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Additional informationPersonnel includes: Cozy Powell (drums, tubular bells, handbells, gong, tympani, snare, percussion); Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Dave Clempson, Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley (guitar); Don Airey (piano, keyboards, Moog, mini-Moog, synthesizer); John Cook (keyboards); Max Middleton (Moog, Fender Rhodes); Jon Lord (keyboards); David Sancious (synthesizer); Jack Bruce, Colin Hodgkinson (bass); John Du Prez, The Philharmonia. Producers: Martin Birch, Cozy Powell, Guy Birdmead, Nick Griffiths. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Polydor's The Very Best of Cozy Powell is culled from his early-'80s AOR and hard rock records. This wasn't the best period of Powell's career, suffering from a singular lack of imagination, but it had its moments, all of which are collected here. Even when distilled to this concise collection, these recordings are a bit thin and monotonous, but this remains the place to become acquainted with these records. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine