''Lost in the Ozone'' is an album by American rock band

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American rock band founded in 1967. The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944 in Boise, Idaho, died September 26, 2021 i ...

. Their first album, it was released in 1971. it contains their hit cover version of "

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" as well as the band's live staples "Lost in the Ozone" and "Seeds and Stems (Again)".

Critical reception

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, Jana Pendragon said, "This is the monumental debut by one of insurgent country's pioneer bands. Playing with electric instruments, including the all important steel and fiddle, and a good dose of irreverence allowed the band to adhere to their own agenda. This first release was only a taste of the things to come."

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said, "Cody takes the country-rock idea that good old boys form a secret counterculture to bleary new heights. Uprooted bozos who handle fast cars and hot music (or vice versa) a lot better than wimmin and booze, they're half at home in every renegade country tradition, rockabilly and Western swing and white boogie-woogie."

Track listing

:Side A #"Back to Tennessee" (Billy C. Farlow, George Frayne) – 2:45 #"Wine Do Yer Stuff" (Farlow, Frayne) – 3:03 #"Seeds and Stems (Again)" (Farlow, Frayne) – 3:45 #"Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right" (Farlow) – 3:00 #"

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" (Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland,

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) – 3:39 #"Home in My Hand" (

Ronnie Self Ronnie Self (July 5, 1938 – August 28, 1981) was an American rockabilly singer and songwriter. His solo career was unsuccessful, despite being signed to contracts with Columbia and then Decca from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. Hi ...

) – 2:52 :Side B #"Lost in the Ozone" (Farlow) – 2:07 #"Midnight Shift" (Earl Lee, Jimmie Ainsworth,) – 2:27 #"

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, W.S. Stevenson) – 2:44 #"What's the Matter Now?" ive(Farlow) – 4:02 #"

Twenty Flight Rock "Twenty Flight Rock" is a song originally performed by Eddie Cochran in the 1956 film comedy ''The Girl Can't Help It'', and released as a single the following year. The song was published in 1957 as written by Ned Fairchild and Eddie Cochran, by ...

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) – 2:57 #"

Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a song written in 1940 by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Ray McKinley. It follows the American boogie-woogie tradition of syncopated piano music. Background The title adopts 1940s' hipster slang coined by Raye ...

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, Eleanore Sheehy) – 5:08

Personnel

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen *Commander Cody (George Frayne) – piano, lead vocals on "Hot Rod Lincoln" *

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– rhythm guitar, harmony vocals, lead vocals on "Family Bible" and "Beat Me Daddy" *

Andy Stein Andy Stein is an American saxophone and violin player. He is a member of The Guys All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and the movie. He was a founding member of the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Plan ...

– fiddle, saxophone *Lance Dickerson – drums *"Buffalo" Bruce Barlow – Fender bass, acoustic bass on "Midnight Shift", harmony vocals *

Bill Kirchen William Knight Kirchen (born June 29, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen from 1967 to the mid-1970s and later worked with Nick Lowe. ''Guitar Player'' magazine desc ...

– lead guitar, trombone, harmony vocals, lead vocals on "Seeds and Stems" and "Home in My Hand" *Billy C. Farlow – lead vocals, harmonica *West Virginia Creeper (Steve Davis) – pedal steel guitar *Jack Black - backing vocals, guitar on "What's the Matter Now?" Production *Bob Cohen – producer, engineer *Commander Cody (George Frayne) – producer *Phil Sawyer – mixing *Chris Frayne – front cover *Dennis Anderson – rear cover photograph *Studio cuts recorded at

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, San Francisco *"What's the Matter Now?" and "20 Flight Rock" recorded live at the Long Branch Saloon and New Monk in Berkeley, July 1971 *"Beat Me Daddy" recorded at Ann Arbor, Michigan by Morgan Sound, April 1971

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Album Singles

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen albums 1971 debut albums Paramount Records (1969) albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by George Frayne