CCS
''A'S B'S & RARITIES''
2004
73:24
1 /Whole Lotta Love/3:35
2 /Boom Boom/3:36
3 /Walking/3:13
4 /Salome/3:05
5 /Tap Turns on the Water/3:43
6 /Save the World/4:02
7 /Brother/3:26
8 /Mister What You Can't Have I Can Get/4:10
9 /Sixteen Tons/2:57
10 /This Is My Life/4:26
11 /The Band Played the Boogie/3:37
12 /Hang It on Me/4:00
13 /Hurricane Coming/3:18
14 /Dragster/3:14
15 /Sunrise/5:16
16 /Wade in the Water/2:57
17 /Hundred Highways/3:50
18 /Primitive Love/3:16
19 /I Want You Back/3:44
20 /Blues/2:48
21 /If I Never Sing Another Song/1:44
Trumpets/Greg Bowen, Tony Fisher, Les Condon, Harold Becker, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler
Trombones/Don Lusher, John Marshall, Brian Perrin, Bill Geldard
French Horn/Neil Saunders
Sax, Woodwind/Harold McMair, Tony Coe, Pete King, Danny Moss, Bob Efford, Ron Ross
Lead Guitar/Alan Parker
Bass/Herbie Flowers
Double Bass/Spike Heatley
Drums/Barry Morgan
Percussion/Jim Lawless, Bill LeSage
Vocals/Alexis Korner, Pete Thorup
Electric Piano, Conductor & Arranger/John Cameron
REVIEW
by Dave Thompson
It seems strange to see the output of Mickie Most's RAK label finally being taken seriously by record labels as well as collectors, 30-plus years after the imprint established itself as the epitome of disposable pop tunes. Yet EMI's ongoing As, Bs & Rarities series offers nothing less than the same thorough treatment that any other, more hallowed, label could expect. The format is essentially the same throughout: a gathering up of every RAK single (A-sides and B-sides) released by a given band, with the remainder of the CD filled with choice outtakes and oddities -- which, in CCS' case, covers a lot of territories. From the band's opening shot (and hit), a spectral cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," and on through such off-kilter delights as "Brother," "Walking," and the quite salacious "Tap Turns On the Water," CCS maintained a dignified but often unsettling role in the U.K. charts of the early '70s. Neither did the magic cease when the records stopped selling -- their first-ever flop, 1972's "16 Tons," offers up a near-definitive rendition of that jolly old chestbeater. Seven straight singles plug the bulk of this collection, with the B-sides (a superlative rendition of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" among them) frequently sounding as great as the hits. From there, five tracks highlight CCS' three original albums, before two superlative, and previously unissued, outtakes close the set. The sleeve notes make the point that, of all the music that main man Alexis Korner made throughout his career, CCS is frequently overlooked by the repackagers. This collection goes a long way toward remedying that oversight and might, if listeners are really lucky, even lead to reissues for the original LPs themselves.
BIOGRAPHY
By AllMusic
CCS - Collective Consciousness Society - was an unlikely collaboration between blues traditionalist Alexis Korner (b. 19 April 1928, Paris, France, d. 1 January 1984, London, England; vocals/guitar), producer Mickie Most (b. Michael Peter Hayes, 20 June 1938, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, d. 30 May 2003, London, England), and arranger John Cameron (b. 1944, England). Formed in 1970, the unit revolved around Korner and long-time associate Peter Thorup (b. 14 December 1948, d. 3 August 2007; vocals), plus several of Britain’s leading jazz musicians, including Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon (trumpets), Johnnie Watson, Don Lusher (trombones), Ronnie Ross, Danny Moss (saxophones), Ray Warleigh (flute), Herbie Flowers, Spike Heatley (basses), Barry Morgan and Tony Carr (drums) and Bill Le Sage (tuned percussion). Although the exact line-up was determined by availability, the unit’s commercial, brass-laden sound remained intact over three albums. CCS enjoyed several hit singles, each of which was marked by Korner’s distinctive growl. Their version of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’, which served as the theme to BBC television’s Top Of The Pops, reached number 13 in 1970, and the following year they enjoyed two UK Top 10 entries with ‘Walkin’’ and ‘Tap Turns On The Water’. CCS was dissolved in 1973 when Korner and Thorup formed Snape with Boz Burrell (bass) and Ian Wallace (drums), two former members of King Crimson.
''A'S B'S & RARITIES''
2004
73:24
1 /Whole Lotta Love/3:35
2 /Boom Boom/3:36
3 /Walking/3:13
4 /Salome/3:05
5 /Tap Turns on the Water/3:43
6 /Save the World/4:02
7 /Brother/3:26
8 /Mister What You Can't Have I Can Get/4:10
9 /Sixteen Tons/2:57
10 /This Is My Life/4:26
11 /The Band Played the Boogie/3:37
12 /Hang It on Me/4:00
13 /Hurricane Coming/3:18
14 /Dragster/3:14
15 /Sunrise/5:16
16 /Wade in the Water/2:57
17 /Hundred Highways/3:50
18 /Primitive Love/3:16
19 /I Want You Back/3:44
20 /Blues/2:48
21 /If I Never Sing Another Song/1:44
Trumpets/Greg Bowen, Tony Fisher, Les Condon, Harold Becker, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler
Trombones/Don Lusher, John Marshall, Brian Perrin, Bill Geldard
French Horn/Neil Saunders
Sax, Woodwind/Harold McMair, Tony Coe, Pete King, Danny Moss, Bob Efford, Ron Ross
Lead Guitar/Alan Parker
Bass/Herbie Flowers
Double Bass/Spike Heatley
Drums/Barry Morgan
Percussion/Jim Lawless, Bill LeSage
Vocals/Alexis Korner, Pete Thorup
Electric Piano, Conductor & Arranger/John Cameron
REVIEW
by Dave Thompson
It seems strange to see the output of Mickie Most's RAK label finally being taken seriously by record labels as well as collectors, 30-plus years after the imprint established itself as the epitome of disposable pop tunes. Yet EMI's ongoing As, Bs & Rarities series offers nothing less than the same thorough treatment that any other, more hallowed, label could expect. The format is essentially the same throughout: a gathering up of every RAK single (A-sides and B-sides) released by a given band, with the remainder of the CD filled with choice outtakes and oddities -- which, in CCS' case, covers a lot of territories. From the band's opening shot (and hit), a spectral cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," and on through such off-kilter delights as "Brother," "Walking," and the quite salacious "Tap Turns On the Water," CCS maintained a dignified but often unsettling role in the U.K. charts of the early '70s. Neither did the magic cease when the records stopped selling -- their first-ever flop, 1972's "16 Tons," offers up a near-definitive rendition of that jolly old chestbeater. Seven straight singles plug the bulk of this collection, with the B-sides (a superlative rendition of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" among them) frequently sounding as great as the hits. From there, five tracks highlight CCS' three original albums, before two superlative, and previously unissued, outtakes close the set. The sleeve notes make the point that, of all the music that main man Alexis Korner made throughout his career, CCS is frequently overlooked by the repackagers. This collection goes a long way toward remedying that oversight and might, if listeners are really lucky, even lead to reissues for the original LPs themselves.
BIOGRAPHY
By AllMusic
CCS - Collective Consciousness Society - was an unlikely collaboration between blues traditionalist Alexis Korner (b. 19 April 1928, Paris, France, d. 1 January 1984, London, England; vocals/guitar), producer Mickie Most (b. Michael Peter Hayes, 20 June 1938, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, d. 30 May 2003, London, England), and arranger John Cameron (b. 1944, England). Formed in 1970, the unit revolved around Korner and long-time associate Peter Thorup (b. 14 December 1948, d. 3 August 2007; vocals), plus several of Britain’s leading jazz musicians, including Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon (trumpets), Johnnie Watson, Don Lusher (trombones), Ronnie Ross, Danny Moss (saxophones), Ray Warleigh (flute), Herbie Flowers, Spike Heatley (basses), Barry Morgan and Tony Carr (drums) and Bill Le Sage (tuned percussion). Although the exact line-up was determined by availability, the unit’s commercial, brass-laden sound remained intact over three albums. CCS enjoyed several hit singles, each of which was marked by Korner’s distinctive growl. Their version of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’, which served as the theme to BBC television’s Top Of The Pops, reached number 13 in 1970, and the following year they enjoyed two UK Top 10 entries with ‘Walkin’’ and ‘Tap Turns On The Water’. CCS was dissolved in 1973 when Korner and Thorup formed Snape with Boz Burrell (bass) and Ian Wallace (drums), two former members of King Crimson.
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