Back Street Crawler (album)
Back Street Crawler is the debut studio album by English guitarist Paul Kossoff, released in 1973; the same year Kossoff's band Free disbanded, Kossoff was able to moderate his drug addiction to record the album, which featured contributions from his former Free bandmates, as well as Yes drummer Alan White and Cat Stevens Keyboardist, Jean Roussel.
"Molten Gold" is not, as has been alleged, a reunion of the original Free line-up ; it is an outtake from the 1972 Free album Free at Last, with overdubs.
"Time Away" features three-fifths of the Mk II Free line-up, along with singer-songwriter-guitarist John Martyn, who would in 1975 invite Kossoff to guest on his own tour; this collaboration can be heard on expanded editions of Martyn's Live at Leeds album.
Personnel
- Paul Kossoff – lead guitar
- Trevor Burton – bass
- Alan White – drums
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards ; organ, chimes, piano
- Alan Spenner – bass
- Jean Roussel – keyboards
- Jess Roden – lead vocals ; harmony vocals
- Tetsu Yamauchi – bass
- Simon Kirke – drums
- John Martyn – lead vocals, guitar ; guitar
- Paul Rodgers – lead vocals
- Andy Fraser – bass
- Conrad Isidore – drums
- Clive Chaman – bass
Production
- All songs produced by Paul Kossoff
- "Time Away" and "Molten Gold" co-produced by Bob Potter
- "Back Street Crawler " co-produced by Richard "Diga" Digby Smith and Jean Roussel
- "Tuesday Morning" and "Back Street Crawler " engineered by Richard "Diga" Digby Smith
- "I'm Ready" and "Molten Gold" engineered by Bob Potter
- "Time Away" engineered by Tony Platt