''The Band Plays On'' is the debut album from
Back Street Crawler, fronted by ex-
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guitarist
Paul Kossoff. Keyboard player Mike Montgomery composed six songs and co-wrote two others on the album, in addition to singing lead vocals on "All the Girls Are Crazy" and "Survivor". He dueted with
Terry Wilson-Slesser on "New York, New York" (a Mike Montgomery original, and not the tune made famous by
Liza Minnelli
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and
Frank Sinatra
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). Montgomery subsequently left the band and was replaced by
John "Rabbit" Bundrick
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.
The Mike Montgomery songs, "Jason Blue" and "The Band Plays On", had previously appeared on a self-titled 1973 album by Bloontz, in which Terry Wilson, Mike Montgomery and Tony Braunagel had played together prior to the formation of Back Street Crawler.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Mike Montgomery; except where indicated
#"Hoo Doo Woman" (Back Street Crawler) - 4:17
#"New York, New York" - 4:40
#"Stealing My Way" (Mike Montgomery, Paul Kossoff) - 4:21
#"Survivor" - 3:35
#"It's a Long Way Down to the Top" - 5:58
#"All The Girls Are Crazy" - 3:33
#"Jason Blue" - 4:57
#"Train Song" (Terry Wilson, Tony Braunagel) - 4:36
#"Rock & Roll Junkie" - 3:17
#"The Band Plays On" (Terry Wilson) - 5:02
Personnel
;Back Street Crawler
*
Paul Kossoff - guitar
*
Terry Wilson-Slesser - vocals
*Terry Wilson - guitar, bass guitar
*
Tony Braunagel - drums
*Mike Montgomery - keyboards, vocals
with:
*Pete Van - baritone saxophone on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"
*Eddie Quansah - trumpet, flugelhorn on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"
*George Lee - flutes, tenor & soprano saxophones on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"
Production
*Produced by
Back Street Crawler for Oak Records Ltd & Steve Smith (track 3)
*Engineered by Rod Thear
*Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios (tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10) & Sawmills (tracks 3, 6)
*Mixed at
Olympic Studios
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,
London (tracks 1-2, 4-5, 9-10) &
Basing Street Studios
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, London (tracks 3)
*Remixed at Olympic Studios, London (tracks 6-8)
*Richard Polak - photography
External links
Terry Wilson-Slesser
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1975 debut albums
Back Street Crawler (band) albums
Atlantic Records albums