The Great Fatsby

The Great Fatsby
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1975
StudioElectric Lady Studios, NYC
GenreBlues-rock, hard rock
Length34.16
LabelPhantom
ProducerLeslie West, Bob D'Orleans
Leslie West chronology
Mountain
(1969)
The Great Fatsby
(1975)
The Leslie West Band
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideC+[1]

The Great Fatsby is the second album by American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Leslie West. It was released on Bud Prager's Phantom Records in March 1975 and distributed by RCA Records. The album features Mick Jagger on rhythm guitar.[2] The album features four original tracks alongside West's interpretation of six other songs: covers of tracks by Paul Kelly, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, Sharks, Tim Hardin and Free.

"Little Bit of Love" would be the first of four tracks by Free covered by Leslie West. Subsequently he released "The Stealer" (on Alligator), "Walk in My Shadow" (on Got Blooze) and "Woman" (on Blue Me).

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ "Interview:Leslie West (Solo, Mountain, West Bruce & Laing)". November 7, 2013.