Pioneering female rockers Fanny – then called Wild Honey – snaffled a deal with Warner Bros offshoot Reprise Records after they were talent-spotted at LA’s Troubadour by the secretary of record producer Richard Perry. But there was a problem. Perry put himself in charge of the sonics for Fanny’s first three albums, employing a light touch – a tap on the shoulder as opposed to a sock to the jaw.
Thus the potential of the band, led by the Filipina-American Millington sisters June (guitar) and Jean (bass), wasn’t fully realised until album number four. This box-set includes their early 70 albums Fanny, Charity Ball and Fanny Hill (recorded in London at The Beatles’ Apple Studios) and their final release for Reprise, Mothers Pride [sic]. With Todd Rundgren at the controls, the latter platter is where it’s at.
