John Howard 3 Years ( Im Gonna Make It) (1973)

Recorded in October 1973 at Chappell Studios, London, with Eddie Pumer producing, 3 Years was not released until 2008 on the album Sketching The Landscape. I recorded four demos that night at Chappell s Studios just off Bond Street, Small Town, Big Adventures, Pearl Parade (For Fred Ginger), Maybe Someday In Miami and this track, 3 Years. Only Miami made it beyond demo stage, being rearranged and rerecorded by my producer Tony Meehan at Abbey Road for my debut album, Kid In A Big World. The other three songs lay gathering dust until Small Town and Pearl Parade were included as bonus cuts on RPM s 2003 reissue of Kid In A Big World. 3 Years finally got a release in 2008 on the compilation Sketching The Landscape. The song was all about the incredible ambition I had back then to make it big, I d started playing in folk c