Paul Kossoff – Back Street Crawler
(Island Records 1973 ILPS9264)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges and some rubbing on back
Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Free.
Kossoff was ranked 51st in Rolling Stone magazine list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time“.
Back Street Crawler is 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.
Track listing
Original release, 1973
All songs by Paul Kossoff, except where noted.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | “Tuesday Morning” | 17:32 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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 – guitar (“Time Away”, “May You Never”)
- 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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