The Best Band in the Land

The Best Band in the Land Artist: CCS
Label: Repertoire
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4009910487525
ASIN: B00005A854


Release Date: 2001-02-16

The Best Band in the Land


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Tracks:

  1. Band Played the Boogie
  2. Wild Witch Lady
  3. Lola
  4. Primitive Love
  5. Hundred Highways
  6. Shakin' All Over
  7. Memphis
  8. Sunshine of Your Love
  9. Our Man in London
  10. Cannibal Sheep
  11. Hang It on Me [*]
  12. Hurrican Coming [*]
  13. Dragster [*]

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Album Details

Includes bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Short Review.......2001-11-26

The first minute of the opening track on this CD sums up CCS at it's best. Pounding drums, rattling percussion and a thumping bass are overlaid with a boogie-woogie piano and a fuzzed up guitar. The horn section blasts out counterpoint charts and then, after this long rollicking introduction, Alexis Korner spits out a sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek lyric about "The high school hooker was once a good looker".
CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) made three albums in the early seventies (all now available on CD). The band plays a mix of originals and old rock chestnuts. The covers go between a tad cheesy ("Lola") and rock solid ("Shakin' All Over"). The originals, for the most part, shine.
The CD contains 2 excellent singles, "Band Played the Boogie" and "Hurricane Coming".
If you like horn driven rock played by the cream of session musicians you might want to buy a CCS CD (I bought 'em all).
This is a good place to start.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Start with a Strong and Persistent Desire ~ Vex Red
  2. Collection ~ Alanis Morissette
  3. Three Week Hero ~ P.J. Proby
  4. Let's Wreck: Gravest Hits ~ The Coffin Nails
  5. Still Feels Good ~ Tom Johnston
  6. Axehandle ~ Axehandle
  7. Something in My Eye: The Best of Corduroy ~ Corduroy
  8. Farewell to the Shade ~ And Also the Trees
  9. New Rock ~ Buffalo Daughter
  10. Big Trash ~ Thompson Twins

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Lennie Tristano ~ Lennie Tristano

Crystal Comments ~ Bud Shank with Bill Mays and Alan Broadbent

Date With Simon Stribling & Fr

Gold Coast Jazz ~ The Octet

Ronnie Kole at Carnegie Hall ~ Ronnie Kole

Blues on My Mind ~ Blue Mitchell

70 Minutos Full Time Hardcore ~ Various Artists

360 ~ Hitomitoi

Buvons et Chantons ~ Jo Destr%C3%A9

Checkmate ~ Drumagick