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Lost in the Ozone is an album by American rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.Their first album, it was released in 1971. it contains their hit cover version of "Hot Rod Lincoln" as well as the band's live staples "Lost in the Ozone" and "Seeds and Stems (Again)".
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen formed in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, with Frayne taking the stage name Commander Cody.The band's name was inspired by 1950s film serials featuring the character Commando Cody and from a feature version of an earlier serial, King of the Rocket Men, released under the title Lost Planet Airmen.
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley 's 1950 hit " Hot Rod Race " (US #29). It describes a drive north on US Route 99 (predecessor to Interstate 5 ) from San Pedro, Los Angeles , and over " Grapevine Hill " which soon becomes a hot rod ...
After one lineup change, Jon Mitchell taking over from bassist David Dawson, the group recorded the album's follow-up in 1988. The first two singles from Western Standard Time – "Walk on By" and "Hot Rod Lincoln" – registered on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Western Standard Time received mixed reviews from critics. Several ...
"Hot Rod Lincoln" – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen "How Do You Do" – Mouth & MacNeal "Hurting Each Other" – The Carpenters "I Am Woman" – Helen Reddy "I Believe in Music" – Gallery "I Can See Clearly Now" – Johnny Nash "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" – Jackie Wilson "I Gotcha" – Joe Tex "I Need You" – America
Hot Rod Lincoln — — 1961 That Wild, Wicked but Wonderful West — — Starday 1962 Live It Up and Laugh It Up — — 1963 Songs That Made Him Famous — — 1965 Ten Little Bottles: 12 142 1966 Famous Hot Rodders I Have Known — — The Man Who Comes Around — — Bottles Up — — The Branded Stock of Johnny Bond — — 1967 Ten ...
In 1969, Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans (Reuben Gosfield), both natives of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, co-founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and soon after they found themselves opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, D.C. [4] A year later, they moved to East Oakland, California, at the invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. [5]
On AllMusic, Jana Pendragon wrote, "Always extraordinary, the era of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen was a special moment in time that created a place for hipsters, cosmic cowboys, rednecks, and the working class to all come together and enjoy some real American music.