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The Best Band in the Land

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Released
  
1973

Artist
  
CCS

Producer
  
Mickie Most

Genres
  
Blues, Rock music

Recorded
  
1973

Release date
  
1973

Label
  
Rak Records

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Blues albums
  
CCS, The Party Album, R&B from the Marquee, Bahamut, Mallard

The Best Band in the Land is the third and final studio album of Collective Consciousness Society. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, January to May 1973 and released in September that year.

Contents

It includes covers of songs by The Kinks and Cream amongst others, but unlike their first album it mostly features original compositions. The style continues that of their previous two albums, with heavy rock and blues songs arranged with jazz instruments.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "The Band Played The Boogie" (Don Reedman, Jeff Jarrett, John Cameron)
  2. "Wild Witch Lady" (Donovan Leitch)
  3. "Lola" (Ray Davies)
  4. "Primitive Love" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn)
  5. "Hundred Highways" (John Cameron)

Side Two

  1. "Shakin' All Over" (Frederick Heath)
  2. "Memphis" (John Cameron)
  3. "Sunshine Of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton)
  4. "Our Man In London" (John Cameron)
  5. "Cannibal Sheep" (Alexis Korner)

Personnel

  • Alexis Korner - vocals
  • Peter Thorup - vocals
  • John Cameron - electric piano, conductor
  • Alan Parker - electric guitar
  • Herbie Flowers - bass
  • Spike Heatley - string bass
  • Tony Carr, Barry Morgan - drums
  • Jim Lawless, Bill le Sage - percussion
  • Harold Beckett, Henry Lowther, Greg Bowen, Tony Fisher, Les Condon, Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
  • Don Lusher, John Marshall, Brain Perrin, Bill Geldard - trombone
  • Neil Sanders - horn
  • Harold McNair, Tony Coe, Pete King, Danny Moss, Bob Efford, Ron Ross - saxophones, woodwind
    • Produced by Mickie Most Engineer: Mike Bobak, Guy Bidmead

    Songs

    1The Band Played the Boogie3:50
    2Wild Witch Lady4:00
    3Lola3:36

    References

    The Best Band in the Land Wikipedia
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