Paul Kossoff - Back Street Crawler [bootleg]mp3@128 {1337x} kawli

Paul Kossoff - Back Steet Crawler - March 3, 1976 ("AUD" - "Bluest Soul" bootleg) Starwood Club, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. and studio outtakes

Paul Kossoff - guitar
Mike Montgomery - keyboards
Terry Wilson-Slesser - lead vocals
Terry Wilson - bass
Tony Braunagel - drums

Set List:

(7 tracks of performance at Starwood Club, Los Angeles, California, March 3, 1976)
01 - Who Do Women
02 - Stealing My Way
03 - Cheat On Me
04 - Common Mortal Man
05 - Train Song
06 - Just For The Box
07 - Long Way Down To The Top

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Studio outtakes & practice (4 tracks studio outtakes and practice):
Note: you can hear the studio talking between tracks.
08 - Jason Blue (studio outtake)
09 - Evening Time (unreleased song)
10 - Long Way Down To The Top (studio outtake)
11 - She's Gone (unreleased song/rehearsal)

Many thanks to roryglzep for the source files which I converted to mp3 from flac and filtered to improve the sound clarity somewhat
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PLEASE NOTE: I did the best i could to improve the audio from the original source files, but remember, the source is a 35 year old bootleg (1976)
If you are expecting to hear HQ sound, this is not for you. The first couple tracks are the roughest for some reason, but it does get a little better.
This re-encoded bootleg is a glimpse into the frenetic, drug induced, hell-bent world of a highly talented but totally tragic mid-1970s Los Angeles Rock and Roll star who lived way too fast and died far too young.
Paul Kossoff: RIP <3

Background information
Born: 14 September 1950(1950-09-14)
Hampstead London, England
Died: 19 March 1976(1976-03-19) (aged 25)
United States
Genres: Blues-rock, hard rock, blues
Occupations: Musician, songwriter
Instruments: Guitar
Years active: 1968–1976
Associated acts: Free; Black Cat Bones; Back Street Crawler
Notable instruments: Gibson Les Paul


Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Free.

Kossoff was ranked 51st in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"


Kossoff—son of the noted British actor David Kossoff—started playing in the mid 1960s and his first professional gig was with Black Cat Bones alongside drummer Simon Kirke. The band did many supporting shows for Fleetwood Mac and both Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac's guitarist) and Kossoff would jam and spend hours discussing blues playing and players. Black Cat Bones also played with touring blues piano player Champion Jack Dupree. Both Kossoff and Kirke would go on to play on the Dupree album When You Feel the Feeling...

In April 1968 the pair teamed up with Paul Rodgers (vocals) and Andy Fraser (bass) to form Free. They did the "Transit" circuit for two years and recorded two albums: Tons of Sobs (1968) and Free (1969). Both albums showcased the band's blues and soul influenced sound, a style which was in contrast to some of their progressive and heavier counterparts at the time.

Success came in 1970 when their third album, Fire and Water (1970), spawned the massive hit "All Right Now". The band played the Isle of Wight festival to both audience and critical acclaim. Sellout tours in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan followed, but after the release of the next album, Highway (1970), band pressures led to a split. The live album Free Live, recorded in 1970, was released in 1971 as a farewell record. While Rodgers and Fraser pursued unsuccessful solo projects, Kossoff and Kirke teamed up with Texan keyboard player John "Rabbit" Bundrick and Japanese bass player Tetsu Yamauchi to release the 1971 album Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit.

Free reformed and released the album Free at Last (1972). Following its release Fraser decided he had had enough and quit to form Sharks. Free drafted Tetsu and Rabbit for Free's 1973 album Heartbreaker (1973) after which the group disbanded.

Rodgers and Kirke went on to form the successful Bad Company while Kossoff released a solo album, Back Street Crawler (1973). He then accompanied John Martyn on a 1975 tour before assembling a group called Back Street Crawler.

Back Street Crawler released two albums: The Band Plays On in 1975 and 2nd Street in 1976. Recordings from one of their UK concerts in 1975 were also released under the title Live at Croydon Fairfield Halls 15/6/75. When Free supported Blind Faith in the United States(1969), Eric Clapton was impressed enough to ask Kossoff to demonstrate his vibrato technique to him.

Kossoff's guitar playing was also much in demand for session work and he contributed solos on several albums including: Jim Capaldi's Oh How We Danced (1972), Martha Veléz's Fiends and Angels (1969); Blondel's Mulgrave Street (1974); Uncle Dog's Old Hat (1972), Michael Gately's Gately's Cafe (1971) and Mike Vernon's 1971 album Bring It Back Home.

He also played on four demos by Ken Hensley (eventually released on the 1994 album titled From Time to Time) and three tracks which appear on the CD-only issue of John Martyn's Live At Leeds album from 1975.

An unreleased guitar solo also surfaced in 2006 on the title track to the album All One by David Elliot who recorded with Paul Kossoff in the 70s.

On Jim Capaldi's 1975 solo album, Short Cut Draw Blood, two songs were reputedly written about Kossoff: "Seagull" and "Boy with a Problem". Kossoff played lead guitar on the latter.

Kossoff's unhappiness with the end of Free and his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in the guitarist's health. On a flight from Los Angeles to New York on 19 March 1976, Paul Kossoff died from drug-related heart problems. He was 25...His epitaph reads "All Right Now".


~source: (exerpts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kossoff)

much PEACE, love, and respect to my friends at 1337x and blazinseedboxes





Media Info:

General
Complete name : Paul Kossoff- Back Street Crawler (1976) [Bootleg] (1337x} kawli
Format : MPEG Audio
Overall bit rate : 128 Kbps
Album : Back Street Crawler (1976) [Bootleg]
Performer : Paul Kossoff
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1976
Writing library : LAME3.98r

Audio
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Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 6.41 MiB (100%)
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