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P&M musical credits
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sweepi said on November 27, 2003 19:03:
After reading each CD booklet, consulting “The Look For Roxette”, and browsing through rather some Roxette and related sites, still I find myself in doubt regarding the musical credits by Per & Marie in some particular songs (sometimes due to lack of info in the booklets, other times because I honestly simply haven’t got the slightest clue whether this or that instrument does appear in this or that song as I’m not able to identify/recognize its sound), thus I was wondering if someone around could please help clearing it for me?... The songs are:
“Neverending Love” and “From One Heart To Another” (Any credits to either Per or Marie apart from the vocals?)
“Watercolours In The Rain” and “Soul Deep” (In the CD booklet it says that Per plays rhythm guitar. Does he in any of these two songs?)
“Never Is A Long Time”
“Love Is All” (According to the CD booklet on the “Crash! Boom! Bang!” album Per plays electric guitars + acoustic guitars + dobro guitar. Which of these does he actually play in this song?)
“The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye”
“Stay”
“När Alla Vännerna Gått Hem”
“Sommartider” and “Ingenting Av Vad Du Behöver”
“Break Another Heart” and “Heartland Café”
“Juni, Juli, Augusti”
“Om Jag En Dag”
“Stupid” and “I’ll Be Alright” (The CD booklet has it that Per plays on this album: acoustic & electric guitars + tambourine + Vox Jaguar. Which in each of these two songs?)
Well, if anyone has any additional info, greater knowledge, anything at all, regarding this matter, and these particular songs, I would very much appreciate it, thank you so much. :)
P.S.: Or even some link to any site where I might be able to find more info on this, that would be greatly appreciated as well...
kiwijazza said on November 28, 2003 06:36:
In my copy of Pearls of Passion (1997 version), it says:
Neverending Love - Drums: Tim Werner; Guitars: M.P. Persson; Recorded by Björn Boström.
From One Heart to Another - Percussion: Mats Persson.
It doesn’t say very much for each song, apart from the credits at the end of the sleeve, as you can imagine.
As for Never is a Long Time...
Keyboards: Clarence Öfwerman; Acoustic guitars & mandolin: Jonas Isacsson.
That’s the best help I can come up with. I’m sure someone else knows more than I do.
daniel_alv said on November 28, 2003 12:11:
went to get the book and konstpaus:
stay:
performed by P.G. and MP, live drums: micke syd andersson. recorded in T&A july 1995 (text: PG, music: PG and MP)
sorry, konstpaus got no info on gå och fiska or juni juli augusti...
sweepi said on December 4, 2003 00:25:
@ kiwijazza & daniel_alv: thanx again, you two! :)
@carbon_boy: I think you maybe missed my doubt?... For instance, taking “Love Is All” again, yes, as mentioned in the “Crash! Boom! Bang!” CD booklet, Per’s credits on this album are: electric guitars + acoustic guitars + dobro guitar + harmonica + backing vocals + mixing + editing. Yet, obviously that not all of these instruments which Per played appear in every song on the album, correct? And since this info is not specified by song, there in the booklet, so that’s why I wondered, which of these instruments do indeed appear on the song “Love Is All”? I mean, yes, I hear both electric and acoustic guitars on it, and no, there is no harmonica, but, and what about the dobro guitar?... Does this one supposedly appear on “Love Is All”?... I mean, I myself have no idea how is this guitar supposed to sound? (It might as well be playing from start to end of the song that I wouldn’t know about it! :P) So that’s why I was hoping for other fans help, I mean, someone may know more about Per’s and Marie’s specific credits on each song, or someone may happen to be a musician or just simply have better “trained” ears and be able to recognise/identify this or that instrument in this or that song... Like for instance, take now both “Watercolours In The Rain” and “Soul Deep”, according to the “Joyride” CD booklet Per plays rhythm guitar on the album, yes, yet, I, as not able to recognise/identify the sound of a rhythm guitar, can’t actually say whether it does or doesn’t appear on any (or both?) of these songs?... I hope these examples may have cleared it some better, what my doubt is about?... But I’ll try to specify it, song by song, perhaps it helps?
So, here’s the info gathered, according to both the respective CD booklets and TLFR:
Per’s credits on the album “Scener”: vocals + electric guitars + piano + synthesizer + production. My doubt: is there a synthesizer on “Om Jag En Dag”?
Per’s credits on the album “The World According To Gessle”: vocals backing vocals + electric and acoustic guitars + guitar solo (“Stupid” & “Reporter”) + piano (“Reporter” & “Lay Down Your Arms”) + harmonica (“Elvis In Germany”) + tambourine + Vox Jaguar + string arrangement + production + mixing. My doubt: is there a Vox Jaguar on “Stupid” and/or “I’ll Be Alright”?
Per’s credits on the album “Joyride”:vocals + rhythm guitar. My doubt: is there a rhythm guitar on “Watercolours In The Rain” and/or “Soul Deep”?
Per’s credits on the album “Crash! Boom! Bang!”: electric guitars + acoustic guitars + dobro guitar + harmonica + backing vocals + mixing + editing. My doubt: is there a dobro guitar on “Love Is All”?
As for the other songs in the list...
“Neverending Love” and “From One Heart To Another” - credits to Per and Marie: vocals.
“Never Is A Long Time” - credits: Per: vocals + mixing / Marie: vocals.
“The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye” credits: Per: vocals + mixing / Marie: vocals.
“Stay” - performed by Per
“När Alla Vännerna Gått Hem” - credits to Per: vocals + arrangements + mixing.
“Sommartider” and “Ingenting Av Vad Du Behöver” - credits to Per: vocals + electric guitars + arrangements + mixing.
“Break Another Heart” and “Heartland Café” - credits to Per: vocals + backing vocals + synthesizers + arrangements.
“Juni, Juli, Augusti” - credits to Per: production.
... any additional info, on any of these songs?...
Well, each and every piece of help/info is greatly appreciated, thank you so very much once more. :)
DaminehGessle said on December 4, 2003 06:53:
I know in some bands, they get paid regarding how many songs in an album each person has written or sang or whatever... Do you guys know how it works for Roxette? Does Per have a higher share of the income from album sales because he writes most of the songs or Marie gets more because she sings them? Or do they get paid equally?
tevensso (moderator) said on December 4, 2003 09:38:
No, Per gets a lot more than Marie. The writer always gets more, unless otherwise stated. For instance, one royalty check for Look Sharp! was 3,000,000 for Marie and 11,000,000 for Per. (SEK)
carbon_boy said on November 28, 2003 05:28:
“Which of these does he actually play in this song?”
What do you mean? He plays all the instruments mentioned in those songs....
Do you mean that you think he plays none of these or only one of them?
Cheers