Today in 1972 Atomic Rooster released the album Made In England Reading, Berkshire, England Proto-Metal / Hard Rock Status:Split Up Years active 1969–1975,1980–1983 Atomic Rooster was a British early 1970s touring hard rock/progressive rock band which continued on and off for a decade. The band was founded by the late British blues pianist Vincent Crane (21 May 1943 – 14 February 1989), originally with British drummer Carl Palmer, after Crane left The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown which he had co-founded in 1966. Crane found himself in America in 1968 on his first American Tour supporting The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s “Fire” single and “Fire” album which topped the USA charts. The single was number one in England and Europe, and the album top five. The band headlined at that year’s Reading Festival. In 1969 they returned to America playing Fillmore East and Madison Square Garden. By the end of the year and after a third U.S. tour, various problems had set in. Crane lived in New York for three months and finally returned to England with Palmer. During 1970 they formed Atomic Rooster as decided in New York, and the band’s first gig was headlining at the Lyceum, London, with Deep Purple as support. The first Atomic Roster single was “Friday The 13th”, and the first album wasAtomic Ro-o-oster. In 1971 John Du Cann (born John Cann, 1950 – 22 September 2011) joined Atomic Rooster and added guitar to the American version of Atomic Ro-O-oster. Palmer left to join ELP and Paul Hammond joined the band as drummer. That year saw the band’s first hit single “Tomorrow Night”, and their first top-ten album Death Walks behind You, followed by a second hit single “Devil’s Answer”. The band also played the Reading Festival. In 1972 Pete French joined the band on vocals and they played the Oval with The Who headlining. A third album was released, In Hearing of…. This was the year of Atomic Rooster’s first U.S. tour, playing the Troubadour, L.A. and Fillmore East, N.Y. Du Cann and Hammond left the band to form Hard Stuff with Johnny Gustaveston, and Ric Parnell and Steve Bolton joined. French left to join Cactus with Carl Minnaplice, replaced in Atomic Rooster by Chris Farlowe .The band then went on to release their fourth album, Made in England, and their first compilation was released, Atomic Rooster Assortment. The second tour took in the L.A. Amphitheatre, the Texas ‘Rose Bowl’, and the Dusseldorf ‘Rock Festival’ with Deep Purple and Free. A third single was released, “Stand By Me”. In 1974 the fifth Atomic Rooster album was released, Nice & Greasy, and a second compilation, Home to Roost. The band left Gaff Management and toured Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Portugal. In 1975, after a tour of Belgium, France, Italy, and Spain, Crane stopped touring and took the band off the road. 1980 saw the reforming of Atomic Rooster, and Crane working again with DuCann. Finally came an EMI deal, a secret warm-up tour, and the release of a new album Atomic Rooster and a single “DO YOU KNOW WHO’S LOOKING FOR YOU”; Preston Heyman did the honours on drums, but by the time of the 1981 three-month tour of the U.K., Paul Hammond was back on drums. This year, saw the release of the first two Atomic Rooster 12” singles, “Play It Again” and “End of the Day”. The band played the Reading Festival; with DuCann mysteriously AWOL, Big John McCoy stepped in on bass. DuCann had decided to retire again, and subsequent tours of Germany and Italy were with Bernie Torme on guitar. 1983 saw a new style of Atomic Rooster album, Headline News, with a 12” single “Land of Freedom”, featuring guitarists David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Torme, and John Mizarolli. Torme subsequently toured with the band to Germany and Italy. In 1984, Crane disbanded Atomic Rooster. Dawn Vincent Crane: Hammond organ, piano, ARP synthesizer(R.I.P. 1989) Chris Farlowe: vocals Steve Bolton: guitars Ric Parnell: drums, percussion, vocals on Little Bit of Inner Air Bill Smith: bass on Stand by Me Doris Troy(R.I.P. 2004) and Liza Strike: backing vocals on Stand by Me and People You Cant Trust 1. Time Take My Life (6:01) 2. Stand By Me (3:47) 3. Little Bit Of Inner Air (2:39) 4. Ont Know What Went Wrong (4:00) 5. Never To Lose (3:17) 6. Introduction (0:26) 7. Breathless (4:51) 8. Space Cowboy (3:20) 9. People You Cant Trust (3:53) 10. Al In Satans Name (4:44) 11. Close Your Eyes (3:49) Total Time 44:23 Reissued in 2004 by Castle Music with the following bonus tracks: 12. Stand By Me (BBC Radio Session, 1972) (3:24) 13. Breakthrough (BBC Radio Session, 1972) (3:07) 14. Save Me (Friday The 13th) (BBC Radio Session, 1972) (3:42) 15. Close Your Eyes (BBC Radio Session, 1972) (2:41) 16. Stand By Me (Live In Concert 1972) (5:00) 17. People You Cant Trust (Live In Concert 1972) (4:40) 18. All In Satans Name (Live In Concert 1972) (4:01) 19. Devils Answer (Live In Concert 1972) (7:12) Reissued in 1991 and 1995 by Repertoire Records and in 2003 by Akarma Records with the following bonus tracks: 12. Goodbye Planet Earth (album version) (4:09) 13. Satans Wheel (album version) (6:40) Dawn (original UK release) Elektra (original USA release) Brain (original German release) Pye (original Brazilian release) Repertoire (1991 German reissue) Sequel (1991 UK CD reissue) Castle (2004 UK CD reissue) Made in England is the fourth album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. Although previously known for generally having a progressive rock style, this album saw the band moving in more of a funk/soul direction, largely influenced by new singer Chris Farlowe. Apart from founder member Vincent Crane, the album was recorded by an entirely different lineup to that of the bands prior effort, In Hearing of Atomic Rooster. Previous members John Du Cann and Paul Hammond had departed in protest at Cranes intended new musical direction. In the UK and Germany, original copies of the LP came wrapped in an actual denim sleeve. Later pressings came in a standard art sleeve. In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in the standard sleeve. It was further reissued in Germany in 1977, this time in yet another new sleeve and retitled This is Atomic Rooster. The only UK single from Made in England was Stand by Me youtube/watch?v=BShnHSem9bI
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