Back Street Crawler (album)
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.
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| Released | 1973 March 20, 2008 (deluxe edition) |
| Recorded | Island Studios, Notting Hill, London |
| Genre | Blues rock, hard rock, jam rock |
| Length | 35:54 153:47 (deluxe edition) |
| Label | Island |
| Producer | Paul Kossoff Bob Potter Richaed "Diga" Digby Smith Jean Roussel |
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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.
Track listing
Original release, 1973
All songs by Paul Kossoff, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tuesday Morning" | 17:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "I'm Ready" | Jess Roden, Jean Roussel | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Time Away" | Kossoff, John Martyn | 5:46 |
| 4. | "Molten Gold" | 5:48 | |
| 5. | "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" | 4:22 |
Deluxe edition, 2008
All songs by Paul Kossoff, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tuesday Morning" | 17:32 | |
| 2. | "I'm Ready" | Roden, Roussel | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Time Away" | Kossoff, Martyn | 5:46 |
| 4. | "Molten Gold" | 5:48 | |
| 5. | "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" | 4:22 | |
| 6. | "Tuesday Morning" (Early Take 1) | 4:31 | |
| 7. | "Tuesday Morning" (Early Take 2) | 12:19 | |
| 8. | "Tuesday Morning Blues" | 5:38 | |
| 9. | "Tuesday Morning Groove" | 6:52 | |
| 10. | "Tuesday Morning Boogie" | 4:21 | |
| 11. | "Tuesday Morning Piano Jam" | 7:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Ready" (Take 4) | Roden, Roussel | 5:43 |
| 2. | "The Lady Is a Tramp" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 1:24 |
| 3. | "I'm Ready" (Take 10, Full Version) | Roden, Roussel | 6:16 |
| 4. | "May You Never" | Martyn | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Leslie Jam" | Kossoff, Martyn | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Time Away" (Complete Jam) | Kossoff, Martyn | 38:21 |
| 7. | "Molten Gold" | 5:54 | |
| 8. | "Molten Gold" (Songs of Yesterday Version) | 6:12 | |
| 9. | "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" (Single Guitar Track, No. 14) | 4:31 |
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)")
Production
- All songs produced by Paul Kossoff
- "Time Away" and "Molten Gold" co-produced by Bob Potter
- "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" co-produced by Richard "Diga" Digby Smith and Jean Roussel
- "Tuesday Morning" and "Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" engineered by Richard "Diga" Digby Smith
- "I'm Ready" and "Molten Gold" engineered by Bob Potter
- "Time Away" engineered by Tony Platt
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References
- Back Street Crawler at AllMusic
- "Back Street Crawler (Deluxe Edition) (2008)". John Martyn. 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- "Kossoff* - Back Street Crawler". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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