Its not enough that we have Andy's anniversary in March but
of course we also have the older one. That of Paul Kossoff. A frightening 43
years! So time again to pull something out of Paul's today and give it a whirl.
I'm going to be listening to KKTR this morning and, as its my favourite album
PERIOD, I'll enjoy that very much. But here's something a little different.
Below for your enjoyment is the unreleased single version of 'All The Girl's
Are Crazy' from a single sided test pressing I have. The flipside ('Stealing
My Way') also comes on its own 1-sided 7" test disc. That's as far as it ever got.
This was due to be released by Island Records, and on the
back of the sleeve the WIPX-1389-2M number is indeed Island catalogue. This
test pressing, done at Sterling Sound and was made on 20th May 1975 it appears. Of
course Back Street Crawler went on to be signed to Atlantic/Atco and so this
never came out. Its a different mix, somewhat rougher than the one on the 'Band
Plays On' album, and it has a different vocal along with some alternate
guitar. Its very nice, and you won't have heard this version anywhere else
before.
I've tried a number of times to get some kind of Back Street
Crawler project off the ground with no success. I'm not sure what there is
sitting in the Atlantic archive but certainly there are some rehearsal tapes
and unreleased songs that would make for a nice set of material covering the
band history, brief as it was. Anyway, Kossoff is in fine form here with some
great playing. So turn it up and enjoy. We miss you Koss.
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