CCS – C.C.S.(1970 UK Classic Rock)Full Album

CCS, sometimes written as C.C.S., were a British musical group, led by blues guitarist Alexis Korner.[1] The name was derived as an abbreviation of Collective Consciousness Society. Formed in 1970 by musical director John Cameron and record producer Mickie Most, CCS consisted largely of session musicians, and was created primarily as a recording outfit. The personnel also included Peter Thorup, vocals; Alan Parker, guitar; Harold McNair, flute; Herbie Flowers, bass; Roger Coulam, keyboards; Barry Morgan, drums; plus Don Lusher and Bill Geldard, trombone.[1] Some of the musicians were also members of Blue Mink. CCS are best known for their instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's 1969 track "Whole Lotta Love", which entered the UK Singles Chart in 1970,[2] and was used as the theme music for the BBC pop programme Top of the Pops ("TOTP") for most of the 1970s, and, in a remixed version, between 1998 and 2003.[1] Technically, the TOTP theme was not by CCS, but was recorded by the TOTP orchestra one morning before the day's rehearsals. Nevertheless, the band was conducted by John Cameron on that occasion and many of the musicians were CCS regulars. This enabled the production to tailor the tune to the correct duration and avoided the weekly payment of royalties to the record label.[citation needed] Their highest-charting singles were the Donovan song "Walking", and "Tap Turns on the Water". They also recorded three albums,[1] including cover versions of the old blues standard "Boom Boom", "Living in the Past", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as well as original material. Their single, "Brother", was used as the theme to Tom Browne's and Simon Bates' Sunday Top 40/20 Chart Rundown on BBC Radio 1 in the 1970s. The band were also responsible for the first set of jingles for Manchester's Piccadilly Radio when the station launched in April 1974. The short-lived CCS broke up in 1973, while Alexis Korner moved on to form the group Snape ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Side One "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:32 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:30 "Waiting Song" (Peter Thorup) – 4:32 "Lookin' for Fun" (Ole Fick, Peter Thorup) – 3:59 "Whole Lotta Love" (Jimmy Page, Willie Dixon, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant) – 3:41 Side Two "Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) - instrumental in 5/4 time signature – 3:46 "Sunrise" (Alexis Korner) – 5:14 "Dos Cantos" (John Cameron) – 8:05 "Wade in the Water" (John Cameron) – 2:54 Personnel Musicians Alexis Korner, Peter Thorup – vocals Alan Parker – guitar Spike Heatley, Herbie Flowers – bass Barry Morgan, Tony Carr – drums Bill Le Sage, Jim Lawless – percussion John Cameron – piano, conductor, arranger, liner notes Bob Efford, Danny Moss, Harold McNair, Ron Ross, Tony Coe – saxophone Greg Bowen, Harold Beckett, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon, Tony Fisher – trumpet Bill Geldard, Brian Perrin, Don Lusher, John Marshall – trombone Adrian Angove – bass (on Whole Lotta Love)