Det er allerede over otte år
siden, at Nikki Sudden døde af et hjertetilfælde efter et show på The Knitting
Factory i New York. Under arbejdet med at finde numre til det meget roste retrospektive
boks-sæt ’The Boy From Nowhere, Who Fell Out Of The Sky’, der udkom sidste år,
dukkede der et kassettebånd op med hidtil ukendte optagelser. Materialet er
optaget over et par vintre i slutningen af halvfemserne i et af Suddens foretrukne
studier, Woodbine Studios i Leamington Spa.
Mark Williams, der slog på
trommer i Nikki Suddens og Dave Kusworths firserprojekt The Jacobites og medvirkede
på flere af Suddens soloprojekter, husker indspilningerne således:
“These sessions ( with
the working title of The Fred Beethovens Projectile ) were an absolute pleasure
to be part of partly because there was no pressure on us to deliver the goods
in form of a product. We were literally putting
down some of Nikki’s songs, along with some of Freddy Lynxx’s, just for the
hell of it! So, it’s great that these
tracks have finally seen the light of day. Listening back to tracks such as
“Forest Fire”, “Stereo Baby” and “Johnny B, Goode” really show Nikki’s rock ‘n’
roll heart (and in my mind ‘out rocking’ some of his released material which i
think will surprise some people). Carl’s bass playing was as usual very tight,
while Freddy added the solar flare with his classic Johnny Thunderesque style.
I think the finished result clearly shows four guys doing what they did best
which is why I’m sure you’ll agree, this material is a fitting tribute to
Nikki’s heritage and his love of what he did best ROCK ‘N’ ROLL...”
Da jeg umiddelbart ikke kan opstøve
lyd fra ’Fred Beethoven’ kommer her ’Forest Fire’ fra Suddens første udspil i
eget navn, ’Waiting On Egypt’, fra 1982. Det nummer forekommer nemlig i en lettere
omarrangeret udgave på den nye plade:
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