Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) - 1234 [Japanese Ed.] (1981)

Year: 2 September 1981 (CD 1 mar 1992)
Label: Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 6174
Style: Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 38:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 270 Mb

Every aspect of this Rolling Stone's solo album screams of superstar indulgence, from its bizarre cover shot - look, there's Ron riding a camel under some jets - to co-producer Andy Johns' fawningly surreal back cover exhortation to "don't let anybody tape it because the label needs the money." There's no chance of such an occurrence: three studios are credited - and every track boasts a different lineup. Many of the usual suspects appear, including sub-Stones keyboardist Ian McLagan, pianist Nicky Hopkins, and saxophonist Bobby Keys; R&B vocalist Bobby Womack; and pianist Nicky Hopkius. Even Stones drummer Charlie Watts pops up on a couple of tracks. Also, this rarefied company didn't have decent material to stretch out their chops. Most of the songs sound like demos or unfinished sketches with new overdubs - like the instrumental "Redeyes," which seems little more than an excuse for Wood to trot out his Dobro skills.
"Wind Howlin' Through" asks if the listener can hear that happening, but little more, and wastes a drumming cameo from Devo's Alan Myers. Wood's vocals are strained - and often impossible to decipher. They're little more than huffs and puffs on the otherwise thumping title cut, and they spoil the reggae-ish "She Was Out There," which is one of the better moments here - but "Fountains of Love" is lackluster blue-eyed soul that doesn't get off the ground. The best moments are the least contrived, notably the country-ish swagger of "Outlaws"; the glistening "Priceless"; and "She Never Told Me," which boasts a lengthy, biting guitar solo. However, it arrives too late to save this album. While hardly a total embarrassment, 1234 is easily Wood's least distinguished solo effort, although his drawings are nice.
(allmusic.com/album/1234-mw0002560769)

01. 1234 (03:29)
02. Fountain Of Love (05:11)
03. Outlaws (04:02)
04. Redeyes (03:33)
05. Wind Howlin' Through (03:04)
06. Priceless (04:20)
07. She Was Out There (05:14)
08. Down To The Ground (03:37)
09. She Never Told Me (05:50)

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Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones) - Gimme Some Neck (1979)

Year: 20 April 1979 (CD ????)
Label: Columbia Records (Canada), CK 35702
Style: Rock, Pop Rock, Rhythm and Blues
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 38:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 260 Mb

By 1979, Ronnie Wood had carved out for himself a niche as a sideman, first with the Jeff Beck Group, then the Faces and the Rolling Stones. But his previous two efforts at solo success had eluded him. That would change with the April 20, 1979, release of Gimme Some Neck. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, the Cars) and featuring cover art by the guitarist himself, the album had a more polished feel than the more organic, basement qualities of Wood's previous work. Wood had also evolved by this time into a more formidable guitar player and singer since earlier in the decade. While still a ragtag wild boy of rock 'n' roll, he now possessed a depth and maturity best illustrated on songs like "Lost and Lonely" and "We All Get Old."
There were the expected appearances of close pals like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Dave Mason, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts, Mick Fleetwood and others, adding their chops to bluesy, rootsy raves, including the similarly named "Worry No More" and "Don't Worry." But there was one song in particular that stood out. In his memoir, Ronnie, Wood tells a story of hanging out one night in 1975, in the studio with Eric Clapton, who was working on his album No Reason to Cry. Bob Dylan was also taking part in the sessions, which took place not far from his home in Zuma Beach, Calif.
"(Dylan) was writing a song at the time called ‘Seven Days,’" Wood recalled. "I know he liked me because, out of the blue he just gave it to me. He said, ‘You can have this one, Woody.’”
That song stands out on the record as a true tour de force, a rollicking and rambling road ode that almost feels like Wood is channeling Dylan throughout. Gimme Some Neck became Wood’s bestselling solo album, reaching No. 45 on the Billboard 200. As a result of the album's success, coupled with the fact that the Stones had no tour 1979 plans (save for a couple of benefit shows played as a result of Richards arrest) , Wood took a band on the road to promote the album. Called the New Barbarians, they toured throughout spring 1979 across North America and in August they opened for Led Zeppelin at the Knebworth Festival in England. The band included Richards, bassist Stanley Clarke, former Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan, saxophone player Bobby Keys and drummer Joseph "Ziggy" Modileste of the Meters. The set list featured songs from Gimme Some Neck along with a smattering of Stones tunes and cuts from Wood’s earlier solo albums.
The Stones soon returned to the studio to begin work on the next year's Emotional Rescue. But for Wood fans, 1979 will forever stand out as the time when he released his most solid solo album while also embarking on a typically gypsy-style tour built not around a dynamic front man, but the seductive, artistic weaving between he and his musical soul mate Richards.
(ultimateclassicrock.com/ronnie-wood-gimme-some-neck/)

01. Worry No More (02:33)
02. Breakin' My Heart (04:17)
03. Delia (00:42)
04. Buried Alive (03:37)
05. Come to Realise (03:52)
06. Infekshun (04:03)
07. Seven Days (04:10)
08. We All Get Old (04:09)
09. F.U.C. Her (03:15)
10. Lost and Lonely (04:14)
11. Don't Worry (03:25)

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Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane - Mahoney's Last Stand (1976)

Year: September 1976 (CD 1998)
Label: New Millennium Communications (UK), PILOT 29
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 55:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 326 Mb

Mahoney's Last Stand is an album by Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane, recorded in 1972 (with sessions overlapping with the early rehearsals for the Faces' final studio album Ooh La La). It is the music soundtrack album of the low-budget 1972 Canadian film Mahoney's Last Stand (original US title: Mahoney's Estate)[1] starring Alexis Kanner (who also produced the film), Sam Waterston and Maud Adams. The film itself, little seen at the time of its release and even less so since, charts the progress of city-dweller Mahoney (Kanner) who abandons his urban existence to become a homesteader, and the drama that ensues. Pete Townshend, who guests on guitar on some tracks on the album, also receives a credit in the film for providing 'special electronic effects', alongside Wood and Lane's musical score.
For various reasons the film's release was delayed until 1976, and consequently the soundtrack album suffered the same fate (and to further confuse matters the film has since also been re-released under the title Downtown Farmer). However, due to the relative fame of Wood (and to a lesser extent, Lane), the soundtrack album has remained far more readily available than the film itself.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoney%27s_Last_Stand)

01. Car Radio (04:49)
02. Tonight's Number (03:12)
03. From the Late to the Early (03:42)
04. Chicken Wire (01:58)
05. Chicken Wired (03:43)
06. I'll Fly Away (00:32)
07. Title One (03:32)
08. Just for a Moment (Instrumental) (02:52)
09. 'Mona' the Blues (04:27)
10. Hay Tumble (02:54)
11. Woody's Thing (01:46)
12. Rooster Funeral (03:48)
13. Just for a Moment (02:52)
14. Insurance (04:04)
15. Safety Pin Queen (03:30)
16. Anymore for Anymore (02:03)
17. C&W Number (02:02)
18. My Fault (03:12)

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Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) - Now Look [Japanese Ed.] (1975)

Year: July 1975 (CD 2012)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14781
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 47:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 321 Mb

Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing lead guitar with several British rhythm and blues bands in short succession, including the Birds and the Creation. He joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a guitarist and bassist, playing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola. The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces with Wood now primarily on lead guitar. The group found great success in the UK and mainland Europe from the early days on, but only reached major fame in the US during their last year of existence, 1975, with a major tour of the US. Wood sang and co-wrote the title track from their final LP, Ooh La La, released in 1973. He also worked extensively on Stewart's first few solo albums.
As Faces began to split, he started several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974. The album featured bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a longtime friend of Wood. Soon after Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones, Richards invited Wood to join them; he did so in 1975, initially temporarily, but became an official member in 1976.
Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Wood has recorded several other solo efforts. Now Look was released in 1975 and peaked at No. 118 on Billboard; he also collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. Wood also released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit No. 45 in the US; 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at No. 164. He released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners in 2002, and I Feel Like Playing in 2010. As a member of the Rolling Stones, Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted a second time, as a member of Faces, in 2012.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Wood)

01. I Got Lost When I Found You (04:26)
02. Big Bayou (02:42)
03. Breathe On Me (06:33)
04. If You Don't Want My Love (04:17)
05. I Can Say She's Allright (06:22)
06. Carribean Boogie (02:23)
07. Now Look (03:52)
08. Sweet Baby Mine (03:28)
09. I Can't Stand The Rain (03:12)
10. It's Unholy (06:28)
11. I Got A Feeling (03:22)

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Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) - Cancel Everything (I've Got My Own Album to Do) (1974)

Year: 13 September 1974 (CD 1985)
Label: Thunderbolt Records (UK), CD TB 2.034
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 47:36
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 282 Mb

If you’re looking to round out your Rolling Stones collection, you could do a lot worse than I’ve Got My Own Album To Do. Although Ron Wood wouldn’t join the Stones for another year still, his first album is a kind of early audition featuring Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger. The album also features not one but two Richard/Jagger compositions: “Act Together” and “Sure The One You Need.”
Wood wastes little time in making a strong impression, bringing in Mick Jagger on the first track (“I Can Feel The Fire”) and George Harrison on the second (“Far East Man”). It’s a hard act to follow, and Wood’s vocals are more in line with Ronnie Lane than Rod Stewart (who contributes backing vocals on a few tracks), but a lot of help from a lot of friends helps to smooth out the rough edges. Not everything here is gold: a cover of “If You Got To Make A Fool of Somebody” is half baked, “Shirley” is sexist nonsense. Yet the consensus is that IGMOATD is the best of Wood’s works.
“I Can Feel The Fire,” “Cancel Everything” and “Far East Man” are better than I expected, and the interplay between Wood, Richards and Ian McLagan is a treat to hear. It’s all a bit roguish, which is what you’d expect given Wood’s legend, and more than a little fun. The album apparently slipped under the radar, strange given the success of Rod Stewart and the Stones at the time, and is well worth the discovery if you haven’t already had the pleasure.
(progrography.com/ron-wood/ron-wood-ive-got-album-1974/)

01. I Can Feel the Fire (04:53)
02. Far East Man (04:39)
03. Mystifies Me (03:21)
04. Take a Look at the Guy (02:34)
05. Act Together (04:24)
06. Am I Grooving You (03:41)
07. Shirley (05:23)
08. Cancel Everything (04:41)
09. Sure the One You Need (04:14)
10. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody (03:34)
11. Crotch Music (06:07)

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Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) - Slide On This (1992)

Year: 8 September 1992 (CD 1992)
Label: Continuum Records (U.S.), 19210-2
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Rock
Country: Hillingdon, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 59:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 410 Mb

While Ronnie did have a more or less independent solo career, unlike Keith Richards or Mick Jagger whose solo careers were rather, er, rudimentary and always reeked of the true Stones' spirit, it wasn't until Slide On This that he fully demonstrated all his possibilities: he grew up, oldened and wisened, burned out and came back, and delivered a set of songs which should definitely rank among his best. In fact, while I haven't yet heard any previous albums of his, I'd be amazed if any of them turned out to be better.
On a normal, 'technical' level, there ain't really nothing special about Slide On This. What Ronnie does is basically write up a series of simplistic R'n'B melodies and cover some older standards, and that's about it. There's nothing groundbreaking or particularly interesting about this kind of music in 1992, unless, of course, you want to count such gimmicks as string arrangements sometimes overdubbed over plain rock'n'roll numbers innovative. And thus, when I first listened to the record, I couldn't help but feel bored: after all, why not put on Voodoo Lounge instead?
Nay, friends and countrymen. I was wrong. Remember, always remember that Ronnie Wood is not just a second-rate Rolling Stone; Ronnie is just as well a first-rate Face. And the Faces always had that magical power to charm you with their restless energy, booze and grittiness even when the actual melodies were non-existent. Well, now that Ronnie Lane is gone and Rod Stewart is mutated, Ronnie Wood carries on the legacy. And thus, when I listened to the record for the second time, I couldn't help but feel totally enthralled. To hell with Voodoo Lounge; in places, the ferocious rock'n'roll of Slide On This makes the Nineties' Stones sound like pathetic wimps, much like Rod Stewart himself.
Full version: (starling.rinet.ru/music/ronwood.htm)

01. Somebody Else Might (04:51)

02. Testify (05:00)

03. Ain't Rock & Roll (03:46)

04. Josephine (05:29)

05. Knock Yer Teeth Out (04:04)

06. Ragtime Annie (Lillie's Bordello) (02:33)

07. Must Be Love (04:12)

08. Fear For Your Future (04:03)

09. Show Me (03:35)

10. Always Wanted More (05:43)

11. Thinkin' (05:51)

12. Like It (04:28)

13. Breathe On Me (05:39)

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Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) - I Feel Like Playing (2010)

Year: September 28, 2010 (CD Sep 28, 2010)
Label: Eagle Records (U.S.), ER201832
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 57:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 402 Mb

When you’re already a member of one of rock ’n’ roll’s most legendary, successful bands, odds are you don’t get the urge to make a solo album unless you have something to say.
The past few years have been rather bumpy ones for Ronnie Wood, who hit some turbulence in his personal life only to see it parodied by the tabloid press. It wouldn’t be all that far-fetched, then, to think he may want to get some things off his chest through his music. Not that the Rolling Stones guitarist should need a reason to record a solo album; his seventh and latest such release, I Feel Like Playing (Eagle Records), is fantastic.
A venerable slate of guest and backing musicians make appearances throughout, including Slash, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, and Bobby Womack. Also on hand are vocalist Bernard Fowler and bassist Darryl Jones—both men stalwarts of the Stones touring entourage—giving Wood some of the comforts of home even while he’s out on his own.
For his part Wood sounds invigorated, with his raspy, Dylanesque singing on rambunctious cuts like “Thing About You” and “I Don't Think So” betraying a kind of precocious, little-boy-inside-a-man enthusiasm. Things get even funkier on “Fancy Pants,” a modish ode to British men’s sartorial excess set to a raunchy, thick-riffed groove.
It’s not all roguish mischief and bravado, however, as “I Gotta See” features Wood and Fowler engaging in a soulful, near call-and-response duet that gives the song a gospel resonance. Wood turns strikingly tender and compelling, though, on “Why You Wanna Go and Do A Thing Like That For,” his grim vocal betraying the fragility of a heartbroken man.
In the end, though, whether or not I Feel Like Playing is Ronnie Wood's way of working through some things doesn't matter as much as how good of an album he has made.
(writeonmusic.com/2010/10/ronnie-wood-feels-like-playing.html)

01. Why You Wanna Go And Do A Thing Like That For (05:28)

02. Sweetness My Weakness (05:45)

03. Lucky Man (05:03)

04. I Gotta See (03:44)

05. Thing About You (04:33)

06. Catch You (04:05)

07. Spoonful (05:35)

08. I Don't Think So (05:02)

09. 100% (04:56)

10. Fancy Pants (05:26)

11. Tell Me Something (03:20)

12. Forever (04:45)

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