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Gyllene Tider goes ABBA

May 26

Posted by Patrícia Peres in Gyllene Tider, Releases | 2 Comments

soldansPer revealed the tracklist of Gyllene Tider’s new compilation album, ”Soldans på din grammofon” and it turns out to be a double CD and a coloured double LP. Check the tracklist below.

You’ll find 4 bonus tracks on the album. One of the songs, ”45 minuter motorväg” is a leftover from GT’s latest record, ”Dags att tänka på refrängen”. As we already informed you earlier, you’ll find 2 versions of ”Henry, dansa inte disco!” on the album: a live one from 1980 recorded at the rehearsal studio and a new version.

One more interesting bonus track will see the light of day: a cover version of ABBA’s ”S.O.S.” from 1980 recorded at the rehearsal studio. If you are wondering how ABBA-ish GT can sound, you should listen to their cover in this video of Gyllene Tider’s live performance at Rock 300 /Karlskrona, 2nd August, 1980/ – God, I was just a half-year-old girl back then. :) (The cover is from 20:55, but it is worth watching the whole video.):

 

 

For a comparison here’s ABBA’s ”S.O.S.” – Swedish version:

 

ABBA: ”S.O.S.” – English version:

 

Tracklist:

CD #1
1. Sommartider
2. Gå & fiska!
3. En sten vid en sjö i en skog
4. Flickorna på TV2
5. (Dansar inte lika bra som) Sjömän
6. När vi två blir en
7. Det hjärta som brinner
8. (Kom så ska vi) Leva livet
9. Det är över nu
10. Kung av sand
11. Marie i växeln
12 Tylö Sun
13. Tuffa tider (för en drömmare)
14. Billy

CD #2
1. Skicka ett vykort, älskling!
2. Juni, Juli, Augusti
3. Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång
4. Ljudet av ett annat hjärta
5. (Hon vill ha) Puls
6. Småstad
7. Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly
8. Vandrar i ett sommarregn
9. Faller ner på knä
10. När alla vännerna gått hem

BONUS – EP:
11. Henry, dansa inte disco! (En 70-talsfabel)
12. 45 minuter motorväg
13. S.O.S. (live replokal juni 1980)
14. Henry, dansa inte disco! (live replokal jan 1980)

 

The album is out on 3rd July.

 

 

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The back cover of TRAVELLING

Mar 16

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette | 4 Comments

Have a look on the new album’s backside! The new stairway photo combined with Gessle drawings and what looks like an airport pictogram. Don’t overlook the Crash! Boom! Bang! style reference on the track names!

Thanks to RoxetteCafe.com for sharing this picture.

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Roxette – Only When I Dream (Instrumental Cover by drumcrew)

Mar 3

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette, YouTube | 1 Comment

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“It’s possible” – cover and duration

Mar 1

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette | 6 Comments

According to Play.com – the “It’s Possible (Version One Radio Edit)” with duration of 2min 35sec is to be released on Monday, March 4. The German radio show “Hey Music” on Radio Berlin informs that “It’s possible” lasts for 3min 22sec. We have no information at this point which information is correct.

The B-side of the first single will be T&A Demo of “It’s possible”.

Update: It turned out that correct duration is 2:34 for the first single, which makes it the shortest one leading single in the history of Roxette.

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New Roxette photo session coming soon!

Feb 1

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette | 6 Comments

Swedish photographer Fredrik Etoall is the man in charge for new Roxette photosession that will probably find its way in the TRAVELLING album bookler or promotion process. He has published a blurry photo from his photoshoot yesterday.

Thanks to RoxetteCafe.com for this information.

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Fredrik Olastuen – the man behind plane’s photo

Jan 27

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette | Comments off

As you know – the plane picture used on not the final cover of the Roxette’s forthcoming “T2 – Tourism 2″ album was taken by Norwegian photographer Fredrik Olastuen. Who is he – you may ask.

Here’s the little piece of information he publishes on his Flickr page.

26 years old, living in Jessheim, Akershus, Norway.

Work in the videoconferencing industry, certified on Tandberg equipment. When not on work, I spend most of my time as a hobby-/freelance-photographer.

I do mostly sports and concert foto, but experiencing with all kind of genres.

I have always been interested in photo, but it really startet to evolve when I bought my first DSLR. Now I’m almost only shooting with my Canon Powershot G10, but it’s still a lot of fun and I like to experience with motives and techniques.

My main goal is to have fun and take nice pictures of my life and surroundings, and experience while having fun. If you like my photos, that’s a nice bonus :)

If you want to follow my updates, you can add me as a contact here on Flickr or on Twitter where I will post every time I publish new photos.

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Swedish Hitz Goes Metal’s “The Look” on “Allsång på Skansen”

Aug 10

Posted by Tomasz in Misc | 2 Comments

Thanks to Niclas Eliasson for this information.

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The Look goes metal

Jun 17

Posted by Judith in Misc, Releases | 9 Comments

Some months we wrote about the album “Swedish Hitz Goes Metal”, which was released in May 2011 and includes metal covers of the biggest hits written by ABBA, Roxette and Ace Of Base.

We received an email from Niclas Eliasson with the link to their newly released video to “The Look”.

You can read more about the band and the album in this Facebook page.

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Swedish Hitz Go Metal – four Roxette songs included

Jun 3

Posted by Tomasz in Releases | 2 Comments

Tommy ReinXeed, singer from the North of Sweden, is now revealing “SWEDISH HITZ GOES METAL” album. Tommy ReinXeed has already released 4 studio albums with his own band ReinXeed in Japan and Europe, but he also has a huge passion to do hard rock/metal versions of his favorite songs. With the album “Swedish Hitz Goes Metal” we get the biggest hits written by ABBA, Roxette and Ace Of Base.

The album is released in Sweden (Naxos Sweden) and Japan (King Records) in May 2011. “Money Money Money” (ABBA) is the first single and the first video. The 2nd video will be Roxette’s “The Look” featuring the Norwegian talented singer “PelleK”.

More info to be found at Facebook page.

1. Mamma Mia
2. The Look
3. Money Money Money
4. The Sign
5. Summer Night City
6. All That She Wants
7. Super Trouper
8. Joyride
9. Intermezzo No. 1
10. Sleeping In My Car
11. The Winner Takes It All
12. Beautiful Life
13. Lay All Your Love On Me
14. Listen To Your Heart

Source: Naxosdirect.se

Thanks to Michal Wroclaw of RoxettePL Facebook page.

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Argentinian “Charm school” poster shows more

Feb 15

Posted by Tomasz in Releases, Roxette | Comments off

We all know the “Charm school” cover, but this Argentinian poster shows us a little bit more of those pictures that were used in this colage.

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“Sleeping in my car” punk cover

Jul 20

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette | Comments off

The Black Tapes - cover of theirs first album. Polish punk band The Black Tapes has covered “Sleeping in my car” on theirs first album called “The Black Tapes”. The album got very positive reviews in Polish press and many journalists really appreciated Roxette’s cover which is a “ghost track” on this CD. The band members recorded this debut album in Sweden and wanted to have something Swedish on it – that was the main reason why they have decided to include “Sleeping in my car”.

You can listen to theirs version here.

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“The Look” covered by rockabilly band “The Baseballs”

Jul 17

Posted by Judith in Misc, Roxette | 1 Comment

Posted on June 28th: German rockabilly band The Baseballs included a cover of “The Look” in their first album “Strike”, which was released in May 2009.  The album also includes covers of Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Maroon 5 among others.

Digger, singer together with Sam and Basti, explains why they choose “The Look” in an interview published on Münstersche Zeitung yesterday, “we wanted to give the album a personal touch. I chose “The Look”, which I relate to my start with music. It was my sister’s first LP and the first song I could play on keyboards.”

I personally find the version of “The Look” one of the best on the album, but you can judge yourself on YouTube, where you can also listen to other songs included in the album.

If you want to learn more about the band, you can visit their homepage (in German) or page on Facebook. And if you’ve been convinced by their music, you can buy their CD on Amazon.de

Update 18th July: just found out that there is another German band who already covered “The Look” back in 1991. The band is called Boppin’B and they named the album containing the cover “The Look”.

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