Zak Starkey on Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention 2

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A brief explanation of The Wizard's Conventions: In the mid 1970's, Eddie Hardin was one of the participants in a group project of Roger Glover's called The Butterfly Ball - A collection of songs based on a children's book of the same name. Shortly after, in Spring of 1976, Eddie assembled much of the same cast of characters to record a collection of his own songs. The first Wizard's Convention contained contributions from Roger Glover, Jon Lord, David Coverdale, Tony Ashton, Mo Foster, Pete York, Ray Fenwick and others. The album has been re-released a number of times.

Since then, Eddie has used this "friends" concept a number of times - on his Wind In The Willows projects, and (so far) two additional Wizard's Convention releases.

Wizard's 2 was recorded in early 1995 and is more straight ahead blues based than other incarnations. The CD has seen a number of releases, with slight variations.

Eddie Hardin's Wizards Convention 2

Edel 0029152EDL - Sept 1995

Recorded March-May 1995 at the Gallery Studios. Chertsey, Surrey, UK
Produced by Eddie Hardin

Tracks: (written by)

1. Head of Steam (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
2. Zermatitis Blues (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
3. Happening All The Time (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
4. Here I Go Again (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
5. Someone Sings (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
6. Talking Ain't Cheap (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
7. Try A Little Tenderness (Woods / Campbell / Connelly)
8. Sultana (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
9. Brickmakers Blues (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
10. Can't Let You Go (Eddie Hardin, Gary Falcone & Peter Jameson)
11. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today (Randy Newman)
12. As Long As I Still Have You (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
13. Before We Say Goodbye (Eddie Hardin & Ray Fenwick)
14. Lucille (Penniman/Collins)
15. What A Way To Spend A Day (Eddie Hardin)

All but 3 tracks use synth'd drums, programmed by Hardin. Actual drummers were used on track 1 - Neil Wilkinson, track 10 - Jody Courtez, and track 14 - Zak Starkey.

Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention 2

Angel Air Records - SJPCD009 [1998]

This edition features the same songs, in same running order, and new and updated graphics in the booklet. (Note: the original cover art to the Japanese Wizard's Convention 3 CD was used for this reissue of #2)

• buy the Wizard's Convention 2 (Angel Air)

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Related Links:

• - Eddie Hardin catalog at Amazon.com
• Eddie Hardin's official site! - Also has CD's for sale
• June 2004 - ALAB Eddie Hardin's Autobiography now available! Signed copies available through his website!

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Created:  Dec 1996
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