Artist: Atomic Rooster Title: Sleeping For Years (The Studio Recordings 1970-1974) Year Of Release: 2017 Label: Esoteric Recordings Genre: Heavy Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Prog Rock Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log) Total Time: 04:22:58

Tracklist: Disc 1 - Atomic Rooster: Taken From The Album “Atomic Rooster” – Released In February 1970: 01. Friday The 13th 02. And So To Bed 03. Winter 04. Decline And Fall 05. Banstead 06. S.L.Y. 07. Broken Wings 08. Before Tomorrow Bonus tracks: 09. Friday The 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. Devil's Answer (1970 demo version) A-Side Of Single - Released In January 1971: 14. Tomorrow Night (single version)

Disc 2 - Death Walks Behind You & In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster: Taken From The Album “Death Walks Behind You” - Released In September 1970: 01. Death Walks Behind You 02. VUG 03. Tomorrow Night 04. Seven Streets 05. Sleeping for Years 06. I Can't Take No More 07. Nobody Else 08. Gerschatzer Bonus tracks: B-Side Of Single – Released In January 1971: 09. Play the Game ('Tomorrow Night' B-Side) A-Side Of Single – Released In June 1971: 10. Devil's Answer (Single A-Side) Taken From The Album “In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster” - Released In August 1971: 11. Breakthrough 12. Break the Ice 13. Decision / Indecision 14. A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down

Disc 3 - In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster & Made In England: Taken From The Album “In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster” - Released In August 1971: 01. Black Snake 02. Head In The Sky 03. The Rock 04. The Price Bonus tracks: Taken From The US Version Of “In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster” - Released In August 1971: 05. Devil's Answer (Pete French vocal version) Taken From The Album “Made In England” - Released In October 1972: 06. Time Take My Life 07. Stand By Me 08. Little Bit Of Inner Air 09. Don't Know What Went Wrong 10. Never To Lose 11. Introduction / Breathless 12. Space Cowboy 13. People You Don't Trust 14. All In Satan's Name 15. Close Your Eyes

Disc 4 - Nice ‘n’ Greasy: Taken From The Album “Nice 'N' Greasy” - Released In September 1973: 01. All Across The Country 02. Save Me 03. Voodoo In You 04. Goodbye Planet Earth 05. Take One Toke 06. Can't Find A Reason 07. Ear In The Snow 08. Satan's Wheel Bonus tracks: Taken From The US & German Versions Of “Nice 'N' Greasy” - Released In September 1973: 09. What You Gonna Do? 10. Moods A & B-Sides Of Single - Released In March 1974: 11. Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song) 12. O.D.

Line-up: 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

With: 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)

Founded 1969 - Disbanded in 1975 - Reformed from 1980 to 1983 and again since 2016 with new formation

THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN having disintegrated after their sole album and their worldwide hit Fire (I am the god of hellfire) Vincent Crane (responsible for the music of that album) and Carl Palmer founded ATOMIC ROOSTER with Nick Graham on bass and vocals. This line-up soon disintegrated (Palmer abandoning them to join ELP), Crane contacted guitarist John DuCann formerly of psych bands THE ATTACK and ANDROMEDA and Paul Hammond on drums to make a seminal early Heavy Metal masterpiece "Death Walks Behind You" and then they hired Pete French, the incredible voice to make their finest album "In Hearing Of...". Most people would agree that this was the better line-up of ROOSTER but the mood was always stormy between Crane and DuCann so they disbanded at the release of the third album. Vincent Crane, always prone to depressions, had to start from scratch again and hired superb vocalist Chris Farlowe (ex-COLOSSEUM) and other men to make another fine album "Made In England" and finally "Nice and Greasy". Those last album are often over-looked by progheads being categorized as funk but this is hardly the case even if the superb use of a horn section on a third of the tracks add a lot of depth to their music. Their most popular hits (they did not spit at the singles market made often reference to the devil or Satan but the general mood was not Satanist as they have been so often categorized along with BLACK SABBATH and BLACK WIDOW. Crane would re-form his band along the years when his health permitted it until his death in 89.

ATOMIC ROOSTER is highly recommended to everyone looking for Hammond organ-driven rock of the early 70's but to anyone looking for high-energy prog. It is responsible for some of the all-time best hard-rock albums and should figure in all collection (you should hide a copy of "In Hearing Of ...." in your grandma's collection just for kicks