Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (album)

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is the fifth album by the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Released in 1975, it was their first album for Warner Bros. Records.

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Studio album by
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Released1975
RecordedSeptember–October 1974; by Paul Grupp at Record Plant, Sausalito, California, computer mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles
GenreCountry rock, Western swing, rock and roll, jump blues, Americana
LabelWarner Bros. 1975
Wounded Bird 2003
ProducerJohn Boylan
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen chronology
Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas
(1974)		 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
(1975)		 Tales from the Ozone
(1976)

The album was the subject of the 1977 book Star-Making Machinery by Geoffrey Stokes, which chronicled its recording, production and marketing as an example of the behind-the-scenes operation of the U.S. music industry in the 1970s.[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[3]

On AllMusic, Jana Pendragon wrote, "... this is another good outing for the wild boys.... One more time, this band holds all the aces and plays every hand with a poker face that just won't quit. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen knew exactly what they were doing."[2]

Track listing
Side A
  1. "Southbound" (Hoyt Axton, Mark Dawson) – 2:20
  2. "Don't Let Go" (Jesse Stone) – 2:40
  3. "California Okie" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell) – 2:48
  4. "Willin'" (Lowell George) – 3:38
  5. "The Boogie Man Boogie" (Michael J. Richards, Billy C. Farlow, George Frayne, John Tichy) – 3:35
Side B
  1. "Hawaii Blues" (Richards, Farlow, Ernie Hagar, Andy Stein) – 3:05
  2. "House of Blue Lights" (Don Raye, Freddie Slack) – 2:41
  3. "Keep On Lovin' Her" (Farlow, Tichy) – 3:13
  4. "Devil and Me" (Frayne, Tichy) – 3:11
  5. "Four or Five Times" (Marco H. Hellman, Byron Gay) – 2:30
  6. "That's What I Like About the South" (Phil Harris) – 2:35

Personnel

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Additional musicians

Production

  • John Boylan – Producer
  • Paul Gruff – Engineer
  • Tom Anderson – Assistant Engineer,
  • Bob Edwards – Assistant Engineer
  • Michael Verdick – Assistant Engineer
  • Wally Traugott – Mastering
  • Chris Frayne – Cover Art
  • John Goodchild – Layout Design

References
  1. "Star-Making Machinery". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at AllMusic
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.



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