''Heavy Soul'' is a compilation album by
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 ...
, a British rock band.
It is notable for several reasons:
Unlike most other, unlicensed, Atomic Rooster compilations, it covers the entire period from 1970 to 1974.
It is the first in
Castle Communications
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' definitive series of seven remastered Atomic Rooster CDs, the other five consisting of their studio albums from 1970 to 1973 and a
Vincent Crane
Vincent Rodney Cheesman (21 May 194314 February 1989), known professionally as Vincent Crane, was an English keyboardist, best known as the organist for the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster. Crane co-wrote "Fire", the 1968 hit sing ...
career overview. All were compiled by music journalist
Colin Harper
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Harper was born in Belfast and graduated in Modern History 1989 from Queen's University, Belfast, later acquiring a postgraduate diploma in Information ...
, who also supplied extensive sleeve notes.
It contains the only CD issue to date of both sides of the 1974 Vincent Crane/
Chris Farlowe
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-only 7", "Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song)"/"O.D.". However, these two tracks, originally released on
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, were subject to a short-term licensing deal between Castle and
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. This meant that they could not be included on the 2004 reissue of ''
Nice 'n' Greasy
''Nice 'n' Greasy'' is the fifth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster.
In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in a different sleeve (pictured) to most territories and retitled ''Atomic Rooster IV'', as their first album, '' ...
''; indeed, they were also removed from later pressings of ''Heavy Soul'' itself.
In 2005, ''Heavy Soul'' was also released as a
DVD-Audio
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on
Silverline Records, Atomic Rooster's only such disc to date. This version was retitled ''The Best of'' and though retaining the same packaging and boasting remixed 5.1
surround sound
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, it omitted many of the tracks in order to facilitate issue as a single disc.
Track listing
CD 1
# "Banstead" (Crane/
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/
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) 3:31
# "Winter" (Crane) 6:58 *
# "Broken Wings" (Jerome/Grun) 5:46 *
# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 3:29 - US version
# "Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 3:14 - early faded single version
# "Nobody Else" (Crane/Du Cann) 4:58 *
# "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:26
# "Sleeping for Years" (Du Cann) 5:24 *
# "Death Walks Behind You" (Du Cann/Crane) 7:28
# "Breakthrough" (Crane/Darnell) 6:15 *
# "Break the Ice" (Du Cann) 5:03 *
# "Black Snake" (Crane/Darnell) 5:57
# "The Price" (Crane) 5:13 *
# "Decision/Indecision" (Crane/Darnell) 3:49
CD 2
# "Head in the Sky" (Du Cann) 5:37
# "The Rock" (Crane) 4:29
# "Close Your Eyes" (Crane) 3:47 *
# "Time Take My Life" (Crane) 5:59 *
# "Stand by Me" (Crane) 3:45 *
# "Introduction"/"Breathless" (Crane) 5:16 *
# "People You Can't Trust" (Crane) 3:52 *
# "Can't Find a Reason" (Crane) 4:25
# "Save Me" (Crane) 3:13 – rerecorded, retitled version of "Friday the 13th"
# "Ear in the Snow" (Crane) 6:12
# "Never to Lose" (Bolton) 3:16 *
# "Take One Toke" (Crane) 4:59
# "All Across the Country" (Crane) 5:09 *
# "Moods" (Crane) 4:23
# "Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song)" (Crane) 3:33 +*
# "O.D." (Crane) 3:12 +*
+Omitted from later CD pressings
*Omitted from 2005 DVD-Audio version
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