I made a magical demo of it on a 2 track tape recorder, using lampshades and cardboard boxes for percussion and years later when we were trying to record it in the studio, we weren’t getting close to the magic I captured on the demo, so we put it on 2 tracks of the multi-track and played along to it eventually duplicating what was on the demo but in much higher quality.” It was the first time I’d been alone with one and when I started playing it, the song just exploded out of me. I managed to get my hands on a Wurlitzer Piano and I took it down to my Mother’s house. “The inspiration for ‘Dreamer’ was born out of excitement and just erupted out of me. It was the first hit song that Roger Hodgson wrote. Hodgson’s “Dreamer” became Supertramp’s first hit single, when it charted in the UK in February 1975, making the top 20. “It was the first of a few songs I would write over the years commenting on our education system and thinking for yourself.” It kind of has a spellbinding effect on people in my concerts today,” Roger says. “‘School’ is one of those songs that really does take people back to their high school or wherever they were when they first heard it. And with new producer, Ken Scott working alongside the band, the “sound” that they create is beguiling and a Hi-Fi demonstrator’s dream. “School,” the opening track, is so catchy that it is impossible not to get hooked on it. Crime of The Century is one of those albums that everyone of a certain age remembers with real affection, one that helps to time stamp their life. It would be nearly three years before Supertramp’s third album was released, and when it was it changed everything. Released as a single, “Forever” didn’t make any real impact on record buyers, but the album helped in getting the band well and truly noticed. There are the clever instrumental flourishes and a saxophone had been added to the band’s line-up. “Forever” is the first track on which the band’s trademark sound begins to evolve. Interestingly the lyrics to this album were written by guitarist Richard Palmer, as none of the other members of Supertramp felt up to the task.īy the time of the band’s second album, 1971’s Indelibly Stamped, Roger and Rick Davies, began writing the words as well as writing the music. “It’s A Long Road” is the opening track, and its lyrics are so prescient… “Well the road I see before me threatens pain…” As the story of both the band and Roger unfolds all will become clear. What better place to start than the first song on the band’s self-titled debut album, recorded in late spring and early summer 1970 and released in July of the same year. Listen to the best of Supertramp on Apple Music and Spotify.
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