LAID BACK

DISCOGRAPHY 1980-2001

1980 German 7" Maybe I'm Crazy

    Maybe I'm Crazy 3.21/We Don't Do It 4.14 (German 7": Teldec/Strand 6.12927)
A-side recorded on a 4-track at Laid Back Studio in May 1979. Tim Stahl: vocal, keyboards and acoustic drums. John Guldberg: vocal, bass and synthesizer guitar. Jorgen Thomsen: backing vocal and bongos. Overdubs and mix in Sep 1979 by Werner Scherrer at Werner's Studio. B-side recorded on a 4-track at Laid Back Studio in April 1979. Tim Stahl: vocal and keyboards. John Guldberg: vocal, guitar and bass. Jeppe Reipurth: drums. Overdubs and mix in Oct 1979 by Werner Scherrer at Werner's Studio.

"John Guldberg (vocals, guitar) & Tim Stahl (vocals, keyboards) had been booked for a studio session, but the singer they were supposed to work with didn't show up! Studio owner Werner Scherrer then said 'jam up something as you're here anyway', and that's where an embryonic duo actually started out. Guldberg & Stahl soon decided to form Laid Back, relinquishing a promising studio musician career prospect. After having peddled some early tapes all over town in Copenhagen, they were rejected and dejected... By then, they had found themselves a dynamic manager in Kjeld Wennick leading to a deal with a Hamburg-based label instead of signing up with a local Danish record company. Teldec's label Strand went on to release 'Maybe I'm Crazy' in Germany but nothing sensational happened... until it reached the shores of Denmark. ' 'Maybe I'm Crazy' went on to become a massive hit back in their native country, where record companies had earlier said 'no thanks... won't work in Denmark' ". [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/868428]

1981 German LP LAID BACK

  1. Roger 4.37
  2. Bolivia 3.58
  3. Night Train Boogie 4.10
  4. Maybe I'm Crazy 3.39
  5. I Wanna Go Back 4.52
  1. The Man from the Moon 4.17
  2. Take Me Home 4.10
  3. Keep On Movin' 4.12
  4. China Girl 3.05
  5. Melody 5.36 (German LP: Teldec 6.24925)
1981 German 12" Night Train Boogie
    Night Train Boogie 4.03/Melody 5.31 (Ultra Phone, 6.20 130)

Summer 1982 Danish 7" Sunshine Reggae

    Sunshine Reggae 4.16/Step out of Your Box 4.21 (Danish 7": Medley Records MDS 211)
A-side recorded at Laid Back Studio in May/June 1981. Tim Stahl: vocal, steel drum, accordion and keyboards. John Guldberg: vocals and synthesizer guitar. Frank Marstokk: drums. Peter Hansen: bass. Mixed in May 1982 by Henrik Lund at Easy Sound Studio.

"Following the success in Denmark of 'Maybe I'm Crazy', Laid Back thought it appropriate to sign with the then funkiest label in Copenhagen - namely Medley Records (later acquired by EMI), rather than operating out of Hamburg, Germany. By the time tracks had been recorded and were submitted to Medley, there was a slight hitch... Medley didn't really like the tracks Laid Back intended for singles ['Sunshine Reggae' and 'White Horse']. A compromise was reached, though: Medley agreed to release the two favourite Laid Back single choices as a double A-side release, intending to call all shots from then on." [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/858462]

1983 LP (+ CD) ... KEEP SMILING

  1. Elevator Boy 4.53
  2. Slowmotion Girl 5.49
  3. White Horse 3.51
  4. So Wie So 4.35 //
  5. High Society Girl 3.33
  6. Don't Be Mean 3.20
  7. Sunshine Reggae 4.16
  8. Fly Away/Walking in the Sunshine 8.27 (Danish LP: Medley MDLP 6150, German LP: Metronome 815 299-1; Danish CD: MDCD 6133)
summer 1983 7"/12" Sunshine Reggae/White Horse
    Sunshine Reggae 4.08/White Horse 3.51
    (German 7": Metronome 813 872-7; Dutch 7": CNR Records 145.043)

    Sunshine Reggae 6.28/White Horse 3.51
    (German 12": Metronome 813 872-1; UK 12": Creole Records CR 12-60; Dutch 12": CNR Records 151.134)

    White Horse 3.49 [edited by Bob Shaw/J.C.]/So Wie So 4.35 (US 7": Sire Records 7-29346)

    Sunshine Reggae 6.35/White Horse 5.50 [edited by Bobby Shaw/John Potoker] (US 12": Sire Records 0-20178)

"This has to be one of the best-ever B sides of any 7" single. The A side was 'Sunshine Reggae', a monster hit in Europe, but... Seymour Stein of Sire Records [USA] liked it but soon found out that his crew liked the B side - 'White Horse'. Thus, the A side became 'White Horse' in the US! Besides having been used as a sample countless times by now by other artists, 'White Horse' is a textbook example of less-is-more when using synths - and, synth guitar (the very first Roland ones)! This was done way before the introduction of sequencers, MIDI, etc. Tech buffs note: TR-808, Rolands & Prophet V synths, GR synth and a lot of knob-twiddling, done live while recording but also in the mix. The fact that 'White Horse' became a US hit didn't reflect back on Europe, though. Only hardcore Laid Back buffs in Europe are aware of this track while 'Sunshine Reggae' routinely gets compilation requests whenever a Summer songs multi-artist CD release is due." [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/128624]

1983 7"/12" High Society Girl

    High Society Girl 3.33/So Wie So 4.33 (Danish 7": Medley Records MDS 214; German 7": Metronome 815 789-7)

    High Society Girl (Long Dub Version) 6.10/So Wie So 4.35 (German 12": Metronome 815 789-1)

1983 7"/12" Elevator Boy
    Elevatory Boy 3.31/White Horse 3.51 (Danish 7": Medley Records MDS 242)

    Elevatorboy 4.53/Don't Be Mean 3.20 (German 12": Metronome 821 670-1)

1983/1984 7" White Horse
    White Horse (US Edit) 3.49/Don't Be Mean 3.20
    (Danish 7": Medley Records MDS 272; German 7": Metronome 821 236-7; Dutch 7" 1984: CNR Records 145.097)

    White Horse (US Edit) 5.50/Sunshine Reggae 6.36 (Danish 12": Medley Records MDX 272)

    White Horse/White Horse (Megamix) (UK 12": Creole Records CRT 63)

    White Horse (US Edit) 5.50 // Fly Away/Walking in the Sunshine 8.27
    (European 12": Polydor 821 322-1; German 12": Metronome 821 236-1; Dutch 12" 1984: CNR Records 151.148)

"While Europe had 'Sunshine Reggae' as an A-side and 'White Horse' as a B-side to what was originally a double A-side single 7" release, the US simply reversed it all. Sire Rec's and Seymour Stein had signed Laid Back up on the reputation of 'Sunshine Reggae' but soon found out that 'White Horse' was hitting clubs. Next up was a 12", including a remix by Shep Pettibone, that helped launch the then-nascent 12" DJ / Dance vinyl format. By now, 'White Horse' rivals the James Brown track 'Funky Drummer' in terms of sample uses." [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/564419]

1984 US LP ... KEEP SMILING

  1. White Horse 5.42
  2. Elevator Boy 4.55
  3. Slowmotion Girl 5.51
  4. So Wie So 4.32
  1. Sunshine Reggae 4.15
  2. High Society Girl 3.41
  3. Don't Be Mean 3.22
  4. Fly Away/Walking in the Sunshine 8.35 (US LP: Sire Records 1-25058)

1985 7"/12" One Life

    One Life (Single Edit) 4.02/It's The Way You Do It (Single Edit) 3.57 (Danish 7": Medley Records MDS 308)

    One Life (Velvet Spike Mix) 6.05 [remix by Shep Pettibone]/One Life (Single Edit) 4.02 //
    It's the Way You Do It (Velvet Spike Mix) 6.45 [remix by Shep Pettibone]/It's The Way You Do It (Single Edit) 3.57 (US 12": Sire Records 0-20358)

1985 LP (+ CD) PLAY IT STRAIGHT
  1. Ice Cream Baby 4.09
  2. White Man 4.55
  3. Don't Run from Your Shadow 4.11
  4. I'm Hooked 2.54
  5. One Life 3.17

  6. Abu-Dhabi 4.55
  7. Play It Straight 4.05
  8. Do You Know What It's All About 4.52
  9. C.C. Cool 5.32 (Danish LP: Medley Records MDLP 6260; CD: EMI 4951882)
1985 Danish 12" I'm Hooked
    I'm Hooked (US Dance Mix) 5.50 [remix by Shep Pettibone]/C.C. Cool 5.32 (Danish 12": Medley Records MDX 328)

Aug 1987 7"/12" It's a Shame

    It's a Shame 3.48/Make It Beautiful 3.55 (UK 7": WEA 258 356-7)

    It's a Shame (New York Mix - Long Version) [remix by John Morales & Sergio Munzibai] //
    It's a Shame (New York Mix - Short Version)/Make It Beautiful (Danish Mix) (UK 12": WEA 258 350-0)

1987 LP (+ CD) SEE YOU IN THE LOBBY
  1. It's a Shame 4.41
  2. Tricky Kind of Thing 6.01
  3. Party at the White House 4.12
  4. Don't Run 3.55
  5. Mr. Pusherman 4.35
  6. It's Never Too Late 3.37
  7. I'm Hooked 2.56
  8. Make It Beautiful 3.55
  9. Tell Me the Truth 4.34 (Danish LP: Medley MDLP 6300; CD: MDCD 6300)
1987 12" Party at the White House
    Party at the White House (Party Version) 4.39/See You in the Lobby 6.10 (German 12": WEA 258 155-0)

Aug 1989 remix 12" White Horse '89

    White Horse '89 (White House Mix) 6:11 [remix by Martin Boer] //
    White Horse '89 (Dance Mix) 6:26 [remix by Martin Boer]/White Horse (Original Version) 3:54
    (Danish 12": Medley Records MDX 343; UK 12": Sire Records W 2836)

1989 7"/12"/CDM Bakerman

    Bakerman 4:10/I Walk Proud 3:49 (German 7": Ariola 112 356)

    Bakerman 4:40/I Walk Proud 3:49//Bakerman (Extended Remix) 6:02 (German 12": Ariola 612 356)

    Bakerman (Extended Remix) 6:02//Bakerman 4:40/I Walk Proud 3:49 (UK 12": Arista 612 356)

    Bakerman (Remix) 5:42 [remix by Soulshock & Cutfather] //
    Bakerman (Extended Version) 6:02/Bakerman (Single Edit) 4:19 (German remix 12": Ariola 612 916)

  1. Bakerman 4:40
  2. I Walk Proud 3:49
  3. Bakerman (Extended Remix) 6:02 (German CD-maxi: Ariola 662 356)
"After 3 albums on Medley Records in Denmark, Laid Back switched to Munich-based Ariola, with 'Bakerman' as the first single for the album 'Hole in the Sky'. The single became a huge hit in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and was propelled by a highly visual videoclip powerplayed on the likes of the MTV. The clip deserves a special mention: it was conceived and directed by the acclaimed Danish film maker Lars von Trier, that back in 1989 was Danish film's 'enfant terrible' and had only released one movie, 'The Element Of Crime'. In the video, a group of skydivers impersonate a band playing the song while free-falling - they had to have helpers to hand them a parachute before digging a hole in the ground! It was very dangerous and highly unautorized; luckily, no one got arrested afterwards! It was thus done in secret over a disused military airport in Jutland, Denmark. 'Bakerman' is also the only Laid Back single that features a guest vocalist - Hanne Boel, whose soulful voice graces this track." [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/77440]

1990 7"/12"/CDM Highway of Love

    Highway of Love (Radio Edit) 3:57/Raindrops in the Peace Pipe 5:06 (German 7": Ariola 113 281)

    Highway of Love (Album Version) 4:47 //
    Highway of Love (Radio Edit) 3:57/Raindrops in the Peace Pipe 5:06 (German 12": Ariola 613 281)

  1. Highway of Love (Album Version) 4:47
  2. Highway of Love (Radio Edit) 3:57
  3. Raindrops in the Peace Pipe 5:06 (German CD-maxi: Ariola 663 281)
"The follow-up to Laid Back's "Bakerman" was to be a breezy and nearly Pink Floydish ballad track, "Highway Of Love". This was in a way a departure from the synth-laden funky rhythm style normally associated with them. Again, Lars von Trier was enlisted to come up with a video idea... yet another crazy one like skydivers for "Bakerman". He figured "if we split up the car trip from New York to San Francisco in individual camera frames-per-minutes and film it non-stop, that's the video". The end result looks as if fast-forwarding a video tape!" [Comments by "MegaCC" - used by his permission, originally posted at http://www.discogs.com/release/632110]

12 Feb 1990 LP/CD HOLE IN THE SKY

  1. Bakerman 4:38
  2. Hole in the Sky 3:32
  3. Fly with Me 5:12
  4. Highway of Love 4:47
  5. I Walk Proud 3:53

  6. Bet It On You 4:12
  7. Too Late To Worry 3:50
  8. I Wish 4:03
  9. Raindrops in the Peace Pipe 5:06
  10. Bygones 4:25 (German CD: BMG Ariola 210 263)
Recorded between September 1986 and September 1989.

1990 7"/12"/CDM Bet It On You

    Bet It On You (Radio Edit) 3:47/Fly with Me 5:12 (German 7": Ariola)

    Bet It On You (Extended Version) 6:02 //
    Bet It On You (Radio Edit) 3:47/Fly with Me 5:12 (German 12": Ariola)

  1. Bet It On You (Extended Version) 6:02
  2. Bet It On You (Radio Edit) 3:47
  3. Fly with Me 5:12 (German CD-maxi: Ariola 662 983)

1 March 1993 CDM I Can’t Live Without Love

  1. I Can’t Live Without Love 4:11
  2. Wax Dream 3:12
  3. Hoot Nat Noot 4:23 (German CD-maxi)
3 May 1993 CD/LP WHY IS EVERYBODY IN SUCH A HURRY!
  1. Hoot Nat Noot 4:23
  2. East Coast Man 5:17
  3. I Can’t Live Without Love 4:11
  4. Groovie Train 2:42
  5. Island of K 4:31
  6. Walk the Blues 3:11
  7. Why Is Everybody in Such a Hurry! 4:56
  8. Universe of Love 3:57
  9. My Little Fish 3:57
  10. Years Run Wild 4:02
  11. Sunqueen 5:22
  12. New Day 3:21
  13. Wax Dream 3:12 (German CD: BMG/Ariola 74321 13285 2)
1 June 1993 CDM Groovie Train
  1. Groovie Train 2:42
  2. Sunqueen 5:22
  3. Universe of Love 3:57 (German CD-maxi)

12 June 1995 coll-CD LAIDEST GREATEST

  1. White Horse 3:53
  2. Bakerman 4:42
  3. Sunshine Reggae 4:16
  4. We Don't Do It 3:53
  5. Highway of Love 4:47
  6. Maybe I'm Crazy 3:18
  7. Groovie Train 2:47 [new version mixed in March 1995]
  8. Abu Dhabi 3:58
  9. Bet It On You 3:47
  10. I Can't Live without You 4:10
  11. Bygones 4:25
  12. Tricky Kind of Thing 4:39
  13. Why Is Everybody in Such a Hurry 4:05 [new version mixed in March 1995]
    (German CD: Ariola 74321 28070 2)
10 May 1999 German coll-CD SUNSHINE REGGAE
  1. Bakerman 4:42
  2. Hole in the Sky 3:32
  3. Sunshine Reggae 4:14
  4. Bygones 3:50 [unknown shorter version]
  5. We Don't Do It 3:53
  6. Why Is Everybody in Such a Hurry! 4:05 [unknown shorter version]
  7. Raindrops in the Peace Pipe 5:06
  8. Groovie Train 2:47
  9. Bet It On You 4:12
  10. East Coast Man 5:17
  11. Universe of Love 3:57
  12. New Day 3:21
  13. Highway of Love 4:47
  14. I Can't Live without You 4:10 (German CD: BMG/Ariola 74321 65542 2)

31 May 1999 CD UNFINISHED SYMPHONIES

  1. Key to Life 3.27
  2. Walking 4.12
  3. Pop the Question 3.56
  4. Cool down Max 4.03
  5. Live Again 3.49
  6. Feels Like Heaven 4.09
  7. Unfinished Symphony 3.35
  8. Do-di-di 7.38
  9. If 3.28
  10. Interface 4.33 (Sundance Records SU 9041-2)
Recorded, mixed and produced by Tim Stahl and John Guldberg at Laid Back Studio 1996-1998.

1999 CDM Key to Life

  1. Key to Life (Brother Mix)
  2. Key to Life (Album Version)
  3. Unfinished Symphony (CD-maxi)

2000 Danish various artists remix CD MEDLEY: REMIXES OF FAMOUS DANISH HITS

2000 CDM/CDS Sunshine Reggae 2000
  1. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Mix) (Radio) 3:58
  2. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Club De Luxe Mix) (Radio) 4:02
  3. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Mix) (Club) 7:02
  4. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Club De Luxe Mix) (Club) 6:02 (EMI-Medley 8884752)
  1. Sunshine Reggae (Original Mix '82 - Radio) 4:17
  2. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Mix - Radio) 4:00
  3. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Club De Luxe Mix - Radio) 4:04
  4. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Mix - Club) 7:05
  5. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Club De Luxe Mix - Club) 6:04 (EMI-Medley 8886222)
  1. Sunshine Reggae (Original Mix '82 - Radio) 4:16
  2. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Mix - Radio) 3:58 (EMI-Medley 8889092)

8 Feb 2001 Danish soundtrack CD FLYVENDE FARMOR

    (CMC Records International)
Music by Laid Back.

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