THINK LIKE A KEY MUSIC

While his former bandmates Clapton, Beck, and Page were grabbing headlines, Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty quietly crafted this sophisticated gem that vanished almost immediately after its 1973 release. On The Frontier captures McCarty stepping from behind the kit to reveal his remarkable songwriting prowess, alongside Raw Material's Dave Green who co-wrote several tracks and provided crucial creative partnership. Backed by an impressive cast including pedal steel wizard BJ Cole and Renaissance pianist John Tout, this lost classic has been newly remastered by Prof. Stoned and accompanied by Alan Clayson's illuminating liner notes—proof that sometimes history's most interesting footnotes deserve to be entire chapters.