Big Sleep: Moonlight Days 1994 + Everything Falls Into Place 1992

 

BIG SLEEP is an alternative rock/pop band currently based in Salonica, Greece. Founded in 1992, so far 5 full albums have been released. It’s very difficult to be involved in the independent music scene

and not have heard, at least in passing, Big Sleep’s Looking for a Girl with a Washing Machine. It’s a song that was a hit in Greece in the ’90s and stands there, proud, even today in DJ sets, radio shows, and even in commercials. Stefan Schwerdtfeger, in addition to being the founder of Big Sleep, has been, among other things, a local musical hero in the area where he grew up (just outside Munich), a friend of the late musician Nikki Sudden, and a member of the live band Blue.
                           

                                                         
Stefan Schwerdtfeger, singer and composer, grew up in the United States. Later, he moved to

Germany, where he started "BIG SLEEP". Their first album, titled "Everything Falls Into Place", quickly became a huge success in Greece, with the single "Looking For A Girl With A Washing-Machine" being played to this day (!) on the radio and various entertainment venues. In 1994, the next CD "Moonlit Days" was released, recorded in Southwest France, paving the way for appearances in Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy and France. 
                          

Soon, he performed and recorded with various musicians, such as Nikki Sudden, Phil Shoenfelt and

Terry Lee Hale. In 1995, he moved to Greece, where he continues to work, write and create with great success. Since then he has recorded two more albums, "Thermaikos" (1999) and "With God And Her Sisters" (2003) produced by Chris Eckman from Walkabouts. This was followed by appearances on all the major stages of Greece, together with his new band, "BIG SLEEP electric".
                            

LINE - UP

Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica – Stefan Schwerdtfeger
Drums – August T. Günther
Bass – Oliver Latka
Written-By – Stefan Schwerdtfeger (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-12)    

BIG SLEEP - MOONLIGHT DAYS 1994 + EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE  1992

                                     

    

Big Sleep – Moonlit Days / Everything Falls Into Place
Label: Soul Sister – SS 102/103
Format: 2CD, Album, Remastered, Compilation
Country: Greece
Released: 1999
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

MOONLIGHT DAYS 1994

                          

 

TRACKS 

                       

 

01. Ship   3:00
Alto Saxophone – Hendrik Lehmann
Soprano Saxophone – Frank Loef
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther
Voice [Low 2nd] – Oliver Latka    
02. Ozone Summers   4:40
Electric Guitar [Echo] – Lars Kurz
Shaker – Freddy Setz
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther, Oliver Latka    
03. Moonlit Days   3:04
Co-producer – Ulrich Bassenge
Piano – H.C. Mylla
Tambourine – Freddy Setz    
04. Songs Of The Incomplete   6:39
Voice [Low 2nd] – Oliver Latka    
05. Below Us Bigger Buildings   3:31
Piano [High Notes] – H.C. Mylla    
06. Clouds   3:14
Alto Saxophone – Hendrik Lehmann    
07. Home   1:25
Baglama [Bouzouki] – Ulrich Bassenge    
08. Curse To The Wind    4:19
09. Big Blue Wall    3:07
10. Crying For Barbara   3:02
Piano – H.C. Mylla
Tambourine – Freddy Setz
Voice [Low 2nd] – Oliver Latka    
11. Driving Song   4:47
Flute – Frank Loef
Piano – H.C. Mylla    
12. Where The Rivers End   12:51
Voice [Low 2nd] – Oliver Latka
Written-By – Nikki Sudden
    

Flac Size: 373 MB

All songs written by Stefan Schwerdtfeger; except “Where The Rivers End" (Nikki Sudden)
Produced by Stefan Schwerdtfeger
Co-produced & engineered by h.c. mylla
Stefan Schwerdtfeger: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Oliver Latka: bass
August T. Günther: drums 

EVERYTHIG FALLS INTO PLACE 1992
                                  

TRACKS 

                     

    
01. The Whale Song    3:22
02. Looking For A Girl With A Washing - Machine    4:51
03. Oh Laura!   3:20
Electric Guitar – Robert Usamer
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther    
04. Dr. Velvet's Magic Injection   4:54
Piano – H.C. Mylla    
05. When Vera Was Here   3:50
Accordion – H.C. Mylla
Electric Guitar – Robert Usamer
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther    
06. You And Your Blue Shirt    4:36
07. Big Love First, Later Insecure   4:34
Edited By [Drum Loop] – Ernst Ströer    
08. Only You Can Save Me   2:58
Trumpet – Franz Hautzinger
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther    
09. Hit The Shit   4:47
Electric Guitar – Robert Usamer    
10. I Only Eat Fruit Lately      4:31
11. Crying's For Babies   3:14
Voice [2nd] – August T. Günther    
12. Everything Falls Into Place   4:04
Sampler, Edited By [Drum Loop] – Ernst Ströer

Flac Size: 312 MB

All songs written by Stefan Schwerdtfeger.
Stefan Schwerdtfeger: all voices and instruments; except:
Robert Ulsamer: electric guitar (2; 5; 9)
Oliver Latka : bass (2; 5; 7; 8; 9; 12)
August T. Günther: drums (2; 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 10; 12), second voice (2; 5; 8; 9; 12)
h.c. mylla: piano (4) accordeon (5)
Ernst Ströer: drum loop editing (4; 7; 10); sampler (11)
Franz Hautzinger: trumpet (8)

NOTES

                                

CD1 - Moonlit Days:
Recorded in St. Pompon in the South-West of France.
© 1994 Music Maniac Records ℗ 1999 Soulsister.
Published by Ervolksmusik / Wolfgang Dorsch.
Released in April 1994

CD2 - Everything Falls Into Place:
Recorded at various locations.
24bit remastering at Athens Mastering.
© 1992 Music Maniac Records ℗ 1999 Soulsister.
Published by Moorea Music "Edition Rimpo".
Released in May 1992.

    

The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats 1978 + Sing Dylan 2014

The Hollies originated as a duo formed by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash, who were best friends from primary school and began performing together during the skiffle craze of the late 1950s. Eventually Clarke and Nash became a vocal-and-guitar duo modelled on American duo the Everly Brothers, working as "Ricky and Dane Young"; under this name they teamed up with a local band, the Fourtones, consisting

of Pete Bocking on guitar, John 'Butch' Mepham on bass, Keith Bates on drums, and Derek Quinn on guitar. In January 1963, the Hollies performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where they were seen by Parlophone assistant producer Ron Richards, who had been involved in producing the first Beatles session. Richards offered them an audition with Parlophone, but Steele did not want to be a "professional" musician and left the band in April 1963. For the audition, they brought in Tony Hicks to replace the departing Steele.
                                

Drummer Don Rathbone only lasted for a couple of singles before being replaced by Bobby Elliott, who had played with Hicks in his pre-Hollies group, the Dolphins. The lineup changes were most fortuitous:

Hicks contributed a lot to the group with his ringing guitar work and songwriting, and Elliott was one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock. Although their first singles were R&B covers, the Hollies were no match for the Rolling Stones (or, for that matter, the Beatles) in this department, and they sounded much more at home with pop/rock material that provided a sympathetic complement to their glittering harmonies.
                             

When the Hollies -- one of the best and most commercially successful pop/rock acts of the British Invasion -- began recording in 1963, they relied heavily upon the R&B/early rock & roll covers that provided the staple diet for countless British bands of the time. They quickly developed a more distinctive style featuring three-part harmonies (heavily influenced by the Everly Brothers), ringing guitars, and

hook-happy material, penned by both outside writers (especially future 10cc member Graham Gouldman) and themselves, eventually composing most of their repertoire on their own. They ran off an awesome series of hits in the U.K. in the '60s, making the Top 20 almost 20 times. Some of their best mid-'60s singles, like "Here I Go Again," "We're Through," and the British number one "I'm Alive," passed virtually unnoticed in the United States, where they didn't make the Top 40 until early 1966, when Graham Gouldman's "Look Through Any Window" did the trick. In 1966, Eric Haydock left the group under cloudy circumstances, replaced by Bernie Calvert. 
                             

                                   
Graham Nash was replaced in the Hollies in January 1969 by Terry Sylvester, formerly of the Escorts and the Swinging Blue Jeans. Nash's departure saw the Hollies again turn to outside writers for their single A-

sides, but the group's British chart fortunes rallied during 1969 and 1970, and they scored four consecutive UK Top 20 hits. Like Graham Nash before him, frontman Allan Clarke by 1971 was growing frustrated, and he too began clashing with producer Ron Richards over material. Clarke departed from the Hollies in December. After Clarke's return, the Hollies returned to the UK Top 30 with a song penned by Clarke: "The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" (UK No. 24, 1973). 
                                 

In 1974 they scored what was to be their last major new US and UK hit single with the Albert Hammond/

Mike Hazlewood-composed love song "The Air That I Breathe" (previously recorded by Hammond and by Phil Everly on his 1973 solo album, Star Spangled Springer), which reached No. 2 in the UK and Australiaand made the Top 10 in the US. In 2010, the Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band members inducted were Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Eric Haydock, Bobby Elliott, Bernie Calvert, and Terry Sylvester. 
                                       

THE HOLLIES - 20 GOLDEN GREATS 1978 

                                   

 

The Hollies - 20 Golden Greats
Label: EMI – 7 46238 2, EMI – 7462382
Format: CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Australasia
Released:    
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock
                                                     

TRACKS

                                 

01. The Air That I Breathe   4:12
Written-By – Hammond-Hazlewood    
02. Carrie Anne   2:56
Written-By – Clarke-Hicks-Nash    
03. Bus Stop   2:56
Written-By – Gouldman    
04. Listen To Me   2:39
Written-By – Hazzard    
05. Look Through Any Window   2:18
Written-By – Silverman, Gouldman    
06. I Can't Let Go   2:27
Written-By – Gorgoni, Taylor    
07. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress   3:18
Producer – Ron Richards, The Hollies
Written-By – Clarke, Cook, Greenaway    
08. Here I Go Again   2:21
Written-By – Westlake, Shuman
09. I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top   3:51
Written-By – Flett, Fletcher
10. I'm Alive   2:26
Written-By – Ballard Jnr    
11. Yes I Will   3:32
Written-By – Goffin, Titelman    
12. Stay   2:13
Written-By – Williams    
13. Sorry Suzanne   3:00
Written-By – Stephens, Macaulay    
14. Gasoline Alley Bred   3:55
Written-By – Cook, Greenaway, Macaulay    
15. We're Through   2:16
Written-By – Ransford    
16. Jennifer Eccles   2:56
Written-By – Clarke, Nash    
17. Stop Stop Stop   2:51
Written-By – Clarke-Hicks-Nash    
18. On A Carousel   3:14
Written-By – Clarke-Hicks-Nash    
19. Just One Look   2:29
Written-By – Payne, Carroll
20. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother   4:20
Written-By – Russell, Scott
    

Flac Size: 363 MB

THE HOLLIES - HOLLIES - SING DYLAN  (EXPANDED EDITION) 2014

                          

The Hollies – Sing Dylan
Label: Parlophone – WPCR-15445
Series: British Beat 50th Paper Sleeve Collection
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered    
Released: Jan 22, 2014
Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Harmonica Blues, Beat, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Vocal
                                     

TRACKS

                         

01. When The Ship Comes In    2:41
02. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight    3:26
03. I Want You    2:12
04. Wheels On Fire    2:53
05. I Shall Be Released    3:25
06. Blowin' In The Wind    4:09
07. Quit Your Low Down Ways    2:42
08. Just Like A Woman    4:04
09. The Times They Are A Chagin'    3:16
10. All I Really Want To Do    2:37
11. My Back Pages    2:58
12. Mighty Quinn    2:27

BONUS SECTION

13. Blowin' In The Wind - Nash Version; 1993 Remastered Version 4:09  
14. Stop Stop Stop (Live at Lewisham Odeon)   2:50
15. Look Through Any Window (Live at Lewisham Odeon)   2:31    
16. The Times They Are A Changin' (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   3:20
17. On A Carousel (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   3:17    
18. King Midas In Reverse (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   3:29    
19. Butterfly (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   3:13    
20. Jennifer Eccles (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   2:43    
21. Carrie Anne (Live At Lewisham Odeon)   2:57
22. Blowin' In The Wind (Live In Germany)   2:32

NOTES

Written By – Bob Dylan (tracks: 1-12, 13, 16, 22)

Flac Size: 457 MB 

Sleater-Kinney: Discography 1995 - 2000

 

Alternative rock band from the American Pacific Northwest. Formed in Olympia, Washington (USA) in 1994, then moved to Portland, Oregon. Went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2006. Reformed in

2014. Arguably the most important punk band of the 1990s and 2000s, with feminist songwriting matched by taut melodicism and jaw-dropping sonic complexity. Like many a great band, Sleater-Kinney inhabit their time so thoroughly it took an extended hiatus to realize the extent of their legacy. In many respects, they are the defining American indie rock band of the second half of the 1990s, the group that harnessed all the upheaval of the alt-rock explosion of the first part of the decade and channeled it into a vigorous mission statement.
                         

Sleater-Kinney (the name is taken from a local road name in Lacey, WA ) were in the middle of the Riot

Grrrl scene in the 1990s, and they were one of the few to survive the inevitable backlash (along with Allison Wolfe and Kathleen Hanna). Originally, the band was Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein's side-project. The Australian-born Laura Macfarlane became the band's first permanent drummer in late 1994. In 1997, Janet Weiss became their new drummer.
                           

After a few albums recorded with John Goodmanson, they went into an unfamiliar studio with Dave

Fridmann in late 2004, to record their first album for Sub Pop. In the summer of 2006, they announced an "indefinite hiatus", and they played their final U.S. gigs in August. They were in other bands before, during, and after Sleater-Kinney's 11 year run: Corin has been in both Heavens To Betsy  and Cadallaca, Carrie in Excuse 17 and The Spells, Laura in Ninetynine, and Janet in Quasi.
                                

It was not incidental that Sleater-Kinney were an all-female band -- prior to S-K, co-leaders Corin Tucker

and Carrie Brownstein both started playing music in Northern Pacific riot grrrl bands, and their feminism and queercore roots were deeply embedded in their rock & roll -- but calling them the best female rock band of their generation is too confining. By every measure, Sleater-Kinney were one of the best bands of their time, capturing the tenor of their era and then expanding at a rapid clip, delivering record after record that redefined their music without abandoning their punk rock (or political) ideals. 
                           

In 2019 Weiss announced her departure from the band, which is now in its core a duo:

Carrie Brownstein - guitar, vocals
Corin Tucker - guitar, vocals 
                           

01. SLEATER - KINNEY - SLEATER - KINNEY 1995

                          

Sleater-Kinney's debut record is a medium-fi blast of thrashy riot grrrl rock. Some tracks are reminiscent

of '90s Sonic Youth ("Be Yr Mama"), while others are just blasts of punk angst ("A Real Man"). The group suffers from excessively monotone melody lines, but succeeds with their overall confidence and an understanding of dynamics that is promising. This is a good first record, and a showcase for talent that would later blossom on The Hot Rock. 
                              

Sleater-Kinney – Sleater-Kinney
Label: Chainsaw – chsw12
Format: CD, Album
Country:US
Released:Jun 25, 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                         

01. Don't Think You Wanna    1:53
02. The Day I Went Away    3:05
03. A Real Man    1:04
04. Her Again    2:20
05. How To Play Dead    2:07
06. Be Yr Mama    2:53
07. Sold Out    1:16
08. Slow Song    2:00
09. Lora's Song   2:30
Vocals – Lora MacFarlane    
10. The Last Song    3:37

LINE - UP

                             

Vocals, Guitar – Corin Tucker/Carrie Kinney (tracks: 2, 5, 10)
Drums – Lora MacFarlane
Guitar – Carrie Kinney

Flac Size: 165 MB

02. SLEATER - KINNEY - CALL THE DOCTOR 1996

                             

Sleater-Kinney's masterful sophomore effort Call the Doctor fulfills all the promise of the group's debut

and more, forging taut melodicism and jaw-dropping sonic complexity out of barbed-wire emotional potency.  Forget the riot grrrl implications inherent in the trio's music -- Call the Doctor is pure, undiluted punk, and it's brilliant. 
                  

Sleater-Kinney – Call The Doctor
Label: Chainsaw – CHSW 13
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Apr 29, 1996
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                        

01. Call The Doctor    2:30
02. Hubcap    2:25
03. Little Mouth    1:44
04. Anonymous    2:29
05. Stay Where You Are    2:24
06. Good Things    3:10
07. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone    2:37
08. Taking Me Home    2:34
09. Taste Test    3:00
10. My Stuff    2:33
11. I'm Not Waiting    2:21
12. Heart Attack    2:12
Drums – Corin Tucker
Guitar – Lora Macfarlane

LINE - UP

                     

Vocals – Carrie Kinney (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 12), Corin Tucker, Lora Macfarlane (tracks: 2, 5, 8)
Drums – Lora Macfarlane
Guitar – Carrie Kinney, Corin Tucker

Flac Size: 215 MB

03. SLEATER - KINNEY - DIG ME OUT 1997

                          

Having reinvented the girl-punk wheel with Call the Doctor, Sleater-Kinney continues to expand the

boundaries of the form with the stunning Dig Me Out. Leaner and more intricate than its predecessor, the record is remarkably confident and mature; instead of succumbing to the pressures of "next big thing" status, the trio finds vindication in all of their critical adulation -- the vocals are even more ferocious, the melodies are even more infectious, and the ideals are even more passionate. 
                              

Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
Label: Kill Rock Stars – KRS 279
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Apr 8, 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                      

01. Dig Me Out    2:40
02. One More Hour    3:19
03. Turn It On    2:47
04. The Drama You've Been Craving    2:08
05. Heart Factory    3:54
06. Words And Guitar    2:21
07. It's Enough  1:46 
Saxophone – Jessica Lurie
08. Little Babies    2:22
09. Not What You Want    3:17
10. Buy Her Candy    2:02
11. Things You Say    2:56
12. Dance Song '97    2:49
13. Jenny    4:03

LINE - UP

                                        

Vocals, Guitar – Corin Tucker
Drums, Percussion – Janet Weiss
Guitar, Vocals – Carrie Brownstein

Flac Size: 255 MB

04. SLEATER - KINNEY - THE HOT ROCK 1999

                         

Expectations for Sleater-Kinney's fourth album were stratospheric, with the raging, tuneful feminist catharsis of Call the Doctor and Dig Me Out having garnered near-universal critical raves and

outlandish media hype. Afraid of falling into a predictable rut, though, the band bravely pushed its range of expression into more personal, subdued, and cerebral territory on The Hot Rock. The Hot Rock can invite comparisons to a less jam-oriented Television or a minimalist version of indie compatriots Helium (not to mention the obvious Kim Gordon homage on "Get Up"), but in the end, it stands on its own as Sleater-Kinney's most progressive and experimental work, as well as their darkest. 
                           

Sleater-Kinney – The Hot Rock
Label: Kill Rock Stars – KRS 321
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Feb 23, 1999
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                           

01. Start Together    2:38
02. Hot Rock    3:17
03. The End Of You    3:20
04. Burn, Don't Freeze    3:19
05. God Is A Number    3:44
06. Banned From The End Of The World    2:09
07. Don't Talk Like    3:34
08. Get Up    3:46
09. One Song For You    2:49
10. The Size Of Our Love   3:12
Violin, Viola – Seth Warren
11. Living In Exile    2:31
12. Memorize Your Lines   3:10
Violin, Viola – Seth Warren
13. A Quarter To Three   4:03
Slide Guitar – Roger Moutenot

LINE - UP

                       

Vocals, Guitar – Corin Tucker
Drums, Percussion – Janet Weiss
Guitar, Vocals – Carrie Brownstein

Flac Size: 297 MB

05. SLEATER - KINNEY - ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE 2002

                                     

Sleater-Kinney switched gears on their follow-up to the challenging, introspective The Hot Rock,

delivering their brightest, most accessible album to date with All Hands on the Bad One. That's partly due to a renewed assurance in craft -- the arrangements here are the most refined of the group's career, and their performances the most polished. Not only is All Hands on the Bad One Sleater-Kinney's most consistent overall set of songs since Call the Doctor, it's also evidence that the band has taken that philosophy to heart.
                           

Sleater-Kinney – All Hands On The Bad One
Label: Kill Rock Stars – KRS 360
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: May 2, 2000
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                                     

01. The Ballad Of A Ladyman    3:10
02. Ironclad    2:34
03. All Hands On The Bad One   2:57
Organ – Sarah Dougher    
04. Youth Decay    2:30
05. You're No Rock N' Roll Fun    2:37
06. #1 Must Have    3:03
07. The Professional    1:31
08. Was It A Lie?    3:15
09. Male Model    2:32
10. Leave You Behind    3:27
11. Milkshake N' Honey   2:54
Mellotron – Sam Coomes    
12. Pompeii    2:43
13. The Swimmer   3:47
Organ – Sarah Dougher
    

LINE - UP

                                  

Vocals, Guitar – Corin Tucker
Drums, Percussion – Janet Weiss
Guitar, Vocals – Carrie Brownstein

Flac Size: 272 MB