Having recently completed his duties on the Rolling Stones' "STP tour" of North America, Hopkins began work on his second official solo album in London during September 1972. Sessions took place at the Beatles' old Apple Studio, in short bursts between Hopkins' session work for what would be two major releases of 1973: George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" and the Stones' "Goats Head Soup" (the latter's held at Dynamic Sound in Kingston, Jamaica). All the material was written by either Hopkins or in collaboration with singer Jerry Lynn Williams. One of the solo compositions, "Edward", was a short, simplified take on the much-admired "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", from Hopkins' days in Quicksilver Messenger Service (and released on their 1969 album "Shady Grove").