Back Street Crawler (album)

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Back Street Crawler is the debut studio album by English guitarist Paul Kossoff, released on 16 November 1973. It was recorded at Island Studios in London and runs 35:54. The blues rock, hard rock, and jam rock album was produced by Paul Kossoff, Bob Potter, Richard "Diga" Digby Smith, and Jean Roussel for Island Records.

Kossoff made the record after his band Free had disbanded, and he had been able to moderate his drug addiction to complete the project. The album features contributions from former Free bandmates, as well as Yes drummer Alan White and Cat Stevens’ keyboardist Jean Roussel.

Note: "Molten Gold" is not a reunion of the original Free lineup; it is an outtake from Free’s 1972 album Free at Last with overdubs. "Time Away" features three members of the Mk II Free lineup (Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi) along with singer-songwriter-guitarist John Martyn, who would later invite Kossoff to guest on his 1975 tour. This collaboration can be heard on expanded editions of Martyn’s Live at Leeds.

All tracks are written by Paul Kossoff, unless noted.