Alex (remastered)

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Annotation

Released for the first time on CD in a 4-panel gatefold DigiSleeve.

Recorded at Rosenborg Studios, Oslo.

Special thanks to Hans Petter for his incredible endurance.Also thanks to Ivan, Haakon, PÅer, Bjørn, Øyvin, Lucky Lips and 2002.

Recreated by Lars Årdal

The CD is based on a well kept LP and ripped by Lars Årdal

© Mercory 1977.
℗ Norske Albumklassikere 2021.
Licensed By Universal Music Group.

The correct title for track 9 should be "Street Walkin' Woman".

Made possible through crowdfunding at bidra.no

Other (Cat. # original LP release): 6317 508
Matrix / Runout: d:centia NACD040 A0103315140-0101 13 A00
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553
Mould SID Code: IFPI 946P

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-30 11:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Flying High (You & I)
clavinet and organ:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
background vocals:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Flying High (You & I)
writer:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
3:56
2Somebody's Song
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
electric piano:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
violin:
Bjørn Fallet (member of Mjøsensemblet) and Gunnar Ihlen (Classical violinist)
background vocals:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s), Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen), Svein Gundersen and Øystein Selenius (member of Waaler Selenius)
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Somebody's Song
writer:
Svein Gundersen and Dorothy Parker
4:26
3Love Is for the Birds
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
electric piano:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
fretless bass and background vocals:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
tenor saxophone:
Knut Riisnæs
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Love Is for the Birds
writer:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Audun Tylden (songwriter, owner of Tylden & Co.)
4:42
4Baby I Need to Love You
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
electric piano:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
violin:
Bjørn Fallet (member of Mjøsensemblet) and Gunnar Ihlen (Classical violinist)
background vocals:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s), Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen), Svein Gundersen, Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.) and Øystein Selenius (member of Waaler Selenius)
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Baby I Need to Love You
writer:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
4:16
5Heartbreak Queen
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
background vocals and vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Heartbreak Queen
writer:
Svein Gundersen
3:46
6Love Is the Victim
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
grand piano:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
tenor saxophone:
Knut Riisnæs
trombone:
Tore Nilsen (trombone)
trumpet:
Bernt Anker Steen (trumpet)
violin:
Tove Halbakken (Tove Halbakken Resell; Norwegian violinist, born 1953 in Elverum, Norway) and Gunnar Ihlen (Classical violinist)
background vocals:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s), Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Love Is the Victim
writer:
Svein Gundersen
4:30
7Losing Hand
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
glass harmonica and guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
background vocals:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen) and Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Losing Hand
writer:
Svein Gundersen
3:36
8Give Love a Chance
congas:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass and vibraphone:
Svein Gundersen
grand piano:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
trombone:
Tore Nilsen (trombone)
violin:
Tove Halbakken (Tove Halbakken Resell; Norwegian violinist, born 1953 in Elverum, Norway) and Gunnar Ihlen (Classical violinist)
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Give Love a Chance
writer:
Svein Gundersen
4:21
9Street Walkin'
clavinet, grand piano and synthesizer:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass:
Svein Gundersen
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Street Walkin'
writer:
Loonis McGlohon and Marlena Shaw
3:05
10Lock All the Gates
drums (drum set):
Per Ivar Johansen (Drummer. As a member of Alex Band he was on tour with Alex in the autumn of 1980. The band bus drove out of the road, and Per Ivar Johansen was killed.)
fretless bass and mellotron:
Svein Gundersen
grand piano and synthesizer:
Brynjulf Blix (Norwegian keyboardist)
guitar:
Bjørn Christiansen (Performance name for Norwegian Rock Musician Bjørn Kristiansen)
percussion:
Jon Christensen (Norwegian jazz drummer)
violin:
Bjørn Fallet (member of Mjøsensemblet) and Gunnar Ihlen (Classical violinist)
vocal:
Alex (Polish/Norwegian singer and producer Alexandra Naumik Sandøy, 70s/80s)
arranger:
Svein Gundersen
recording of:
Lock All the Gates
writer:
Al Jarreau
5:45

Credits

Release

photography:Dagfinn Tranberg (photographer)
liner notes:Arvid Skancke-Knutsen
engineer:Hans Petter Danielsen (engineer, guitarist)
producer:Svein Gundersen
remastering:Lars Årdal
design:Graffiti (unknown)
Trine + Kim Design Studio
part of:Norske albumklassikere 70-tallet (A series of releases from the Norwegian label Norske albumklassikere) (order: 3)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/18578428 [info]

Release group

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/577697 [info]
Wikidata:Q11957291 [info]