The “Cocaine Drain” Album

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  1. Cocaine Drain (04:27)
    (John Hall)
  2. Give Me A Chance (04:01)
    (Steve Ferguson)
  3. Thinking Of You (04:00)
    (Bob Cowsill)
  4. Is Your Love Alive? (03:33)
    (Bob Cowsill/Paul Cowsill)
  5. I Will Always (04:37)
    (Wendy Waldman)
  6. Gettin’ Ready (03:42)
    (Bob Cowsill)
  7. Bitter Jest (04:06)
    (Bob Cowsill)
  8. That Particular Way (02:51(
    (Bob Cowsill)
  9. Part Of Me (03:56)
    (Howard Feiten)
  10. Dance In A Dream (03:41)
    (Bob Cowsill/Paul Cowsill)

Bonus Tracks

  1. You’ve Got A Way (03:15)
    (Bob Cowsill/Paul Cowsill)
  2. Couldn’t It Be Love? (03:32)
    (Bob Cowsill)
  3. The Next In Line (02:20)
    (Bob Cowsill/Chuck Plotkin)
  4. Say You Love Me (03:43)
    (Bob Cowsill)
  5. Fallen For You (03:49)
    (Bob Cowsill)

Original Recordings Produced by CHUCK PLOTKIN • Engineered by TOBY SCOTT • Originally Sequenced and Mastered by VAL GARAY

Recorded at CLOVER RECORDERS, Los Angeles, CA, Autumn 1978

MUSICIANS:
drums – JOHN COWSILL • bass – PAUL COWSILL • rhythm guitar – BOB COWSILL, BARRY COWSILL
lead guitar – BOB COWSILL, DENNIS CASTANERES (“Dance In A Dream,” “Getting’ Ready,” “You’ve Got A Way”), BUZZ FEITEN (“Cocaine Drain,” “Part Of Me”)
keyboards – DENNIS CASTANERES, BILLY PAYNE (“Thinking Of You,” “I Will Always”)
saxophone – ERNIE WATTS
percussion – STEVE FORMAN (“Is Your Love Alive?”), BOBBYE HALL (“Cocaine Drain”)

Compilation produced for release by THE COWSILLS and BRAD ROSENBERGER
Executive Producer: ROCK POSITANO
Mastered by MICHAEL GRAVES at OSIRIS STUDIO, Los Angeles, CA
Audio Restoration: JORDAN McLEOD and MICHAEL GRAVES at OSIRIS STUDIO, Los Angeles, CA
Business Affairs: GLENN SCHWARTZ
Art Direction and Design: GREG ALLEN
Photos courtesy of THE COWSILLS
Liner Notes: BRETT MILANO and BOB COWSILL
Project Assistance: AUDREY BILGER, DUTCH CRAMBLITT, TOM DALY, LAURA LEE EMERICK, DAVID JENKINS, LEE LODYGA, and CHERYL PAWELSKI

Special thanks to CHUCK PLOTKIN for teaching us how to write and record songs.

Producer’s Note: The master tapes have been lost for years. Every effort has been made to achieve the best possible sound for this release.

Buy The “Cocaine Drain Album at Omnivore Recordings or wherever you get your music!

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