Octopuss Explained

Octopuss
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cozy Powell
Cover:	cozypowelloctopuss.jpg
Released:	June 1983^[1]
Recorded:	September – October 1982
Studio:	Britannia Row Studios, London
Genre:	Hard rock, instrumental rock
Length:	33:32
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Bruce Payne, John Makepeace
Prev Title:	Tilt
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	The Drums Are Back
Next Year:	1992

Octopuss is the third solo album by English drummer Cozy Powell, released in 1983.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Up on the Downs" (Mel Galley, Cozy Powell) – 3:55
2. "633 Squadron" (Ron Goodwin) – 4:13
3. "Octopuss" (Powell, Colin Hodgkinson) – 5:35
4. "The Big Country" (Jerome Moross, Morty Neff, Jack Lewis) – 2:56

Side two

1. "Formula One" (Galley, Powell) – 3:21
2. "Princetown" (Galley, Powell) – 4:37
3. "Dartmoore" (Gary Moore) – 5:41
4. "The Rattler" (David Coverdale, Powell) – 2:57

Personnel

• Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
• Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
  • Mel Galley – guitar Gary Moore – guitar on "Dartmoore"
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Don Airey – keyboards

Technical

• Bruce Payne & John Makepeace – production
• Mike Johnson & Nick Griffiths – engineering, mixing

Notes and References

1. Book: Shenton, Laura . Dance with the Devil . 2020 . 162 . Wymer . 978-1-912782-33-8.