P, C & C are shopping with mother (III): Per only dipped his toes and Christoffer is busy as ever

It seems EMI thinks there's an audience for Per Gessle and his band in the States. Caroline Distribution, EMI’s U.S. independent distribution company (founded in 1983 as a unit of Virgin Records), has released today the digital version of Mazarin in the United States. The album was released in Sweden in June 2003.

Mazarin is not the only surprise. EMI Caroline has also released these days a few Gyllene Tider albums – "Gyllene Tider" (1980), "Moderna Tider" (1981), "Puls" (1982) and "GT25!" (2004) - and the compilation "Hjärtats trakt" (1997). All albums can be found on iTunes USA. And on November 13, "Finn5fel!" and "En händig man" will be released as well.

Although naturally we're talking about digital releases only, Per said to TDR: "Amazingly enough, if you ask me, but it's fun nevertheless".

According to The Daily Roxette, "Att vara Per Gessle" - the new authorized biography about Per Gessle (ISBN 9100112003), written by Swedish journalist (and friend of Per's) Sven Lindström, has been released today October 30. The book, which is roughly LP size (12") will also be released in not one, but two different limited editions. Both will contain a CD, but the one sold via Swedish Internet bookstore AdLibris will contain nine tracks, while the "normal" issue only contains seven. The regular CD will be in 22,000 copies while the AdLibris version 8,000.

The new CD is called "Doppade bara tårna - demos 1977-90" ("I Only Dipped My Toes - Demos 1977-90"):

1. Grape Rock: Saken slår mej som på huvudet!
recorded in the rehearsal studio, Vibäcksvägen, Harplinge 1 March 1977
lyrics: Per Gessle music: Mats MP Persson & Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: drums, guitar & bass
Per Gessle: guitar & vocals

2. Lägg din hand i min om du har lust
recorded at Hamiltons väg 8, Söndrum, Halmstad 12 June 1978
lyrics: Hjalmar Gullberg (1898-1961), a Swedish poet.
music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Per Gessle: vocals & guitar

3. Svarta glas (Neverending Love)
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal, Halmstad 13 October 1985
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics & music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: guitar, keyboards & programming
Per Gessle: programming & vocals

4. Dansar nerför ditt stup i rekordfart (Soul Deep)
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal, Halmstad 7 May 1986
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics & music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Per Gessle: all instruments & vocals

5. It Must Have Been Love
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal, Halmstad 14 April 1987
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics & music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: keyboards & programming
Per Gessle: programming & vocals

6. The Look
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal, Halmstad 30 March 1988
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics & music: Per Gessle
publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: guitar & programming
Per Gessle: keyboards, programming & vocals

7. Listen to Your Heart
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal, Halmstad 9 May 1988
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics: Per Gessle
music: Mats MP Persson & Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: keyboards, guitar & programming
Per Gessle: programming & vocals

8. Joyrider
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal 22 May 1990
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics and music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Per Gessle: acoustic guitar & vocals

9. Joyrider
recorded at Tits & Ass, Styrdal 23 May 1990
technician: Mats MP Persson
lyrics and music: Per Gessle
Publisher: Jimmy Fun Music
Mats MP Persson: guitar & programming
Per Gessle: keyboards, programming & vocals

On the "normal" limited edition CD, songs four and nine won't be included.

And where is Christoffer Lundquist? Brainpool is recording a new album (as they wrote in their space last October 10, 2007). But there are more plans for a busy producer.

Favorita's album has been releashed. Favorita was the band of Magnus Börjeson in the middle 90s. The only album by this band from Lund, Sweden, was released last year by Junk Musik. Magnus has worked with Christoffer Lundquist, Brainpool and Per Gessle. Metro Jets (Magnus' duo with David Birde from Brainpool) has released some singles in Sweden.

The Swedish nice singer and songwriter Karin Turesson has recorded her new album with Christoffer Lundquist. She wrote this message to LJdM:

I have been recording my first album with Christoffer Lundquist and I'm so glad for the result.It's only a few days ago that I finished the recording, and the release will be in a couple of months!

I'll let You know,
Kind Regards

Karin

LJdM

We've started to record a new Brainpool album.

Let's see what happens...

Brainpool - brainpool.nu

I went to record my new album at AGM Studios in January 2007. Not one to manifest small, I sent the rough mixes of the songs to renowned London-based string arranger Robert Kirby (Nick Drake, Elvis Costello, John Cale etc). To my delight and surprise, Kirby loved the songs and offered to write orchestrations for the album and accompany me to Sweden to conduct the necessary recording sessions with nine players from Malmö’s Opera Orchestra in October 2007.

I have managed to bring together two of my most beloved musical worlds: the pop sensibilities of my friends in Sweden, and the distinctive eloquence of Robert Kirby’s string arrangements. It is the collision of these two worlds which makes my upcoming album (“...And Then Some”) so compelling. Densely layered guitars and vocal harmonies fuse with sweeping string lines, none of which ever draw the ear too far from what lies at the heart of my music ... gorgeous, expressive, unpretentious songs born of the trials and tribulations of a life lived to the fullest.

Dear friends of Favorita, Apologies for the mass email, and for contacting you from the Popsicle page (I'm having trouble sending emails from the Favorita page). Tod sees the LONG-awaited release of Favorita's fantastic lost debut album. There are many fine establishments to buy the CD from, as follows: We encourage you to shop at our own Popsicle Webshop where you can browse through other great Swedish pop CDs, reading reviews and listening to clips. Everything ships out same-day or next-day, our prices are reasonable and our shipping is low. Not Lame is a great pop & powerpop webshop based in Colorado. They should have the CD listed sometime this week. CD Baby carries thousands of great CDs by independent artists. Kool Kat Musik is a nifty powerpop and alt. country mailorder company based out of New Jersey. Parasol always has a huge selection of Swedish bands, and if you're in Japan and want to get the CD a little closer to home, try Tokyo's excellent Apple Crumble Records. Last but not least, the apple itunes store should have the album listed any day now, but remember you don't get the beautiful digipack packaging, sleeve notes, pictures, lyrics and two bonus videos from them!. Thanks for your support,

Luke Jackson - Popsicle