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What we have here is a collection of the best and heaviest tracks from the early career of the legendary English drummer, Cozy Powell. Born Colin Flooks in 1947 in Cirencester, he started out in The Corals, playing in a local youth club. He spent a few years cutting his teeth on the German circuit and on return to the UK his career advanced very quickly. He gained a reputation as a great drummer, session work jobs and offers from respected bands and musicians were many and frequent. His career is quite unbelievable in summary, reading like a hard rock hall of fame. The stage name 'Cozy' was borrowed from the jazz drummer Cozy Cole.
Julie Felix Clotho's Web LP (1972) |
Throughout these early times he also worked as a session drummer for diverse projects from folk singer Julie Felix, Donovan, Bob Sargeant, Ten Years After keyboardist Chick Churchill, Tony Ashton/Jon Lord and Harvey Adams to name a few. The Ace Kefford Stand was a vehicle for Ace who was previously the founding bassist/singer of successful Birmingham mods The Move. His story is a sad one, the rock lifestyle was too much for him and psychological problems curtailed his career for good. With Cozy he recorded an album's worth of material that was only released recently. This band would morph into Big Bertha (including Leaf Hound's Pete French), then Bedlam, both in this comp.
Below:
Televised performance of 1974 single "The Man In Black".
Televised performance of 1974 single "The Man In Black".
With Bernie Marsden on the Les Paul and Don Airey on keys
John Bonham & Cozy Powell |
Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell in Rainbow |
Cozy Powell & Robert Plant on UK Kid's TV Show "Tis Was" (1980)
Further reading: cozypowell.com: (current, archived), biography, discography, wikipedia
There's a nice interview with cozy discussing his techniques and his early days here, and there's some welcome news about a planned Cozy Powell documentary here.
Tracklist:
01. Cozy Powell - Mistral (1974)
Single
02. The Ace Kefford Stand - Gravy Booby Jamm (1969)
Single
03. Big Bertha - Munich City (1970)
Single
04. Big Bertha - Funky Woman (1970)
Single
05. Jeff Beck Group - Ice Cream Cakes (1972)
from album "Jeff Beck Group"
06. Julie Felix - Clotho's Web (1972)
from album "Clotho's Web"
07. Bedlam - The Fool (1973)
from album "Live In London 1973"
08. Bedlam - The Beast (1973)
from album "Bedlam"
09. Donovan - Wild Witch Lady (1973)
from album "Cosmic Wheels"
10. Cozy Powell - And Then There Was Skin (1973)
Single
11. Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (1973)
Single
12. Bob Sargeant - King Of The Night (1974)*
from album "First Starring Role"
13. Cozy Powell's Hammer - Instrumental #2 (1974)
from archival "Lost Reel Masters"
14. Cozy Powell's Hammer - Living a Lie (1974)
from archival "Lost Reel Masters"
*A point of note on track 12: "King Of The Night". This great song also appears in a more heavy guitar-orientated version on the Bobby Harrison (Procol Harum, Freedom, Snafu) solo album 'Funkist' from the same year, on which Bob Sargeant also played. The song is credited to Bobby Harrison and Bob Sargeant.
RIP Cozy!
There's a nice interview with cozy discussing his techniques and his early days here, and there's some welcome news about a planned Cozy Powell documentary here.
Tracklist:
01. Cozy Powell - Mistral (1974)
Single
02. The Ace Kefford Stand - Gravy Booby Jamm (1969)
Single
03. Big Bertha - Munich City (1970)
Single
04. Big Bertha - Funky Woman (1970)
Single
05. Jeff Beck Group - Ice Cream Cakes (1972)
from album "Jeff Beck Group"
06. Julie Felix - Clotho's Web (1972)
from album "Clotho's Web"
07. Bedlam - The Fool (1973)
from album "Live In London 1973"
08. Bedlam - The Beast (1973)
from album "Bedlam"
09. Donovan - Wild Witch Lady (1973)
from album "Cosmic Wheels"
10. Cozy Powell - And Then There Was Skin (1973)
Single
11. Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (1973)
Single
12. Bob Sargeant - King Of The Night (1974)*
from album "First Starring Role"
13. Cozy Powell's Hammer - Instrumental #2 (1974)
from archival "Lost Reel Masters"
14. Cozy Powell's Hammer - Living a Lie (1974)
from archival "Lost Reel Masters"
*A point of note on track 12: "King Of The Night". This great song also appears in a more heavy guitar-orientated version on the Bobby Harrison (Procol Harum, Freedom, Snafu) solo album 'Funkist' from the same year, on which Bob Sargeant also played. The song is credited to Bobby Harrison and Bob Sargeant.
RIP Cozy!
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excellent, my friend, thanks a lot
ReplyDeleteCOZY WAS AMONG ONE OF MY 1000 FAVORITE DRUMMERS OF ALL TIMES (HE WAS SECOND AFTER THE "LOONATIC" KEITH MOON AND ONLY BECAUSE I USED TO PLAY DRUMS THE WAY MOON DID).THANKS A LOT FOR THIS POST RICH.THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE IN THE WORLD SO DEDICATED TO HONOUR THESE ARCHITECTS OF MUSIC AS COZY POWELL WAS AND ONE OF THOSE FEW IS YOU !!! I KNOW I WILL ENJOY THIS STUFF AS ALSO MANY FANS OF YOUR SITE.GREETINGS TO YOU AND 21 CANNONBALLS TO THE MASTER COZY !!! (SORRY IF I MADE A MISTAKE WITH MY ENGLISH WRITING)
ReplyDeletereally cool compilation - let there be drums!
ReplyDeleteThe version of King Of The Night on the Bobby Harrison album 'Funkist' has guitar by the one & only Tony Iommi. Iommi also appears on 'Long Gone' on that album.
ReplyDeleteCheers. I read that Iommi played on the album, but so far have not found which tracks. I suspected King Of The Night was one of them because of how heavy and cool the guitar is compared to the rest of it. Is there any document of who played which tracks anywhere? On the album sleeve maybe? I have never seen it.
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