Esoteric Recordings label is proud to announce the release of the very first 4 CD collection of every album and single track recorded by the legendary ATOMIC ROOSTER between 1970 – 1974.
Sleeping for Years is a clamshell boxed set anthologising all the recordings made by the band on the classic albums Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You, In Hearing of Atomic Rooster, Made In England and Nice n’ Greasy and on such hit singles as Tomorrow Night and Devil’s Answer.
Atomic Rooster was formed by former Crazy World of Arthur Brown members Vincent Crane (Organ, Piano, Keyboards) and Carl Palmer (drums). Their self-titled first album was recorded in 1970 with Nick Graham on bass, vocals & flute, but the band soon splintered when Carl Palmer departed to join ELP. In his place came Paul Hammond on drums and guitarist and vocalist John Du Cann.
This line-up recorded the successful hit singles Tomorrow Night & Devil’s Answer and the album Death Walks Behind You in 1971. Later that year vocalist Pete French was added to the their line-up for the classic album In Hearing of Atomic Rooster. With the departure of John Du Cann and Paul Hammond came new guitarist Steve Bolton and drummer Ric Parnell. For 1972’s Made in England, Chris Farlowe replaced French on vocals. The band’s final album of the 1970s, Nice n’ Greasy, featured guitarist John Goodsall under the pseudonym of Johnny Mandala. The final release of the 1970s by the band was the single Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song).
Covering every track released by the band in the 1970s, Sleeping For Years is a newly re-mastered collection and also features six rare alternate versions and demos. The set includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay by Malcolm Dome featuring exclusive interviews with Nick Graham, Pete French, Steve Bolton and Chris Farlowe.
Tracks:-------
CD 1:Taken from the Album "Atomic Rooster" - Released in February 1970:1. Friday 13th
2. And So To Bed
3. Winter
4. Decline and Fall
5. Banstead
6. S.L.Y.
7. Broken Wings
8. Before Tomorrow
9. Friday 13th (US Album Version)
10. S.L.Y. (US Album Version)
11. Before Tomorrow (US Album Version)
12. VUG (1970 Demo with Carl Palmer)
13. Devils' Answer (1970 Demo version)
14. Tomorrow Night (Single Version)
CD 2:Taken from the Album "Death Walks Behind You" Released in Sept. 19701. Death Walks Behind You
2. VUG
3. Tomorrow Night
4. Seven Streets
5. Sleeping for Years
6. I Can't Take No More
7. Nobody Else
8. Gershatzer
9. Play the Game (B-side of single)
10. Devil's Answer (A-side of single)
Taken from the Album "In Hearing of Atomic Rooster - Released August 197111. Breakthrough
12. Break the Ice
13. Decision / Indecision
14. A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down
CD3:1. Black Snake
2. Head in the Sky
3. The Rock
4. The Price
5. Devil's Answer (Pete French vocal version)
Taken from the album "Made in England" - Released October 19726. Time Take My Life
7. Stand By Me
8. Little Bit of Inner Air
9. Don't Know What Went Wrong
10. Never to Lose
11. Introduction / Breathless
12. Space Cowboy
13. People You Can't Trust
14. All in Satan's Name
15. Close Your Eyes
CD 4:Taken from the Album "Nice 'N' Greasy" - released September 19731. All Across the Country
2. Save Me
3. Voodoo in You
4. Goodbye Planet Earth
5. Take One Toke
6. Can't Find a Reason
7. Ear in the Snow
8. Satan's Wheel
9. What You Gonna Do? (US and German tracks)
10. Moods (US and German tracks
11. Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song) (single)
12. O.D. (single)
Personnel:-----
Vincent Crane – Hammond Organ, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals
Nick Graham – Bass, Lead Vocals, Flute
Carl Palmer - Drums, Congas, Glockenspiel
Paul Hammond – Drums, Percussion
Ric Parnell – Drums, Percussion, Congas, Timbales
John [Du] Cann – Guitar, Lead Vocals, Bass
Steve Bolton – Guitars
Johnny Mandala (John Goodsall) – Lead Guitar
Pete French - Lead Vocals
Chris Farlowe – Lead Vocals
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Bill Smith – Electric Bass (Disc 3, track 7)
Doris Troy – Backing Vocals (Disc 3, tracks 7 & 13)
Liza Strike – Backing Vocals (Disc 3, Tracks 7 & 13)
All thanks to original releaser