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This album was without
doubt the most controversial of the Rose's career, and began a
bitter court action between the band and Fire Records. The band had been demoing
new material at the recording studio and wanted to release another
single to follow up Always There. The band wanted to maintain
their very high standard of recorded output, and therefore felt
another single release would maintain that quality, however Fire
were demanding an album. As described by Paul in his
interview with me, Fire took
matters into their own hands and seized the master tapes from the
demo sessions. Fire then released the "In Rock"
album, charging full price for a record which contained only 7
tracks, four of which were alternate takes of two songs ("Height
of The Clouds" and "Darkorjan") and one
reworking of the previously released "Just
Like Yesterday". The band were furious and
pursued a court route to free themselves from their Fire contract.
Due to this prolonged dispute the band would disappear off the map
for nearly a year, unable to release records and with no product
to promote by touring. Despite the unauthorized
nature of this album it does contained some all time classic Rose
songs, and had it been released as a 4 track 12" would have
been a monumental record. The album opens with "Dreamland"
cited by Glenn as the bands most
complete song. The song was actually debuted at the live recording
of the Rose gig at London's Town and Country
Club in July 1987. The quality hits you instantly. Next up is
"Not Another Day" - another fantastic tune, and
another of my personal favorites. Two versions of a track
called "Height of The Clouds" Part 1
(instrumental) and Part 2 follows, and these stand out for the
remarkable guitar work of Glenn, possibly his finest solo captured
on record. The reworking of "Just
Like Yesterday", called "Yesterday Once More"
follows, which is instrumental, and "In Rock"
closes out with yet another couple of instrumental versions of the
same track "Darkorjan". The fact that only three
out of seven songs have lyrics just show how incomplete the tracks
were at the time of release.
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