Zak Starkey on Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention 3

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A brief explanation of The Wizard's Conventions: In the mid 1970's, Eddie Hardin was one of the participants in a group project of Roger Glover's called The Butterfly Ball - A collection of songs based on a children's book of the same name. Shortly after, in Spring of 1976, Eddie assembled much of the same cast of characters to record a collection of his own songs. The first Wizard's Convention contained contributions from Roger Glover, Jon Lord, David Coverdale, Tony Ashton, Mo Foster, Pete York, Ray Fenwick and others. Wizard's Convention 3 continues Eddie's exploration of having singers of all types have a go at his songs. It appears the majority of the ten tracks on this volume were recorded in the mid 1980's. Although WC3 was released only in Japan, the 10 main tracks did resurface a number of years later on Eddie's Wizard Convention: The Masters release.

This release features two tracks where Zak plays both GUITAR and DRUMS: "Perfect Survivors" and "Why Can't We Go Home", while only drums on "Slippery Slopes" and "Without Your Love".
Note: other sources also credit him as a player on "Can Dreams Come True" and "Not Guilty". See Lynn Sheppard's Ocean City

The main tracks were all recorded in the mid 1980's.

Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention 3

TDK Records International
#TDCN - 5615 (JAPAN - Jan 31, 1997)

I'm Looking Forward To Tomorrow Vocals: Maggie Bell Maggie's Theme Vocals: Maggie Bell Not Guilty Vocals: Iris Williams Backing Vocals: Denny Laine, Eddie Hardin & Lynn Sheppard Slippery Slopes Vocals: Eddie Hardin Backing Vocals: Denny Laine Drums: Zak Starkey Without Your Love Vocals: Eddie Hardin Backing Vocals: Denny Laine Drums: Zak Starkey Perfect Survivors Vocals: Lynn Sheppard Drums/Guitar: Zak Starkey Can Dreams Come True Vocals: Lynn Sheppard Piano: Eddie Hardin Why Can't We Go Home Vocals: Lynn Sheppard Drums/Guitar: Zak Starkey You're No Good Vocals: Liz Hardin When The Going Gets Tough Vocals: Eddie Hardin
	Bonus Tracks from 1976 Wizard's Convention: 11- The Craig Song 12- Loose Ends 13- Money To Burn 14- Until Tomorrow Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV 15- Light Of My Life 16- She's a Woman 17- Time For Another 18- The Put Down Song 19- Goodnight Children 20- Summer Days 21- Seems I'm Always Gonna Love You The bonus tracks are the ones that did not make it onto the "Butterfly Ball / Wizards Convention" combo CD release.
The first 10 tracks can now be found on the 1999 Eagle Records release: Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention: The Masters

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Related Links:

• - Eddie Hardin catalog at Amazon.com
• Eddie Hardin's official site!
• June 2004 - ALAB Eddie Hardin's Autobiography now available! Signed copies available through his website!

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Created: March 1997 
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