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DISCOGRAPHY

1980 German 7" Maybe I'm Crazy

    Maybe I'm Crazy 3.17 (single version)/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 4.31
  2. Bolivia 3.54
  3. Night Train Boogie 4.08
  4. Maybe I'm Crazy 3.33 [LP version]
  5. I Wanna Go Back 4.46
  1. The Man from the Moon 4.07
  2. Take Me Home 4.10
  3. Keep On Movin' 4.17
  4. China Girl 3.00
  5. Melody 5.31 (German LP: Teldec 6.24925)
Note: available as MP3 download album from www.cdon.com (Scandinavia only) with 13 tracks: the 10 LP tracks, the B-side We Don't Do It plus two previously unreleased tracks: Walk On & New Feeling. I wonder if there are plans for a proper CD release?

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 (Extended Dub Version) 6.35 [remix by The 7 Dwarfs]/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 (U.S. 7" Edit) 3.49 [edit by Bobby Shaw, Butch Jones & John Potoker]/So Wie So 4.35 (US 7": Sire Records 7-29346)

    Sunshine Reggae (Extended Dub Version) 6.35 [remix by The 7 Dwarfs]/
    White Horse (U.S. 12" Edit) 5.44 [edit by Bobby Shaw, Butch Jones & 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) 6.07/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 (U.S. 7" 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 (U.S. 12" Edit) 5.44/Sunshine Reggae (Extended Dub Version) 6.35 (Danish 12": Medley Records MDX 272)

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

    White Horse (U.S. 12" Edit) 5.44 // 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) 6.02 [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 (U.S. Dance Mix) 5.52 [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) 7.35 [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)
Nov 1987 non-LP 7" So This Is X-mas
    So This Is X-mas 3.40/?

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 (Cutfather & Soulshock Remix) 5.41 //
    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 [some vocals edited out]
  5. Highway of Love 4:47
  6. Maybe I´m Crazy 3:17 (original single version)
  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 [remix by Funkstar De Luxe]
  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

3 June 2004 CDM/12" Beautiful Day

  1. Beautiful Day (Radio Version) 3.31 [mixed by Mads Nilsson]
  2. Beautiful Day (Morten Trust Club Mix) 8.25 [remix by Morten Trust]
  3. Beautiful Day (Extended Beach Mix) 6.39 [mixed by Mads Nilsson]
  4. Beautiful Day (Banzai Republic vs. Trentemøller) 7.34 [remix by Banzai Republic & Trentemøller]
  5. Beautiful Day (Sunny Flugelhorn Mix) 6.18 [produced by Laid Back, Cutfather and Joe]
  6. Beautiful Day (Remix by Frontera) 6.04
  7. Beautiful Day (Royal Theater Mix) 4.24 [remix by Hess Is More meets Jonas Engberg]
    (Danish CD-maxi: FLEX XX01)
  1. Beautiful Day (Radio Version) 3.31
  2. Beautiful Day (Banzai Republic Vs Trentemøller Cool Radio 3.26 (Danish promo CD-single: FLEX XX00)
    Beautiful Day (Royale Theatre Mix)/(Sunny Flughorn Mix)/(Banzai Vs Trentmoller Mix) 7.33/(Frontera Rmx)
    (1st 12": Music for Dreams zzzv120010)

    Beautiful Day (Club Mix)/(Day-Dub Mix)/(Extended Mix)/Once (2nd 12": zzzv120013)

  1. Beautiful Day (Trentemøller vs. Banzai Radio Edit) 3.23 [remix by Trentemøller & Banzai Republic]
  2. Beautiful Day (Radio Version) 3.37 [mixed by Mads Nilsson]
  3. Beautiful Day (Morten Trust Club Mix) 8.36 [remix by Morten Trust]
  4. Beautiful Day (Extended Beach Mix) 6.43 [mixed by Mads Nilsson]
  5. Beautiful Day (Trentemøller vs. Banzai) 7.34 [remix by Trentemøller & Banzai Republic]
  6. Beautiful Day (Sunny Flugelhorn Mix) 6.22 [produced by Laid Back, Cutfather and Joe]
  7. Beautiful Day (Frontera Remix) 6.08
  8. Beautiful Day (Royal Theater Mix) 4.24 [remix by Hess Is More meets Jonas Engberg]
    (Danish promo CD-maxi 2008: Music For Dreams/Shhh!records zzzcd0008)
18 Oct 2004 CD HAPPY DREAMER
  1. People 3.33 [4.03 on some CDs]
  2. Universe Lovesong 3.44
  3. Groovin' on a Feeling 3.41
  4. Once 4.08
  5. Never Too Late To Learn To Fly 4.49
  6. Happy Dreamer 4.16 [4.23 on some CDs]
  7. Whenever You Want Me 3.39
  8. Didn't You Know 3.10
  9. Slow Friday 5.39
  10. Beautiful Day 3.47
  11. Blue Lagoon 4.09 (German CD 2005: Edel Records 0161242ERE)
2005 promo CD-R 12" People
  1. People (Radio Version) 3.35
  2. People (Banzai Republic vs. Trentemøller Mix) 3.26
  3. People (Banzai Republic vs. Trentemøller Extended Mix) 5.55 (Flex Records, FLEX XX02)

2007 various artists CD+book SOUNDS LIKE INWEAR VOLUME #1

27 Oct 2008 coll-2CD GOOD VIBES - THE VERY BEST OF LAID BACK

  1. Maybe I´m Crazy 3.17 (original single version)
  2. Sunshine Reggae 4.15
  3. High Society Girl 3.34
  4. White Horse 3.53
  5. Elevator Boy 4.53
  6. One Life 3.18
  7. I´m Hooked 2.56
  8. It´s a Shame 4.42
  9. Bakerman 4.40
  10. Highway of Love 4.47
  11. Bet It On You 4.11
  12. I Can´t Live without Love 4.09
  13. Groovie Train 2.46
  14. Why Is Everybody in Such a Hurry 4.03
  15. Key to Life 3.27
  16. Feels Like Heaven 4.08
  17. Beautiful Day (Radio edit) 3.30
  18. People (Radio edit) 3.32
  19. Happy Dreamer 4.23
  20. So This Is X-mas 3.39 [non-LP 7" 1987]
  1. Roger (Steve Mac Remix) 6.09 [unknown year]
  2. Sunshine Reggae (Extended Dub Version) 6.35 [remix 1983 by The 7 Dwarfs]
  3. White Horse (U.S. 12" Edit) 5.44 [edit 1983 by Bobby Shaw, Butch Jones & John Potoker]
  4. High Society Girl (Long Dub version) 6.07 [1983]
  5. One Life (Velvet Spike Mix) 6.02 [remix 1985 by Shep Pettibone]
  6. I´m Hooked (U.S. Dance Mix) 5.52 [remix 1985 by Shep Pettibone]
  7. It´s a Shame (M&M New York Remix) 7.35 [remix 1987 by John Morales & Sergio Munzibai]
  8. Bakerman (Cutfather & Soulshock Remix) 5.41 [remix 1989 by Cutfather & Soulshock]
  9. Sunshine Reggae (Funkstar's Pool Party De Luxe Remix - Club) 7.02 [remix 2000 by Funkstar De Luxe]
  10. Beautiful Day (Banzai Republic vs. Trentmøller) 7.33 [remix 2005 by Banzai Republic & Trentmøller]
  11. People (Banzai Republic vs. Trentemøller) 5.55 [remix 2005 by Banzai Republic & Trentemøller]
  12. Happy Dreamer (DJ Disse Happy Horse Mix) 6.06 [remix 2007 by DJ Disse] (EMI 2354142)

22 Nov 2010 digital single/12" Cocaine Cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95ub7GSm5k

"Laid Back, still grooving after more than 30 years. Way back in 1981, on the same night the "White Horse" groove was born and jammed onto an 8-track tape recorder, we also did some other recordings. They were never completed and have stayed on the shelf ever since. Recently, in the process of transferring old analog master tapes to digital, we came across those vetust 8-track tapes, and when listening again, we found the unused material quite up-to-date. One of the unfinished grooves we consider musically being a brother to "White Horse" has now been completed by just adding bass and vocals. The lyrics for this track, written by Arthur Stander, go back to the same period of time and from a trip to Los Angeles trying to shop some songs... the coolness of the A/R guys there gave us the inspiration! The poetic kinda rap lyrics have been played around with in various forms over the years. In 1985, an earlier version was included on the album "Play It Straight" as "CC Cool", but now here in 2010, we feel the lyrics have finally found their right groove. The track is called "Cocaine Cool", back to its original title. Artistically, it has been quite satisfying to complete a 29-year old recording, still to find it sounding fresh and relevant to share with the World today. It also signals the dawn of a new era and more to come. For now, we hope you will enjoy this track, along with our self-made video. Good vibes from Laid Back. Copenhagen, September 2010"

2 May 2011 digital album COSMIC VIBES

  1. Cosmic Vibes 4.38
  2. Slow Friday 8.08
  3. Gold Top 6.55
  4. Ultramarine Blues 6.03
  5. Yellow Sunday 8.21
  6. Blue Lagoon (Instrumental) 7.11
  7. Ultramarine Blues (Revisited) 3.33
  8. Cosmic Research 11.00
"Dear Laid Back friends. These tracks were recorded when the term chill-out music was coming into being. Our record company back then thought the music was too different from our well-known style, but we found it perfect for relaxing and painting. Actually we had begun painting pictures as a part of making music. But also as an excuse to get away from a music business giving us a hard time. We found this music to be healing us and giving us pleasure. Even though we got quite a positive feedback when it was the soundtrack for our painting exhibition at Galleri Projekt, Copenhagen 2001, these tracks went back on the shelf. At the time, Laid Back was working on the album “Happy Dreamer” [released 2004], where “Slow Friday” and “Blue Lagoon” appears in different versions. Recently we listened to the album again, and, like good wine, we believe it has only got better from being stored on a shelf for 15 years before being released. We hope that you will enjoy listening to it. Cosmic Vibes from Laid Back Copenhagen May 2011."

http://itunes.apple.com/dk/album/cosmic-vibes/id433329533
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cosmic-vibes/id433329533
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Vibes-By-Laid-Back/dp/B004XOGX96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306697359&sr=1-1-catcorr

10 Oct 2011 digital single/12" Gethigh

"GETHIGH is a new track release from Laid Back. The lyrics may instantly lead your mind into thinking of euphoria drugs, but try to think about it in a broader contest, in a more universal way. We all want to get high whatever we do in life, in all walks of life, in spirits, sports, politics, showbusiness, all kind of business, in school and education and not to forget love. Musically the groove is kept in the recognizable family of the horse, with an updated twist. Actually the song was born in key of major, as a more rock guitar riff kinda song included in the package . Also included is an ultra minimalistic version, mainly made on ipad. Danish electronic musician and DJ Kasper Bjørke has done a really cool remix. Finally we made a space mix, mainly for our own pleasure and for those who like to get out there and more into it. A video is in the final editing stage, following the style of Beautiful Day and Cocaine Cool, with self made animation. Music is more than a trendy sound and a fancy look. Laid Back is always going for something personal, original and timeless. Copenhagen, September 2011."

9 Dec 2011 various artists interview DVD SLICES Issue 4-11

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