Album: In A Broken Dream (1972, AUS)
Lineup:
David Bentley / keyboards
Mick Liber / guitar {also worked with: Ashton, Gardner and Dyke & Roundhouse (again with Rod)}
Tony Cahill / bass guitar
Gary Boyle / guitar (Not for this song)
David Montgomery / drums
&:
Rod Steward: Vocals
** About the song:
Around October 1968 - or possibly month or so later - Rod recorded the infamous In a Broken Dream with Python Lee Jackson. Although originally put down as a guide vocal, Rod's performance was so strong that the band's lead singer, Dave Bentley (who'd penned the song), never got around to putting his own vocals over the top. Although it flopped upon its initial 1970 release, it became a huge worldwide hit when reissued in 1972. As Rod later recalled:
\"It was all John Peel's fault. He said, 'come down and show this guy how to sing the tune'. So me, being naive, and in no particular group at that time [which was patently untrue - Rod was always in a group, and was at that time in the Jeff Beck Group], I went and showed him how to sing it. Then suddenly, three years later, it ends up as a hit single. I don't think Peely had anything to do with that, though. On the other side of the single [the 1970 release] there's a really bad version of the Temptations' Cloud Nine, with me singing the wrong words. But it wasn't called 'Cloud Nine' on the record...they renamed it 'So Fine' [NB: Rod got it wrong - it was actually mistitled Doin' Fine]. I didn't even get a mention.\"
In a Broken Dream reached #3 on the charts in the U.K. and #56 in the U.S.
