FLASH FEARLESS VERSUS THE ZORG WOMEN PARTS 5 & 6 CHR 1081 (-75) UK

It was a huge, costly project with a stunning cast. Big plans - rock opera and musical stage show in the same vein as "Tommy" or "Jesus Christ Superstar", maybe even a movie. But the album didn't sell at all and the project was cancelled. This is about the LP only. If you wanna know more about the background and all intriguing details - here's a very good link http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/albums/a-flash.php . I just love odd collaborations beyond the limits of groups and labels. Having Alice Cooper, Maddy Prior and Elkie Brooks on the same legit album would be enough to get me going, but this is so much more. The backing is provided by individual members from the following groups - Moody Blues, King Crimson, Faces, The Who, Vanilla Fudge, Family, Roxy Music, Procol Harum and Ten Years After. The two Alice Cooper cuts were produced by Bob Ezrin. It's also the first collaboration between John Entwistle and Kenny Jones, while Keith Moon does one of the speaking roles. The plot and most of the songs written by Steve Hammond (Fat Matress) and David Pierce (veteran in the business who'd created lyrics for theaters, TV-shows, movies and albums). Still it went down like a rock'n'roll Titanic. But is it really that bad? Depends on what you're after. The songs are average without hit potential and the plot is messy. But the vocals and backing is top notch throughout and if you're into the artists there's many enjoyable cuts - I especially like the Alice Cooper, Elkie Brooks and Maddy Prior contributions. US issue omitted the Prior track and replaced that with Frankie Miller "Supersnatch". Original release also in Germany, Italy and Brazil. UK CD 1995 on RPM (RPM 147). Premiere UK had label as shown here, thin matt cover and comic booklet insert. (SÄM*)(FÄV*)(XYÄ*)(SXÅH*)(MBÅL*)(SÖPX*)(RÖKÖ*) (KÖÖP*)