Reheating rock history

Crooks and conmen flourished in the Wild West of 60s' pop.

- with GARRY BUSHELL

Deals and legs were broken, royalties went unpaid, shenanigans abounded.

So it wasn't too surprising when Humble Pie's debut album master-tape mysteriously “went missing” somewhere between London and New York.

Their label, Immediate, just months from bankruptcy, couldn't afford not to release the record.