Beginnings (Slade album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Beginnings
Type = Album
Artist = Ambrose Slade


Released = May 9, 1969
Genre = Glam rock
Length = mm:ss
Label = Fontana Records
Producer = Ambrose Slade & Roger Wake
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfixq85ld0e link]
Last album =
This album = "Beginnings"
(1969)
Next album = "Play It Loud"
(1970)

"Beginnings" was the first album by the English glam/hardrock group Slade (under the name Ambrose Slade). It was released May 9, 1969 but failed to enter the charts. It was also released as "Ballzy" in the U.S.

"Beginnings" was remastered in 2006 and released with their second album "Play It Loud" on a single CD. Bonus tracks are the singles "Wild Winds Are Blowing" and "Get Down And Get With It"

Track listing

#"Genesis" (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell) "Did Not Chart"
#"Everybody's Next One" (Kay/Mekler)
#"Knocking Nails Into My House" (Lynne)
#"Roach Daddy" (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
#"Ain't Got No Heart" (Zappa)
#"Pity The Mother" (Holder/Lea)
#"Mad Dog Cole" (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
#"Fly Me High" (Hayward)
#"If This World Were Mine" (Gaye)
#"Martha My Dear" (Lennon/McCartney)
#"Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire)
#"Journey To The Center Of Your Mind" (Nugent/Farmer)

Personnel

*Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*Dave Hill - lead guitar
*Jim Lea - bass guitar
*Don Powell - drums