CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) - CCS, 1970 [2000, Repertoire]

Artist: CCS (Collective Consciousness Society)
Album: CCS
Year: 1970
Label: Repertoire, 2000
Style: Progressive rock
Genre: Jazz-rock/Fusion, Blues
Format: FLAC (separate) +CUE+LOG+SCANS
Size: 338 Mb + 27 Mb scans
Source: my CD collection

Formed in 1970 by musical director John Cameron and record producer Mickie Most, CCS consisted largely of session musicians, and was created primarily as a recording outfit. The personnel also included Peter Thorup, vocals; Alan Parker, guitar; Harold McNair, flute; Herbie Flowers, bass; Roger Coulam, keyboards; Barry Morgan, drums; plus Don Lusher and Bill Geldard, trombone. Some of the musicians were also members of Blue Mink.

CCS are best known for their instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's 1969 track "Whole Lotta Love", which got into in the UK Singles Chart in 1970,[1] and was used as the theme music for the BBC pop programme Top of the Pops for most of the 1970s, and, in a remixed version, between 1997 and 2003. Technically, the TOTP theme was not by CCS, but was recorded by the TOTP orchestra one morning before the day's rehearsals. Having said that, the band was conducted by John Cameron on that occasion and many of the musicians were CCS regulars. This enabled the production to tailor the tune to the correct duration and, more importantly, avoided the weekly payment of royalties to the record label.

Their highest-charting singles were the Donovan song "Walkin'", and "Tap Turns on the Water". They also recorded three albums, including cover versions of the old blues standard "Boom Boom", "Living in the Past", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as well as original material. A retrospective compilation album, Singles As, Bs and Rarities was released in 2004.

(en.wikipedia.org)


Line Up:

Trumpets - Greg Bowen or Tony Fisher, Les Condon, Harold Beckett, Henry Lowther or Kenny Wheeler
Trombones - Don Lusher, John Marshall or Brian Perrin, Bill Geldard
French Horn - Neil Sanders
Saxes, Woodwind - Harold McNair or Tony Coe, Pete King, Danny Moss, Bob Efford, Ron Ross
Guitar - Alan Parker
Bass Guitar - Herbie Flower
Bass - Spike Heatley
Drums - Barry Morgan and Tony Carr
Percussion - Jim Lawless or Bill L Sage
Vocal - Alexis Korner and Peter Thorup
Conductor/Electric Piano, etc. - John Cameron


Track listings:

1. Boom Boom (Hooker) (3:32)
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Jagger/Richard) (4:30)
3. Waiting Song (Thorup) (4:32)
4. Lookin' For Fun (Thorup/Fich) (3:59)
5. Whole Lotta Love (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) (3:41)
6. Living In The Past (Anderson) (3:46)
7. Sunrise (Korner) (5:14)
8. Dos Cantos (Cameron) (8:05)
9. Wade In The Water (Trad.arr.Cameron) (2:54)

Bonus Tracks:
10. Walking (Persons/Spedding) (3:10)
11. Salome (Cameron/Korner) (3:03)
12. Tap Turns On The Water (Cameron/Korner) (3:40)
13. Save The World (Cameron) (4:00)

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Спасибо!! Классный альбом!

Да, великолепный! По-моему, CCS - лучшее у Корнера...