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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 and Carl Palmer. 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 & 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. 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.

Tracklist

Taken From The Album “Atomic Rooster” – Released In February 1970
1-1 Friday 13th
1-2 And So To Bed
1-3 Winter
1-4 Decline And Fall
1-5 Banstead
1-6 S.L.Y.
1-7 Broken Wings
1-8 Before Tomorrow
1-9 Friday 13th (US Album Version)
1-10 S.L.Y. (US Album Version)
1-11 Before Tomorrow (US Album Version)
1-12 VUG (1970 Demo With Carl Palmer)
1-13 Devils’ Answer (1970 Demo Version)

A-Side Of Single - Released In January 1971
1-14 Tomorrow Night (Single Version)

Taken From The Album “Death Walks Behind You” - Released In September 1970
2-1 Death Walks Behind You
2-2 VUG
2-3 Tomorrow Night
2-4 Seven Streets
2-5 Sleeping For Years
2-6 I Can’t Take No More
2-7 Nobody Else
2-8 Gerschatzer

B-Side Of Single – Released In January 1971
2-9 Play The Game

A-Side Of Single – Released In June 1971
2-10 Devils’ Answer

Taken From The Album “In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster” - Released In August 1971
2-11 Breakthrough
2-12 Break The Ice
2-13 Decision / Indecision
2-14 A Spoonful Of Bromide Helps The Pulse Rate Go Down
3-1 Black Snake
3-2 Head In The Sky
3-3 The Rock
3-4 The Price

Taken From The US Version Of “In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster” - Released In August 1971
3-5 Devil’s Answer (Pete French Vocal Version)

Taken From The Album “Made In England” - Released In October 1972
3-6 Time Take My Life
3-7 Stand By Me
3-8 Little Bit Of Inner Air
3-9 Don’t Know What Went Wrong
3-10 Never To Lose
3-11 Introduction / Breathless
3-12 Space Cowboy
3-13 People You Can’t Trust
3-14 All In Satan’s Name
3-15 Close Your Eyes

Taken From The Album “Nice 'N' Greasy” - Released In September 1973
4-1 All Across The Country
4-2 Save Me
4-3 Voodoo In You
4-4 Goodbye Planet Earth
4-5 Take One Toke
4-6 Can’t Find A Reason
4-7 Ear In The Snow
4-8 Satan’s Wheel

Taken From The US & German Versions Of “Nice 'N' Greasy” - Released In September 1973
4-9 What You Gonna Do?
4-10 Moods

A & B-Sides Of Single - Released In March 1974
4-11 Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song)
4-12 O.D.