Before Peter Thorup and Alexis Korner, assisted by producer Mickie Most and composer John Cameron, launched CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) in the late summer of 1970, Peter Thorup recorded the album Peter Thorup with Friends "Wake Up Your Mind", with the best Danish musicians in spring 1970 in the Rosenberg Studios in Copenhagen. Although relevant encyclopaedias describe it as Peter Thorup's first solo album, it was much rather a joint effort of all musicians involved, whose musical contribution represented much more than the realization of Thorup's ideas. Moreover, the participating musicians, whose quality was accounted for by their engagements in the best Danish rock bands, would not have permitted being regarded as a supporting act. The arrangements and their realisation are evidence of high musical quality and professionalism. Peter Thorup had already played together with organist Morten Kjaerum-gaard, drummer Max "Nhuthzhi" Nutzhorn and bassist Erik Stedt in The Beefeaters. With Peer Frost, Peer Ingemann and Ken Gudman the complete Young Flowers, known by two excellent albums, were present. Bent Hesselmann played with the exceptional band Maxwells (Long Hair, LHC 28) and as a guest with The Delta Blues Band, later on with Rainbow Band (Long Hair, LHC 18) and Midnight Sun. Ole Fick came from Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Niels Henriksen later played with Culpeper's Orchard and Mo-I-Rana, and Steen Munte Jepsen was drummer with The Blackpools. Within no time, this illustrious group of musicians recorded a remarkably harmonious album, committed to Heavy-Blues-Rock, but with a progressive touch. All up they recorded 13 titles, 7 of which made it on the album "Wake Up Your Mind" published on Philips in 1970.