project but also taking the tapes to the UK ("the check's in the mail") and getting a deal with Charisma Records four years later, who issued the album in one of the most misbegotten sleeves Hipgnosis ever delivered (not this one here! that's mine!). In addition to the buzzkill sleeve, Clapton and Beck's names couldn't be used. If someone deliberately set out to sabotage the album, they could have done no better than Earl Dude.

"Hi boys!"

Had it been issued at the time, when supergroup jam sessions were a big deal, in a better cover, with everybody concerned credited and paid for their work, it might have been the biggest of them all. Currently, it's uncertain who holds the rights to this music. A mess.

In addition to the new cover (using a 1969 font, font fans), I've shuffled the tracks into the session order detailed in the Klingman interview linked in the comments.