Ronnie Lane - What Went Down - Non-Album Tracks (1975-1977)

Boy, I sure do lose track of things sometimes. Back in 2019, I posted an album of Ronnie Lane stray tracks, called "How Come." Then... crickets. I totally forgot to follow through. But here we are, in 2023 finally, and I've got the next stray tracks album from him. Better late than never, I guess.

Here's the link to that first stray tracks album, if you don't have it already:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2019/05/ronnie-lane-how-come-various-songs-1971.html

Ronnie Lane is best known for being a key singer and songwriter in the Small Faces and the Faces, but he had a pretty nice solo career as well. Unfortunately, his health slowly declined due to multiple sclerosis. He was diagnosed as having that in 1977, but in retrospect he was feeling the effects as far back as 1973, or even earlier. But he was able to carry on with his music career pretty well all through the time period of this album. In 1977, he even had a highlight with the well received album "Rough Mix," that was a joint project between himself and Pete Townshend of the Who.

All the songs here are studio tracks except for "All of Nothing," which is a live version of a hit song he co-wrote for the Small Faces done at an unspecified time and locale. The first four songs are A- and B-sides. The next five come from an archival release called "Lucky Seven." The last three are from a bootleg. They're alternate versions of three of his songs that went on the "Rough Mix" album mentioned above. They're pretty close to the released versions, but they're all great songs, and I like having them here, to see how they fit in with the rest of his solo stuff at the time.

This album is 43 minutes long.

I have plans to post another stray tracks album after this. I also have no less than four BBC albums from him that I'll post as well.

01 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (Ronnie Lane)
02 What Went Down [That Night with You] (Ronnie Lane)
03 Lovely (Ronnie Lane)
04 Well, Well Hello [The Party] (Ronnie Lane)
05 All or Nothing (Ronnie Lane)
06 Around the World [Grow Too Old] (Ronnie Lane)
07 Annie Had a Baby (Ronnie Lane)
08 Some Day (Ronnie Lane)
09 Walk On By [Instrumental] (Ronnie Lane)
10 Catmelody [Alternate Version] (Ronnie Lane)
11 April Fool [Alternate Version] (Ronnie Lane)
12 Nowhere to Run [Alternate Version] (Ronnie Lane)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15288187/RonnieL_1975-1977_WhtWentDwn_atse.zip.html

Lane lived in the English countryside for a few years in the mid-1970s before his health issues forced him to move back to the city. This cover photo shows him with his wife and daughter on his farm around 1976.