Cozy Powell Forever
Cozy Powell Forever is a tribute album dedicated to the British rock drummer Cozy Powell, who died a few months before the album release. The album was produced by Japanese drummer Munetaka Higuchi, with the contribution of many prominent Japanese rock and metal music|metal] musicians and of the western musicians Carmine Appice and Tony Franklin. The songs covered in the album span from the early career of Powell in the [Jeff Beck Group], to his membership in Rainbow, Whitesnake and Michael Schenker Group, to his solo production. Higuchi brought the songs of this album on tour in Japan and in 1999 released a live album with recordings of a show held in Tokyo.
Track listing
- "Overture 1812" ' – 3:48
- "Stargazer" ' – 8:29
- "Over the Top" ' – 5:18
- "Lost in Hollywood" ' – 4:50
- "The Score" ' – 4:16
- "Kill the King" ' – 4:37
- "Theme One" ' – 4:00
- "Ice Cream Cakes" – 5:43
- "All Night Long" ' – 3:54
- "Since You Been Gone" ' – 3:23
- "Slide It In" ' – 3:26
- "Armed and Ready" ' – 4:52
- "The Loner – Dedicated to Jeff Beck" ' – 4:55
Personnel
- Minoru Niihara - vocals on tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10
- Yuichi Ikusawa - vocals on tracks 4 and 9
- Keiko Terada - vocals on track 11
- Hironobu Kageyama - vocals on track 12
- Akira Takasaki - guitar on tracks 2 and 8
- Hatake - guitar on tracks 4, 5 and 9
- Daita Ito - guitar on track 6
- Shinichiro 'Shara' Ishihara - guitar on tracks 6, 9–13
- Rei Atsumi - keyboards
- Koichi Terasawa - bass on tracks 1–5, 10, 11, 13
- Taiji Sawada - bass on track 6
- Tony Franklin - bass on tracks 7 and 12
- Hideki Samejima - bass on track 8
- Yoshitake Tanakamaru - bass on track 9
- Munetaka Higuchi - drums on tracks 1–5, 8, 9, 13, producer
- Shinya Yamada - drums on track 6
- Carmine Appice - drums on tracks 7 and 12
- Kyoko Tomita - drums on tracks 9 and 10
- Kei Kashiyama - drums on track 11