LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 28, 2019-ON THIS DATE IN 1974 BAD COMPANY’S SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM HIT # 1 ON THE US ALBUM CHART. THE RECORD WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS FOR BAD COMPANY AND FOR LED ZEPPELIN’S SWAN SONG LABEL. IT WAS THE VERY FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON THE LABEL. THE GROUP WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED A YEAR BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE RECORD. MICK RALPHS LEFT MOTT THE HOOPLE, AND TEAMED UP WITH TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF FREE, DRUMMER SIMON KIRKE AND SINGER PAUL RODGERS. THE QUARTET WAS ROUNDED OUT WITH KING CRIMSON’S BASSIST BOZ BURRELL. PAUL RODGERS’ HAD A FASCINATION WITH THE JEFF BRIDGES FILM “BAD COMPANY” AND A PASSAGE WITH FROM A BOOK OF VICTORIAN MORALS WHICH RESULTED IN THE BAND GETTING ITS NAME. DRIVEN BY THE SUCCESS OF SINGLES ‘MOVIN’ ON’ ‘CAN’T GET ENOUGH’ AND GREAT ALBUM TRACKS LIKE ‘BAD COMPANY’ THE ALBUM HAS NOW SOLD OVER 7 MILLION COPIES AND DOWNLOADS AND HOLDS THE DISTINCTION AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF THE 70’S.
THIS IS BAD COMPANY CIRCA 1974 PERFORMING ON DON KIRSHNER’S ROCK CONCERT
