Over The Top is an album

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 by British

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 rock

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 drummer

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 Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell

Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...

. It was Powell's first solo album, and it featured many well-known musicians playing alongside him.

LP release

1. "Theme One" - 3:36 (George Martin
   George Martin
   Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
   
   )
2. "Killer" - 7:16 (Don Airey
   Don Airey
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3. "Heidi Goes to Town" - 2:57 (Powell/Airey)
4. "El Sid" - 5:09 (Bernie Marsden
   Bernie Marsden
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5. "Sweet Poison" - 8:24 (Max Middleton
   Max Middleton
   David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...
   
   )
6. "The Loner" (Dedicated to Jeff Beck
   Jeff Beck
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   ) - 4:50 (Middleton)
7. "Over The Top" - 8:39 (Airey/Powell/Tchaikovsky)

Personnel

• Cozy Powell
  Cozy Powell
  Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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   - All tracks
• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore
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    - Guitar
  Guitar
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   - Track 2
• Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson
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   - Guitar - Track 5, 6
• Bernie Marsden
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   - Guitar - Track 4
• Jack Bruce
  Jack Bruce
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   - Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   - All tracks
• Don Airey
  Don Airey
  Donald Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord...
  
   - Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   - All tracks except 6
• Max Middleton
  Max Middleton
  David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...
  
   - Keyboards - Track 6

Album credits

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch

Martin Birch

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Mastered by Ian Cooper of Utopia Sounds

Tape ops Lou Broglia and Alan Douglas.

Recorded at Central Sound and Track 2 at The Town House, London.

Mixed at The Town House.

All tracks arranged by Don Airey

Don Airey

Donald Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord...

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Photography: Bob Carlos Clark

Art Direction and Artwork: Ian Murray/Acrobat Design Ltd.

Cover Concept: Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell

Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...

Max Middleton

Max Middleton

David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...

 appears courtesy of Epic Records

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Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

 appears courtesy of MCA Records

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Bernie Marsden

Bernie Marsden

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 appears courtesy of United Artists Records

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Cozy Powell appears courtesy of Swindon Town Football Club.

Thanks to: Roger Glover

Roger Glover

Roger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist and lyricist for the hard rock band, Deep Purple.-Early career:...

, Neil Murray

Neil Murray (British musician)

Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...

, Tchaikovsky, Terry Yeardon and Silverstone.

Co-ordination: Bobby Adcock (LFC)

Management: Bruce Payne

Mr Powell's drums by Yamaha

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, his cymbals by Paiste

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This album was recorded without a safety net.

Lyrics enclosed.