For this first one he was to be accompanied by Alan Kendall and Maurice's friend John Bonham from Led Zeppelin.

Bonham was busy elsewhere at the start of the session and a drummer Heydon Jones was hired quickly to fill in.

Later he added bass to all but "Sweet Child of Mine" (which is just Stevens with orchestra), organ on "Don’t Freak Me Out", keyboard on "When You Grow Up", and Bill Shepherd orchestration to three songs.

[2] The second session for the album was in May 1972, and features Peter Frampton on guitar, Mike Kellie on drums and the orchestra was arranged by Gerry Shury.

Frampton, who was a member of Humble Pie, recorded his first solo album Wind of Change around this time, and Kellie, late of Spooky Tooth, was the drummer on it, while Bee Gees’ tour drummer Chris Karan played percussion.