Monday, October 4, 2021

ALBUM OF THE WEEK / Paul Kossoff - Back Street Crawler (1973)

Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English blues rock guitarist. He was most notably a member of the band Free.

Back Street Crawler is the first solo album by Paul Kossoff. The same year as Free's demise, Kossoff was able to pull himself together, moderating his drug addiction enough to record a solo album, Back Street Crawler, which surprisingly featured contributions from his former Free bandmates as well as Yes drummer Alan White. Original release, 1973.

Molten Gold is not, as has been alleged, a Free reunion; it is a 1972 outtake from the Free album Free At Last, with overdubs.

Time Away features three-fifths of the Mk II Free lineup (Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu) plus 70s songwriter-guitarist John Martyn, who would in 1975 invite Kossoff to guest on his own tour. The collaboration can be heard on expanded editions of Martyn’s Live At Leeds album.


full album 1973: https://youtu.be/UnPhLqUOgWo  : 


Tuesday Morning: 




Tracks Listing:

A.Tuesday Morning 

B1.I'm Ready 

B2.Time Away 

B3.Molten Gold 

B4.Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)


Personnel:

Paul Kossoff – lead guitar

Trevor Burton – bass guitar ("Tuesday Morning")

Alan White – drums ("Tuesday Morning", "I'm Ready")

John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards ("Tuesday Morning"); organ, chimes, piano ("Molten Gold")

Alan Spenner – bass guitar ("I'm Ready")

Jean Roussel – keyboards ("I'm Ready", "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)")

Jess Roden – lead vocals ("I'm Ready"); harmony vocals ("Molten Gold")

Tetsu Yamauchi – bass guitar ("Time Away")

Simon Kirke – drums ("Time Away", "Molten Gold")

John Martyn – lead vocals, guitar ("May You Never"); guitar ("Time Away", "Leslie Jam")[2][3]

Paul Rodgers – lead vocals ("Molten Gold")

Andy Fraser – bass guitar ("Molten Gold")

Conrad Isidore – drums ("Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)")

Clive Chaman – bass guitar ("Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)")

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