Mahoney's Last Stand

Mahoney's Last Stand
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedSeptember 1976
RecordedMay, September–November 1972, March 1976
StudioOlympic Sound Studios, London
GenreRock
LabelAtlantic
ProducerGlyn Johns
Ron Wood chronology
Now Look
(1975)
Mahoney's Last Stand
(1976)
Gimme Some Neck
(1979)
Ronnie Lane chronology
One for the Road
(1976)
Mahoney's Last Stand
(1976)
Rough Mix
(1977)

Mahoney's Last Stand is an album by Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane, recorded in 1972 (with sessions overlapping with the early rehearsals for the Faces' final studio album Ooh La La). It is the music soundtrack album of the low-budget 1972 Canadian film Mahoney's Last Stand (original US title: Mahoney's Estate)[1] starring Alexis Kanner (who also produced the film), Sam Waterston and Maud Adams. The film itself, little seen at the time of its release and even less so since, charts the progress of city-dweller Mahoney (Kanner) who abandons his urban existence to become a homesteader, and the drama that ensues. Pete Townshend, who guests on guitar on some tracks on the album, also receives a credit in the film for providing 'special electronic effects', alongside Wood and Lane's musical score.

For various reasons the film's release was delayed until 1976, and consequently the soundtrack album suffered the same fate (and to further confuse matters the film has since also been re-released under the title Downtown Farmer). However, due to the relative fame of Wood (and to a lesser extent, Lane), the soundtrack album has remained far more readily available than the film itself.

  1. ^ "Mahoney's Estate" – via www.imdb.com.

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