Here's the other radio session which Montrose recorded at Record Plant Studios for broadcast by KSAN, this one being the earlier of those two sessions.So early in fact that this session not only predates the band's classic first album, it actually predates the band being named Montrose.
01. Rock The Nation (Alternate Vocal Rough Mix)
02. Bad Motor Scooter (Alternate Undubbed Take)
03. Space Station #5 (Undubbed Rough Mix)
04. I Don't Want It (Alternate Vocals & Guitar - No Effects)
05. Good Rockin' Tonight (Alternate Vocals Unedited Take)
06. Rock Candy (Long Unedited Version)
07. Make It Last (Dry Mix)
08. Rock The Nation (Alternate Mix)
09. Make It Last (Alternate Take)
10. Rock Candy (Fast 1st Version)
11. Make It Last (Take 1)
Montrose – The Alternate Montrose (1973)
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Why is the info with this post completely unrelated to this particular album? Here’s what info i found out : In 2009 the specialist Hard Rock reissue label Rock Candy Records issued a ‘Remastered & Reloaded’ version of the classic Montrose debut album on CD which went back to the original master tapes to produce ‘the definitive edition of the album’.
Originally slated to include bonus material from the album sessions, prohibitive licensing costs eventually put the kibosh on the idea of an expanded edition.
Later this remastered bonus material was leaked & began doing the rounds on the internet as a bootleg album entitled ‘The Alternate Montrose’.
The eleven song ‘album’ features a wealth of fascinating material culled from the 1973 album sessions including alternate takes of the now classic songs, rough alternate mixes, alternate vocal & guitar parts and undubbed & unedited versions of the tracks.
Many songs are played in a completely different fashion; sped up, stretched out & generally experimented with, and it’s a joy to hear the musicians pulling the album into it’s final form.
It’s easy to see how this material would have made a perfect bonus disc to go with the ‘Montrose’ reissue, and it offers a fascinating insight into the creative process involved in crafting the classic album and all with utterly pristine sound throughout.