A first reissue for the album by guitarist/ singer/ songwriter Mick Cox, produced by Shel Talmy, originally released on Capitol in 1973, in the US only. Cox assembled a band to put across his rock and funk sound which included soon to be Kokomo stalwarts Tony O’Malley on lead vocals, Frank Collins/ Dyan Birch/ Paddie McHugh on backing vocals, plus musicians Mick (Wynder K Frog) Weaver, Andrew Steele (ex-The Herd), Peter Arneson (the Hollies, Ian Hunter), Alan Skidmore. The sum of the parts across the album is a sound very much in the vein of contemporary Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Delaney & Bonnie. Cox had already contributed as guitarist and songwriter to the 1969 album by Eire Apparent called ‘Sunrise’, produced by Jimi Hendrix. After the MCB album Cox played with Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor. From 1980 he picked up again with Van Morrison to record and tour. Originally met Morrison in Ireland during the early 1960s, and later helped demo the songs on ‘Astral Weeks’. This is a first release on CD for The Mick Cox Band album, packaged with a booklet containing the background to the making of the album including quotes from Shel Talmy and Tony O’Malley, plus never before seen session and promo photos from the Shel Talmy archive. CD includes 8 previously unreleased recordings, all 16 tracks transferred and mastered from the original master tapes.