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before the Cadillac Madness book, a double-CD of the same name was released to
celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Hep Stars' first recordings.
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And
exactly who are The Hep Stars, you may very well ask. In international terms they are
mostly known as the group Benny Andersson was in before ABBA. However, in their native Sweden
they are also remembered as the biggest band of the 1960s. In 2004, it was 40 years
since they released their very first record, a single entitled Kana Kapila. To
celebrate this anniversary, EMI Records decided to release a double-CD compilation.
This collection contains all the hits the group had on the three important Swedish
charts in the 1960s: the radio charts Tio i topp ("The Top Ten") and
Svensktoppen ("The Swedish Top Ten"), and the sales chart Kvällstoppen
("The Evening Chart"). A number of significant album tracks have also
been added.
The CD contains what is probably the first Swedish CD release
of songs The Hep Stars recorded during their brief tenure with the Cupol label:
It's Been A Long Long Time, Sagan om lilla Sofi (both written by Benny Andersson
and Lasse Berghagen) and Det finns en stad. Another rarity is the recording of
The Music Box (the English version of I sagans land, from the album Songs We Sang
68), which is released on CD for the very first time anywhere. Previously, it
has only been available on a Dutch single.
Moreover, the group went
back into the studio to record a new version of Cadillac, their breakthrough hit,
and also a brand new song entitled Love Is Coming Back.
(Note: Benny is not a part of the current line-up.)
Since I was just about to publish a book about
The Hep Stars, I was asked to write the liner notes for this double-CD. EMI liked
the title of the book so much that they decided to use the same title for their
release: Cadillac Madness.
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Cadillac Madness - 40 Years • 40 Hits • 1964-2004. Released
March 31, 2004. Catalogue number: EMI 72435 973442 2. | |
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