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Octopuss

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Released
  
1983

Label
  
Polydor

Length
  
32:15

Recorded
  
September - October 1982 Britannia Row Studios

Genre
  
Hard rock, instrumental rock

Producer
  
Bruce Payne & John Makepeace

Octopuss is the third solo album by English drummer Cozy Powell, released in 1983.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Up on the Downs" (Mel Galley, Cozy Powell) – 3:55
  2. "633 Squadron" (Ron Goodwin) – 4:13
  3. "Octopuss" (Powell, Colin Hodgkinson) – 5:35
  4. "The Big Country" (Jerome Moross, Morty Neff, Jack Lewis) - 2:56

Side two

  1. "Formula One" (Galley, Powell) – 3:21
  2. "Princetown" (Galley, Powell) – 4:37
  3. "Dartmoore" (Gary Moore) – 5:41
  4. "The Rattler" (David Coverdale, Powell) – 2:57

Personnel

  • Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
  • Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
  • Mel Galley – guitar on "Up on the Downs", "633 Squadron", "Octopuss" and "The Big Country"
  • Gary Moore – guitar on "Formula One", "Princetown", "Dartmoore" and "The Rattler"
  • Jon Lord – keyboards
  • Don Airey - keyboards

    • with:

  • Bruce Payne & John Makepeace – production
  • Mike Johnson & Nick Griffiths – engineering, mixing

    • References

    Octopuss Wikipedia
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