• O C T. IV. • Atomic Rooster — “Death Walks Behind You”

From the 1970 album Death Walks Behind You.

Atomic Rooster had a few things in common with Black Sabbath — they both manged to release their first albums on Friday the 13th of February, 1970, their second albums in September of the same year, and as this track shows, they both had the capability to be darker and heavier than a lot of the popular fare of their time. This title track from their second album manages to be both funky and spooky at the same time, and is by far my favorite song of theirs. Much of that funkiness comes from the great keyboardist Vincent Crane, formerly of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

Update: Somehow, after being on youtube for a couple of years, they decide to yank down the vid the day after I post it here. Link now updated to a working version.