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Originally Posted by PenguinHead
Though I always respected his talent, I never gave Rick Vito's solo career much attention. He was severely under-used in Fleetwood Mac, in my opinion.
For a long time the only solo CDs I had of his were his first two - King of Hearts and Pink & Black. But now I'm ready to add to my Vito collection.
I just ordered Lucky Devils, Crazy Cool and his UK only Talk That Talk. Eventually I will get Band Box Boogie and Rattlesnake Shake. And I just discovered that he also has a Best of CD too!
Is that primarily his entire solo output?
When I was doing research I discovered that his first solo album was originally called Blues Town, but then it was modified into something else. Does anyone have the original? I saw the cover of it. It's a great classic old-school cover, and it's shame that none of his covers had that kind of quality. In fact, his first two album covers really suck, and are sort of cheesy.
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As far as I know Blues Town never actually got produced. Rick was asked about it somewhere and he basically just brushed off the question (not like Rick at all) and pointed people at what was then his new album.
Yes there are only seven solo albums. The only one I really don't like is Band Box Boogie, which is just not my sort of music at all.
Of course you'll find him on albums by John Mayall, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger and others if you care to dig that deeply.
I'm sure you'll enjoy listening to all of those albums, they are well worth it!