C.C.S. (album)

C.C.S.
Studio album by Collective Consciousness Society
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Blues, Jazz
Length	40:34
Label	RAK Records
Producer	Mickie Most
Collective Consciousness Society chronology
C.C.S. (1970) C.C.S. (1972)C.C.S.1972

C.C.S. was the first studio album of the British blues outfit Collective Consciousness Society, 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.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker)
2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
3. "Waiting Song" (Peter Thorup)
4. "Lookin' For Fun" (Ole Fick, Peter Thorup)
5. "Whole Lotta Love" (Jimmy Page, Willie Dixon, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant) - instrumental

Side Two

1. "Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) - instrumental in 5/4 time signature
2. "Sunrise" (Alexis Korner)
3. "Dos Cantos" (John Cameron)
4. "Wade in the Water" (John Cameron)

Personnel

• 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
• 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

Personnel

All arrangements by John Cameron
Produced by Mickie Most
Recording Engineer: Peter Bown