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Back Street Crawler
Studio album by
Released1973
March 20, 2008 (deluxe edition)
RecordedIsland Studios, Notting Hill, London
GenreBlues rock, hard rock, jam rock
Length35:54
153:47 (deluxe edition)
LabelIsland
ProducerPaul Kossoff
Bob Potter
Richaed "Diga" Digby Smith
Jean Roussel
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Back Street Crawler is the 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.

Molten Gold is not, as has been alleged, a Free reunion; it is a 1972 outtake from the Free album Free At Last, with overdubs.

Time Away features three-fifths of the Mk II Free lineup (Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu) plus 70s songwriter-guitarist John Martyn, who would in 1975 invite Kossoff to guest on his own tour. The collaboration can be heard on expanded editions of Martyn’s Live At Leeds album.

Track listing

Original release, 1973

All songs by Paul Kossoff, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Tuesday Morning"17:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."I'm Ready"Jess Roden, Jean Roussel2:26
3."Time Away"Kossoff, John Martyn5:46
4."Molten Gold" 5:48
5."Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" 4:22

Deluxe edition, 2008

All songs by Paul Kossoff, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tuesday Morning" 17:32
2."I'm Ready"Roden, Roussel2:26
3."Time Away"Kossoff, Martyn5:46
4."Molten Gold" 5:48
5."Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" 4:22
6."Tuesday Morning" (Early Take 1) 4:31
7."Tuesday Morning" (Early Take 2) 12:19
8."Tuesday Morning Blues" 5:38
9."Tuesday Morning Groove" 6:52
10."Tuesday Morning Boogie" 4:21
11."Tuesday Morning Piano Jam" 7:47
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Ready" (Take 4)Roden, Roussel5:43
2."The Lady Is a Tramp"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers1:24
3."I'm Ready" (Take 10, Full Version)Roden, Roussel6:16
4."May You Never"Martyn4:24
5."Leslie Jam"Kossoff, Martyn3:32
6."Time Away" (Complete Jam)Kossoff, Martyn38:21
7."Molten Gold" 5:54
8."Molten Gold" (Songs of Yesterday Version) 6:12
9."Back Street Crawler (Don't Need You No More)" (Single Guitar Track, No. 14) 4:31

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 – lead vocals, guitar ("May You Never"); guitar ("Time Away", "Leslie Jam")[2][3]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Back Street Crawler at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Back Street Crawler (Deluxe Edition) (2008)". John Martyn. 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ "Kossoff* - Back Street Crawler". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-23.