RELEASED 29.7.2013
A BRAND NEW ANTHOLOGY BY THE LEGENDARY C.C.S. FEATURING THEIR COMPLETE RECORDINGS NEWLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & ESSAY Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a brand new 2CD deluxe anthology of the complete recordings by the legendary C.C.S. Formed in 1970, C.C.S. (Collective Consciousness Society) was the brainchild of musician and arranger John Cameron, guitarist Alexis Korner (the father of British Blues) and producer MIckie Most. The group was initially conceived as a recording band only, but following the success of their legendary cover version of Led Zeppelin’s "Whole Lotta Love” (used as the theme for "Top of the Pops” for many years) and "Tap Turns on the Water”, the band also undertook live work. C.C.S. featured the cream of jazz and blues talent such as flautist Harold McNair, bass players Herbie Flowers and Spike Heatley, sax players Tony Coe and Ron Ross, trumpet players Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler and Harold Beckett and drummers Barry Morgan and Tony Carr. Between 1970 and 1973 C.C.S. released three albums and seven singles for RAK Records, with one album and four singles all reaching the UK Top Forty. This Esoteric Recordings release has been newly remastered from the original master tapes and features all of the band’s recordings for RAK Records. The set also features an illustrated booklet with new essay.
DISC ONE - 1. BOOM BOOM 2. (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION 3. WAITING SONG 4. LOOKIN’ FOR FUN 5. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE 6. LIVING IN THE PAST 7. SUNRISE 8. DOS CANTOS 9. WADE IN THE WATER 10. WALKING 11. SALOME 12. TAP TURNS ON THE WATER 13. SAVE THE WORLD 14. BROTHER 15. BLACK DOG 16. I WANT YOU BACK 17. RUNNING OUT OF SKY 18. WHOLE LOTTA ROCK AND ROLL: 19. SCHOOL DAY 20. LUCILLE 21. LONG TALL SALLY 22. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
DISC TWO - 1. CHAOS: CAN’T WE EVER GET IT BACK 2. THIS IS MY LIFE 3. MISUNDERSTOOD 4. MAGGIE’S SONG 5. CITY 6. BLUES 7. IF I NEVER SING ANOTHER SONG 8. MISTER WHAT YOU CAN’T HAVE 9. SIXTEEN TONS 10. THE BAND PLAYED THE BOOGIE 11. WILD WITCH LADY 12. LOLA 13. PRIMITIVE LOVE 14. HUNDRED HIGHWAYS 15. SHAKIN’ ALL OVER 16. MEMPHIS 17. SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE 18. OUR MAN IN LONDON 19. CANNIBAL SHEEP 20. HANG IT ON ME 21. HURRICANE COMING 22. DRAGSTER