{"id":1778,"date":"2025-08-12T22:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/?page_id=1778"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:06:10","slug":"the-cocaine-drain-album","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Cocaine Drain&#8221; Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/the-cocaine-drain-album-liner-notes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1785\">Liner Notes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/the-cocaine-drain-album-press\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1783\">Reviews &amp; Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheCocaineDrainAlbum-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Front Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Cocaine Drain (04:27)<br>(John Hall) <\/li><li>Give Me A Chance (04:01)<br>(Steve Ferguson)<\/li><li>Thinking Of You (04:00)<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><li>Is Your Love Alive? (03:33)<br>(Bob Cowsill\/Paul Cowsill)<\/li><li>I Will Always (04:37)<br>(Wendy Waldman) <\/li><li>Gettin\u2019 Ready (03:42)<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><li>Bitter Jest (04:06)<br>(Bob Cowsill) <\/li><li>That Particular Way (02:51(<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><li>Part Of Me (03:56)<br>(Howard Feiten)<\/li><li>Dance In A Dream (03:41)<br>(Bob Cowsill\/Paul Cowsill)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Bonus Tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"11\"><li>You\u2019ve Got A Way (03:15)<br>(Bob Cowsill\/Paul Cowsill)<\/li><li>Couldn\u2019t It Be Love? (03:32)<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><li>The Next In Line (02:20)<br>(Bob Cowsill\/Chuck Plotkin)<\/li><li>Say You Love Me (03:43)<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><li>Fallen For You (03:49)<br>(Bob Cowsill)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Original Recordings Produced by CHUCK PLOTKIN \u2022 Engineered by TOBY SCOTT \u2022 Originally Sequenced and Mastered by VAL GARAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Recorded at CLOVER RECORDERS, Los Angeles, CA, Autumn 1978<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">MUSICIANS:<br>drums \u2013 JOHN COWSILL \u2022 bass \u2013 PAUL COWSILL \u2022 rhythm guitar \u2013 BOB COWSILL, BARRY COWSILL<br>lead guitar \u2013 BOB COWSILL, DENNIS CASTANERES (\u201cDance In A Dream,\u201d \u201cGetting\u2019 Ready,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ve Got A Way\u201d), BUZZ FEITEN (\u201cCocaine Drain,\u201d \u201cPart Of Me\u201d)<br>keyboards \u2013 DENNIS CASTANERES, BILLY PAYNE (\u201cThinking Of You,\u201d \u201cI Will Always\u201d)<br>saxophone \u2013 ERNIE WATTS<br>percussion \u2013 STEVE FORMAN (\u201cIs Your Love Alive?\u201d), BOBBYE HALL (\u201cCocaine Drain\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Compilation produced for release by THE COWSILLS and BRAD ROSENBERGER<br>Executive Producer: ROCK POSITANO <br>Mastered by MICHAEL GRAVES at OSIRIS STUDIO, Los Angeles, CA <br>Audio Restoration: JORDAN McLEOD and MICHAEL GRAVES at OSIRIS STUDIO, Los Angeles, CA<br>Business Affairs: GLENN SCHWARTZ<br>Art Direction and Design: GREG ALLEN<br>Photos courtesy of THE COWSILLS<br>Liner Notes: BRETT MILANO and BOB COWSILL<br>Project Assistance: AUDREY BILGER, DUTCH CRAMBLITT, TOM DALY, LAURA LEE EMERICK, DAVID JENKINS, LEE LODYGA, and CHERYL PAWELSKI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Special thanks to CHUCK PLOTKIN for teaching us how to write and record songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Producer\u2019s Note: The master tapes have been lost for years. Every effort has been made to achieve the best possible sound for this release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buy<em> The &#8220;Cocaine Drain Album<\/em> at <a href=\"https:\/\/omnivorerecordings.com\/shop\/cocaine-drain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omnivore Recordings <\/a>or wherever you get your music!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-_Cocaine-Drain_-Album-back.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Back Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/the-cocaine-drain-album-liner-notes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1785\"> Liner Notes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/the-cocaine-drain-album-press\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1783\">Reviews &amp; Interviews<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liner Notes | Reviews &amp; Interviews Cocaine Drain (04:27)(John Hall) Give Me A Chance (04:01)(Steve Ferguson) Thinking Of You (04:00)(Bob Cowsill) Is Your Love Alive? (03:33)(Bob Cowsill\/Paul Cowsill) I Will Always (04:37)(Wendy Waldman) Gettin\u2019 Ready (03:42)(Bob Cowsill) Bitter Jest (04:06)(Bob &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/music\/the-cocaine-drain-album\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778\/revisions\/1813"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}