As Safe As Yesterday Is

IMMEDIATE, 1969

Humble Pie’s most broadspectrum album was actually their debut. Rock, blues, folk, mod… You can still hear the Small Faces influence: the rustic, semiacoustic Growing Closer was written by SF keyboardist Ian McLagan, who rehearsed with Pie before joining the reconfigured Faces; the Marriottonly-credited Bang! and What You Will were originally credited to Marriott and SF bassist Ronnie Lane, and recorded months earlier by ‘French Elvis’ Johnny Halliday. Delights include the Steppenwolf cover Desperation and the epic Frampton and Marriott demi-title track As Safe As Yesterday.