C.C.S. (album) explained

C.C.S.
Type:	Album
Artist:	CCS
Cover:	C.C.S. (album).jpeg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	1970
Genre:	Blues, jazz
Length:	40:34
Label:	RAK
Producer:	Mickie Most
Next Title:	C.C.S.
Next Year:	1972

C.C.S. was the first studio album of the British blues outfit CCS, led by guitarist Alexis Korner. To avoid confusion with the group's second album with the same name, the album is often called "Whole Lotta Love", due to the inclusion of the Led Zeppelin song. In the UK, "Boom Boom" was issued as the A-side of the single, however "Whole Lotta Love" charted at number 13 on the UK Official Charts.^[1] In the US, the single charted at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] while the album only charted at number 197 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Track listing

Side One

"Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:32
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:30
"Waiting Song" (Peter Thorup) – 4:32
"Lookin' for Fun" (Ole Fick, Peter Thorup) – 3:59
"Whole Lotta Love" (Jimmy Page, Willie Dixon, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant) – 3:41

Side Two

"Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) - instrumental in 5/4 time signature – 3:46
"Sunrise" (Alexis Korner) – 5:14
"Dos Cantos" (John Cameron) – 8:05
"Wade in the Water" (John Cameron) – 2:54

Personnel

Musicians

Alexis Korner, Peter Thorup – vocals
Alan Parker – guitar
Spike Heatley, Herbie Flowers – bass
Barry Morgan, Tony Carr – drums
Bill Le Sage, Jim Lawless – percussion
John Cameron – piano, conductor, arranger, liner notes
Bob Efford, Danny Moss, Harold McNair, Ron Ross, Tony Coe – saxophone
Greg Bowen, Harold Beckett, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon, Tony Fisher – trumpet
Bill Geldard, Brian Perrin, Don Lusher, John Marshall – trombone
Adrian Angove - bass (on Whole Lotta Love)

Technical

Mickie Most – producer
Peter Bown – engineer
Christina – photography

Notes and References

Web site: UK Official Chart - CCS. September 27, 2017.
Web site: Billboard Hot 100 - CCS. September 27, 2017. May 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180504060113/https://www.billboard.com/artist/275701/ccs/chart. dead.
Web site: Billboard 200 - CCS. September 27, 2017. May 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505031812/https://www.billboard.com/artist/7042461/ccs/chart. dead.