Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (album)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is the fifth album by the Country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. It was their first album for Warner Bros. Records. The album was the subject of a 1977 book, Star-Making Machinery, by Geoffrey Stokes, which chronicled its recording, production and marketing as an example of the behind-the-scenes operation of the U.S. music industry in the 1970s.
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | September-October 1974; by Paul Grupp at Record Plant, Sausalito, California, computer mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Country rock, Western swing, rock and roll, jump blues, Americana | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 1975 Wounded Bird 2003 | |||
| Producer | John Boylan | |||
| Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Track listing
- "Southbound" (Hoyt Axton, Dawson) - 2:20
- "Don't Let Go" (Jesse Stone) - 2:40
- "California Okie" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell) - 2:48
- "Willin' " (Lowell George) - 3:38
- "The Boogie Man Boogie" (Billy C. Farlow, George Frayne, Michael J. Richards, Andy Stein, John Tichy) - 3:35
- "Hawaii Blues" (Billy C. Farlow, Ernie Hagar, Michael J. Richards, Andy Stein) - 3:05
- "House of Blue Lights" (Don Raye, Freddie Slack)- 2:41
- "Keep on Lovin' Her" (Billy C. Farlow, John Tichy) - 3:13
- "Devil and Me" (George Frayne, John Tichy) - 3:11
- "Four or Five Times" (Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman) - 2:30
- "That's What I Like About the South" (Phil Harris) - 2:35
Personnel
- Commander Cody (a.k.a. George Frayne) – piano, vocals
- Billy C. Farlow – lead vocal, harp
- Bill Kirchen – electric guitar, vocals
- John Tichy – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Andy Stein – fiddle, saxophone
- Ernie Hagar – pedal steel
- Bruce Barlow – bass, vocals
- Lance Dickerson – drums, vocals
- Tower Of Power Horn Section - horns (5)
- John Boylan – Producer
- Paul Gruff – Engineer
- Tom Anderson – Assistant Engineer,
- Bob Edwards – Assistant Engineer
- Michael Verdick – Assistant Engineer
- Wally Traugott – Mastering
- Chris Frayne – Cover Art
- John Goodchild – Layout Design
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References
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at AllMusic
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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