The early signs weren’t good. When MCA released a cover of The Beach Boys’ Don’t Worry Baby in September 1974 as a taster for Keith Moon’s solo album, it was universally panned.
Even Moon himself called it “a really shitty record”, while the radio adverts he voiced referred to a "collage of crap". Producer Mal Evans was sacked and the whole album re-recorded with studio whizz Skip Taylor at the helm. But no one could save what would be the 70s’ ultimate rock folly. Despite a heap of royal names – including Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, John Sebastian and Dick Dale – Moon managed to fashion a sow’s ear from a silk purse of musicianly talent.
