"Interesting group of collaborators. It doesn't quite gel. Ian Hunter co-writes three tracks (and sings them), while contributing his classic song The Outsider. Essential for Hunter, Mott The Hopple or Mick Ronson fans."
A must for Mountain fans
Slawek Bandurski | Warsaw, Poland | 05/29/2001
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Altough it is not typically rock album Mountain fans will be satisfied with three members of the group playing on it. A very rare video with Felix Pappalardi is worthy every dollar you spent. The Outsider should be in every rock history collection. It was great idea to find and put those recordings on CD. Three stars for rock fans, five stars for Mountain fans."
Ian Hunter The Secret Sessions
nicholas KImpan | Virginia | 01/23/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Great CD. Ian Hunter et.al. The ideo clip of "the outsider" is grainy but fantastic! That clip is worth the price of the cd."
Not great sound quality, but that's not the point
Bluesman | 11/08/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This sounds like a bunch of friends who got together and made some demos for a few days that never got polished... I like it. It's rough around the edges, but interesting for fans."
Big Disappointment
Bluesman | Akron, Ohio | 07/09/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Well, it's not a secret anymore. What should've been a great record just didn't happen here. From Corky Laing to Mick Ronson to Ian Hunter, everyone associated with playing on this are very talented individuals so certainly all the right people were involved. I wanted so much to like this record. And with their creative minds writing new, original material for it this should've been a great and memorable record. Despite the fact that the vocal harmonies are there, probably the biggest reason this "secret session" never saw the light of day until now is the fact that the songs just aren't interesting despite whatever political crap the artists and their respective record companies were going through at the time that delayed its release. This record should've just stayed a secret."