, also spelled ''Atomic Ro-o-oster'' on some later CD reissues, is the first album by British
rock band
Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster are a British rock band originally formed by members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, organist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member and wrote ...
, with keyboardist
Vincent Crane, bassist and vocalist
Nick Graham and drummer
Carl Palmer.
A few weeks after its release, guitarist and vocalist
John Du Cann joined and
Nick Graham, the original vocalist and bassist, left. Du Cann subsequently overdubbed three of the album's tracks for a projected US release. However, in the event, the album never saw US release and the overdubbed tracks eventually surfaced on a second pressing of the album in the UK (though with no corrections to the album credits), and subsequent CD reissues.
On the Australian pressing on Interfusion, the rooster's breasts were painted over with feathers on the cover.
The album was reissued on vinyl in 2016.
Track listing
Original UK LP and 2016 reissue
;Side One
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 3:31
# "And So to Bed" (Crane) 4:09
# "Broken Wings" (
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...
) 5:47
# "Before Tomorrow" (Crane) 5:52
;Side Two
#
"Banstead" (Crane, Graham, Palmer) 3:29
# "S.L.Y." (Crane) 4:43
# "Winter" (Crane) 6:53
# "Decline and Fall" (Crane, Graham, Palmer) 5:45
# "Play the Game" (Du Cann) 4:45 - "Tomorrow Night" B-side 1971, bonus track on 1990 CD release
On the 2004 CD reissue of the album, tracks 3 and 4 on the A-side were transposed with tracks 3 and 4 on the B-side.
2004 Castle Music CD reissue
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 3:31
# "And So to Bed" (Crane) 4:09
# "Winter" (Crane) 6:53
# "Decline and Fall" (Crane, Graham, Palmer) 5:45
# "Banstead" (Crane, Graham, Palmer) 3:29
# "S.L.Y." (Crane) 4:43
# "Broken Wings" (John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...
) 5:47
# "Before Tomorrow" (Crane) 5:52
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 3:28 - US version: original vocals and piano overdubbed with Du Cann's vocals and guitar
# "Before Tomorrow" (Crane) 5:47 - US version: original piano, flute and congas overdubbed with Du Cann's guitar
# "S.L.Y." (Crane) 4:53 - US version: original piano overdubbed with Du Cann's guitar
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 4:28 - BBC Radio Session 1970
# "Seven Lonely Streets" (Du Cann) 6:15 - BBC Radio Session 1970
2006 Akarma Records unlicensed CD reissue bonus tracks
# "Play the Game" (Du Cann) 4:45
# "VUG" (Crane) 4:32 - demo with Carl Palmer 1970
# "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:59 - demo with Carl Palmer 1970
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 4:28 - BBC Radio Session 1970
# "Seven Lonely Streets" (Du Cann) 6:15 - BBC Radio Session 1970
Personnel
;Atomic Rooster
* Vincent Crane - Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...
, Rhodes piano
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...
, backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 7)
* Nick Graham - bass guitar, lead vocals, flute (tracks 4, 7), guitar (track 6)
* Carl Palmer - drums, percussion, congas (tracks 4, 9), glockenspiel (track 7)
;On tracks overdubbed for US release
* John Du Cann - guitar, vocals
References
Bibliography
* ''The New Musical Express Book of Rock'', 1975, Star Books,
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Atomic Rooster albums
1970 debut albums
Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)
Castle Communications albums
B&C Records albums
Repertoire Records albums
Albums produced by Vincent Crane
Albums produced by Carl Palmer
Albums produced by Nick Graham (musician)
Albums produced by John Du Cann
Fontana Records albums