SACD - CD22091

"This a tribute and thanks from us to the groups, artists, musicians and writers who kept us sitting in front of our portable gramophones in our teenage-rooms breathlessly listening to the latest vinyl from England and USA"

The production and recording of this album is unique in the sense that it combines the delicate balance between the rather special sounds achieved during the period from 1954 - 1963 while at the same time taking advantage of contemporary recording techniques.
In order to achieve this we have, as far as possible, used the original instruments for example the Hammond Chord organ in the tracks where Johnny & the Hurricanes was the aim, and a Fender Stratocaster from 1962 with a Vox AC-30 original Amp from 1964 for the Shadows tracks. Also a UniVox organ from the 50´s where the Tornados song "Telstar" * was the inspiration.
The same philosophy applied to the microphones where we used RCA’s old classic ribbon microphone 44A from 1934 for all of the saxophones and also as "ambience" for the drums, STC 4038 for many guitars together with a couple of valve microphones, all from the 50´s.
However all of the efforts to achieve authenticity would have been to no avail without the creativity and superb musicianship of Bert Östlund. Not only has he written and composed all of the songs capturing the spirit of the era, but also made all of the arrangements as well as playing the guitars and keyboards, including the piano with thumb-tacks!
In addition to the bass and drums, we also have the renowned Pär Westling on Tenor and Baritone saxes on six of the tracks, authentic strings on two and vocals on further two tracks.
*This track is dedicated to the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang: "The Fuglesang Song"

Track Listing:

1. Happy Feet
2. New Adventures
3. Shaken not Stirred
4. Greyhound Ride
5. March of the Harp
6. Snake Rattle an Roll
7. Hey Man
8. Pick it Up
9. Sting On
10. Dreamland
11. Rush Hour
12. The Fuglesang Song
13. Time Out
14. Pianoogie
15. Fat Monday
16. Raindance
17. Downbeat
18. Rocking Moose
19. Soulfood
20. It's Never too Late