The Devil's Touch

The Devil's Touch
Compilation album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1976
Recorded	1970-1976
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
Length	45:07
Label	Fontana Records
Producer	???
Lucifer's Friend chronology
Mind Exploding (1976) The Devil's Touch (1976) Good Time Warrior (1978)

The Devil's Touch is the first of two compilation albums by Lucifer's Friend. This compilation collects some of Lucifer's Friend's best songs from their first album Lucifer's Friend (1970) up to Mind Exploding (1976) (excluding, however 1972's, Where the Groupies Killed the Blues). This compilation was released by Fontana Records in 1976. The other compilation would be released by Vertigo Records in 1980, which was called Rock Heavies:Lucifer's Friend.

Track listing

1. Blind Boy - 4:46
2. Baby You’re a Liar - 3:55
3. Rock’n Roll Singer - 4:21
4. Dirty Old Town - 4:46
5. Closed Curtains - 6:02
6. In the Time of Job when Mammon Was a Yippie - 4:04
7. Groovin’ Stone - 5:18
8. Ride the Sky - 2:55
9. High Flying Lady-Goodbye - 3:43
10. Free Hooker - 7:17

Personnel

• John Lawton – lead vocals
• Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, vocals
• Peter Hecht – keyboards
• Dieter Horns – bass, vocals
• Joachim Reitenbach – drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9)
• Curt Cress – drums (tracks 1 and 10)
• Herbert Bornholdt – percussion, vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10)
• Herb Geller – soprano sax solo (track 9)