LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APRIL 11, 2019…FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO SUPERTRAMP RELEASED THEIR FIFTH ALBUM ‘EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS’. THE ALBUM ENJOYED TREMENDOUS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, BREAKING THE TOP 20 BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS AT #16. THE RECORD WAS POWERED BY A HUGE SINGLE ‘GIVE A LITTLE BIT’ WHICH HIT #15 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP SINGLES CHART.
THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN COLORADO AT CARIBOU RANCH STUDIOS.
THE ALBUM COVER WAS ACTUALLY SHOT ON A MOUNTAINTOP AT A SKI AREA NEAR BY THE STUDIO. A GRAND PIANO WAS ACTUALLY SHIPPED TO A NEARBY SKI AREA, COVERED IN SNOW, AND THEN PHOTOGRAPHED. IT’S NOT PHOTOSHOPPED. THE SHEET MUSIC ON THE PIANO, ALTHOUGH TITLED ‘FOOL’S OVERTURE’, IS ACTUALLY ‘THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER’.
HERE’S A VIDEO FROM 1983. IT’S SUPERTRAMP WITH ROGER HODGSON, PERFORMING IN GERMANY.
