Wow, that first "real" solo album he released in 1970 after leaving the Merry-Go-Round was nearly solid gold Beatles-worshipping power pop. I'm talking about the eponymous one with songs like "Fresh as a Daisy", You Take the Dark Out of the Night", "Long Time No See" and especially "With My Face on the Floor". Like Paul McCartney's first solo album from the same year, it was recorded in his own studio and he played all the instruments. Unlike McCartney, I think Emitt's home studio was mainly a big Ampex 4-track and a Shure mixer in his parent's garage, but it doesn't much matter in this case because the results were better than that rather uneven and somewhat disappointing first release by Sir Paul. Sure, Paul went on to make some much better albums and Emitt didn't, but that's beside the point. The Emitt Rhodes album is still a classic. Maybe a little overlooked by most, but still a classic to me (and I think to the PwrPopGuy, too ).

I hadn't heard that LP in ages since I seem to have either lost it or misplaced it during one of my many moves over the years, so I was happy to find a copy of the CD at the library. Still the real deal and lots of fine memories associated with those songs.