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Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun

I had no idea what to expect here. The cover caught my eye, and I thought the logo was cool. It reminded me a bit of Crown of Thorns, or Angel ... turns out when I actually compared them they were nothing alike. For all I knew, this was going to be a disco record, after all it did come out in 1979, and the back photo was hard to peg. Still, I'd been baited with that Patrick Juvet record a while back ... but I was hoping this was more rock, mainly because Leland Sklar was the bass player, and while Leland has played on literally thousands of albums, I generally assume he's a measure of quality. If nothing else, the bass playing will be good. Another name I saw was Alvin Taylor - which was a blank for me, so when I got home I looked him up. His name wasn't familiar but his list of credits was. He was behind the kit on Bob Welch's French Kiss , except for "Sentimental Lady." He drummed with Elton John, Eric Burdon, Sly & the Family Stone and George Harrison. ...