''Just Like This'' is the fourth solo studio album by

Mick Ronson Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session musici ...

, consisting of previously unreleased material recorded in November and December 1976. It was supposed to become Ronson's third solo album after '' Slaughter on 10th Avenue'' (1974) and '' Play Don't Worry'' (1975), but due to low selling amounts of these albums, record company RCA refused to release this third album in 1977. ''Just Like This'' was finally released six years after Ronson's death (1993), on 15 March 1999, by New Millennium Music (Burning Airlines label) in a limited amount. A rare extra limited amount has an extra bonus CD with seven demos and two outtakes. The release was backed by Mick Ronson's widow Suzanne Ronson. Two songs from the album, "I'd Give Anything to See You" and "Hard Life" were included in the 2017 feature-length biographical documentary, and compilation Soundtrack, entitled '' Beside Bowie: the Mick Ronson Story''.YouTube ~ ''Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story'' (2017) Trailer #1
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Track listing

All tracks composed by Mick Ronson, except where indicated. CD One: # "Just Like This" (

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) # "I'd Give Anything to See You" # "Takin' a Train" (Jay Davis) # "Hard Life" # "(I'm Just a) Junkie for Your Love" (

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) # "Crazy Love" (

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) # "Hey Grandma" (

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) # "Is That Any Way" # "I've Got No Secrets" # "Hard Headed Woman" # "Roll Like the River" (Ronson,

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, Bobby Chen, Burt Carey) # "Angel No. 9" (

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) CD Two: # "Crazy Love" (demo) # "I'd Give Anything to See You (Right Now)" - (demo) # "Takin' The Next Train" (demo) # "Hard Life" (Ballad version) # "Junkie" (demo) # "Hey Grandma" (demo) # "Just Like This" (demo) # "Ronno's Bar & Grill" (studio outtake) # "In the Old Mountains of the East Riding" (studio outtake)

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *

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– guitar, backing vocals *Jay Davis – bass, backing vocals *Burt Carey – bass *Bobby Chen – drums, backing vocals *Executive Producer: Suzanne Ronson

Notes

Recorded in November and December 1976 at Bearsville Sound Studio.

References

{{authority control Mick Ronson albums Albums produced by Mick Ronson Compilation albums published posthumously 1999 compilation albums