Octopuss

Octopuss
Studio album by Cozy Powell
Released	1983
Recorded	September - October 1982 Britannia Row Studios
Genre	Hard rock, instrumental rock
Length	32:15
Label	Polydor
Producer	Bruce Payne & John Makepeace
Cozy Powell chronology
Tilt (1981) Octopuss (1983) The Drums are Back (1992)

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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 on "Up on the Downs", "633 Squadron", "Octopuss" and "The Big Country"
• Gary Moore – guitar on "Formula One", "Princetown", "Dartmoore" and "The Rattler"
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Don Airey - keyboards

with:

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

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