11171 - LAKE - HOT DAY (1981)

LAKE
''HOT DAY''
1981
38:02
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1 Sandford And Son 03:44 (Achim Oppermann, James Hopkins-Harrison)
2 Escape 03:33 (Erlend Krauser, James Hopkins-Harrison)
3 Everyone 03:58 (Erlend Krauser, James Hopkins-Harrison)
4 Silicone Sally 03:53 (Frank Hieber, James Hopkins-Harrison)
5 Goodbye Alexander 04:09 (Achim Oppermann, James Hopkins-Harrison)
6 The Sound Of America 04:57 (Achim Oppermann, James Hopkins-Harrison)
7 Cities On Fire 05:07 (Erlend Krauser, James Hopkins-Harrison)
8 Band At The Top 04:16 (Achim Oppermann, James Hopkins-Harrison)
9 We Can Try 04:21 (Achim Oppermann, James Hopkins-Harrison)
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James Hopkins-Harrison - vocals
Erlend Krauser - lead guitar, vocals
Achim Oppermann - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Frank Hieber - keyboards, vocals
Josef Karpl - bass guitar, vocals
Dieter Ahrendt - drums, percussion, tubular-bells, vocals
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Lake is a German rock music band that formed in the early 1970s under the name Tornados, changing their name to Lake in 1973. They mostly covered material by other bands in their early years, but released three singles, Come Down/We're Gonna Rock, King Of The Rock'n Roll Party, and Sailor. In 1975 they were joined by lead singer James Hopkins-Harrison, who gave them their signature sound for the remainder of their recording career.

They achieved modest success in much of Europe from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, particularly in Germany where they were named artist of the year by the German Phono Academy in 1977. That same year, their self-titled debut album reached #92 in the US and the single Time Bomb reached #83, which would prove to be their greatest success in the US. They toured the US in the late 1970s as the opening act for various headline acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, and Neil Young. After their contract with CBS was discontinued the label released previously unavailable live material from stage appearances between May 1979 and October 1980, introducing the Lake 1 (incl. Detlef Petersen) and the Lake 2 (incl. Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album Live - On the Run. The band was able to sign another contract with the German Polydor label and in 1984 they released album #6, No Time for Heroes.

In 1985 Lake released Voices and in 1986 Lake's last album was recorded, the Polydor release So What. Longtime drummer Dieter Ahrendt left in the meantime and was replaced by Udo Dahmen. Jo Kappl also left, leaving the job on the bass guitar to Benjamin Hüllenkrämer. So What included "Inside To Outside", written by Achim Oppermann which had already performed by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl, Apparently Lake ceased to exist by 1986/87. In 1991 James Hopkins-Harrison died from an overdose of heroin.

At the beginning of the new millennium Lake was revived by Alex Conti, including Mike Starrs, Adrian Askew, Mickie Stickdorn and Michael "Bexi" Becker. In March 2005 the first Lake studio recording for 20 years was released: The Blast of Silence.

After having had to withdraw their 2012 album, Freedom, due to quarrels with their then singer, Lloyd Anderson, their original singer, Ian Cussick, rejoined the band. In February 2014 Lake released their new album Wings of Freedom, which contains most of the material of Freedom (except for three songs which have been replaced by two new songs), with new vocals by Cussick.
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11170 - LAKE - OUCH! (1980)

LAKE
''OUCH!''
1980
38:07
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1 Celebrate 03:49 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Achim Opperman)
2 Come On Home 04:37 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Frank Hieber)
3 Listen To Me 04:14 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Frank Hieber, Heiko Efferz))
4 Amigo 02:50 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Achim Opperman)
5 Jamaica High 04:45 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Alex Conti, Frank Hieber)
6 Living For Today 04:29 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Achim Opperman)
7 Something Here 04:31 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Frank Hieber)
8 Hit Your Mama 04:17 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Frank Hieber)
9 Southern Nights 04:29 (James Hopkins-Harrison, Frank Hieber)
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James Hopkins-Harrison - lead and backing vocals
Alex Conti - guitars, vocals
Frank Hieber - keyboards, vocals
Achim Oppermann - guitars, vocals
Heiko Efferz - bass guitar
Dieter Ahrendt - drums, percussion
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Lake is a German rock music band that formed in the early 1970s under the name Tornados, changing their name to Lake in 1973. They mostly covered material by other bands in their early years, but released three singles, Come Down/We're Gonna Rock, King Of The Rock'n Roll Party, and Sailor. In 1975 they were joined by lead singer James Hopkins-Harrison, who gave them their signature sound for the remainder of their recording career.

They achieved modest success in much of Europe from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, particularly in Germany where they were named artist of the year by the German Phono Academy in 1977. That same year, their self-titled debut album reached #92 in the US and the single Time Bomb reached #83, which would prove to be their greatest success in the US. They toured the US in the late 1970s as the opening act for various headline acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, and Neil Young. After their contract with CBS was discontinued the label released previously unavailable live material from stage appearances between May 1979 and October 1980, introducing the Lake 1 (incl. Detlef Petersen) and the Lake 2 (incl. Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album Live - On the Run. The band was able to sign another contract with the German Polydor label and in 1984 they released album #6, No Time for Heroes.

In 1985 Lake released Voices and in 1986 Lake's last album was recorded, the Polydor release So What. Longtime drummer Dieter Ahrendt left in the meantime and was replaced by Udo Dahmen. Jo Kappl also left, leaving the job on the bass guitar to Benjamin Hüllenkrämer. So What included "Inside To Outside", written by Achim Oppermann which had already performed by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl, Apparently Lake ceased to exist by 1986/87. In 1991 James Hopkins-Harrison died from an overdose of heroin.

At the beginning of the new millennium Lake was revived by Alex Conti, including Mike Starrs, Adrian Askew, Mickie Stickdorn and Michael "Bexi" Becker. In March 2005 the first Lake studio recording for 20 years was released: The Blast of Silence.

After having had to withdraw their 2012 album, Freedom, due to quarrels with their then singer, Lloyd Anderson, their original singer, Ian Cussick, rejoined the band. In February 2014 Lake released their new album Wings of Freedom, which contains most of the material of Freedom (except for three songs which have been replaced by two new songs), with new vocals by Cussick.
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11169 - LAKE - PARADISE ISLAND (1979)

LAKE
''PARADISE ISLAND''
1979
33:47
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1 Into The Night 05:05
2 Glad To Be Here 03:43 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey)
3 Crystal Eyes 03:54
4 Paradise Way 04:43
5 Hopeless Love 03:58
6 One Way Song 03:40 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Alex Conti)
7 Hard Road 03:34 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey, Alex Conti, Dieter Ahrendt)
8 The Final Curtain 05:06
tracks written by Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins-Harrison, except as indicated
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James Hopkins Harrison - lead and backing vocals
Alex Conti - guitars, vocals
Detlef Petersen - acoustic piano, fender rhodes, oberheim, vocals
Geoffrey Peacey - organ, moog, clavinet, pianet, acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals
Martin Tiefensee - bass guitar
Dieter Ahrendt - drums, percussion
Peter Hecht - string arrangements
Otto Waalkes - congas on 1
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Lake is a German rock music band that formed in the early 1970s under the name Tornados, changing their name to Lake in 1973. They mostly covered material by other bands in their early years, but released three singles, Come Down/We're Gonna Rock, King Of The Rock'n Roll Party, and Sailor. In 1975 they were joined by lead singer James Hopkins-Harrison, who gave them their signature sound for the remainder of their recording career.

They achieved modest success in much of Europe from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, particularly in Germany where they were named artist of the year by the German Phono Academy in 1977. That same year, their self-titled debut album reached #92 in the US and the single Time Bomb reached #83, which would prove to be their greatest success in the US. They toured the US in the late 1970s as the opening act for various headline acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, and Neil Young. After their contract with CBS was discontinued the label released previously unavailable live material from stage appearances between May 1979 and October 1980, introducing the Lake 1 (incl. Detlef Petersen) and the Lake 2 (incl. Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album Live - On the Run. The band was able to sign another contract with the German Polydor label and in 1984 they released album #6, No Time for Heroes.

In 1985 Lake released Voices and in 1986 Lake's last album was recorded, the Polydor release So What. Longtime drummer Dieter Ahrendt left in the meantime and was replaced by Udo Dahmen. Jo Kappl also left, leaving the job on the bass guitar to Benjamin Hüllenkrämer. So What included "Inside To Outside", written by Achim Oppermann which had already performed by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl, Apparently Lake ceased to exist by 1986/87. In 1991 James Hopkins-Harrison died from an overdose of heroin.

At the beginning of the new millennium Lake was revived by Alex Conti, including Mike Starrs, Adrian Askew, Mickie Stickdorn and Michael "Bexi" Becker. In March 2005 the first Lake studio recording for 20 years was released: The Blast of Silence.

After having had to withdraw their 2012 album, Freedom, due to quarrels with their then singer, Lloyd Anderson, their original singer, Ian Cussick, rejoined the band. In February 2014 Lake released their new album Wings of Freedom, which contains most of the material of Freedom (except for three songs which have been replaced by two new songs), with new vocals by Cussick.
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11165 - LAKE - II (1978)

LAKE
''II''
1978
43:15
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1 Welcome To The West 05:05
2 See Them Glow 04:58
3 Letters Of Love 03:38
4 Red Lake (Backing Vocal Carl Wilson (Beach Boy)) 04:55 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey)
5 Love's A Jailer 04:27
6 Lost By The Wayside 04:24 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey)
7 Highway 216 03:35
8 Angel In Disguise 04:26
9 Scoobie Doobies 07:44 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey)
Tracks by Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins-Harrison, except as indicated
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Dieter Ahrendt - drums and percussion
Alex Conti - guitar and vocals
James Hopkins-Harrison - lead vocals
Geoffrey Peacey - keyboards, vocals, and guitar
Detlef Petersen - keyboards and vocals
Martin Tiefensee - bass guitar
Peter Hecht - string arrangements on 5
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Lake is a German rock music band that formed in the early 1970s under the name Tornados, changing their name to Lake in 1973. They mostly covered material by other bands in their early years, but released three singles, Come Down/We're Gonna Rock, King Of The Rock'n Roll Party, and Sailor. In 1975 they were joined by lead singer James Hopkins-Harrison, who gave them their signature sound for the remainder of their recording career.

They achieved modest success in much of Europe from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, particularly in Germany where they were named artist of the year by the German Phono Academy in 1977. That same year, their self-titled debut album reached #92 in the US and the single Time Bomb reached #83, which would prove to be their greatest success in the US. They toured the US in the late 1970s as the opening act for various headline acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, and Neil Young. After their contract with CBS was discontinued the label released previously unavailable live material from stage appearances between May 1979 and October 1980, introducing the Lake 1 (incl. Detlef Petersen) and the Lake 2 (incl. Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album Live - On the Run. The band was able to sign another contract with the German Polydor label and in 1984 they released album #6, No Time for Heroes.

In 1985 Lake released Voices and in 1986 Lake's last album was recorded, the Polydor release So What. Longtime drummer Dieter Ahrendt left in the meantime and was replaced by Udo Dahmen. Jo Kappl also left, leaving the job on the bass guitar to Benjamin Hüllenkrämer. So What included "Inside To Outside", written by Achim Oppermann which had already performed by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl, Apparently Lake ceased to exist by 1986/87. In 1991 James Hopkins-Harrison died from an overdose of heroin.

At the beginning of the new millennium Lake was revived by Alex Conti, including Mike Starrs, Adrian Askew, Mickie Stickdorn and Michael "Bexi" Becker. In March 2005 the first Lake studio recording for 20 years was released: The Blast of Silence.

After having had to withdraw their 2012 album, Freedom, due to quarrels with their then singer, Lloyd Anderson, their original singer, Ian Cussick, rejoined the band. In February 2014 Lake released their new album Wings of Freedom, which contains most of the material of Freedom (except for three songs which have been replaced by two new songs), with new vocals by Cussick.
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11164 - LAKE - LAKE! (1976)

LAKE
''LAKE!''
1976
36:21
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1 On The Run 04:02
2 Sorry To Say 03:02
3 Time Bomb 03:13 (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey)
4 Chasing Colours 03:44
5 Do I Love You 03:58
6 Key To The Rhyme 04:30
7 Jesus Came Down 03:38
8 Between The Lines 10:12 (D. Petersen, J. Hopkins-Harrison, G. Peacey, Alex Conti, Martin Tiefensee, Dieter Ahrendt)
Tracks by Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins-Harrison, except as indicated
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Martin Tiefensee - bass guitar
James Hopkins-Harrison - lead and backing vocals
Alex Conti - guitar
Dieter Ahrendt - drums
Geoffrey Peacey - keyboards
Peter Hecht - string arrangements
Detlef Petersen - keyboards
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Lake is a German rock music band that formed in the early 1970s under the name Tornados, changing their name to Lake in 1973. They mostly covered material by other bands in their early years, but released three singles, Come Down/We're Gonna Rock, King Of The Rock'n Roll Party, and Sailor. In 1975 they were joined by lead singer James Hopkins-Harrison, who gave them their signature sound for the remainder of their recording career.

They achieved modest success in much of Europe from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, particularly in Germany where they were named artist of the year by the German Phono Academy in 1977. That same year, their self-titled debut album reached #92 in the US and the single Time Bomb reached #83, which would prove to be their greatest success in the US. They toured the US in the late 1970s as the opening act for various headline acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, and Neil Young. After their contract with CBS was discontinued the label released previously unavailable live material from stage appearances between May 1979 and October 1980, introducing the Lake 1 (incl. Detlef Petersen) and the Lake 2 (incl. Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album Live - On the Run. The band was able to sign another contract with the German Polydor label and in 1984 they released album #6, No Time for Heroes.

In 1985 Lake released Voices and in 1986 Lake's last album was recorded, the Polydor release So What. Longtime drummer Dieter Ahrendt left in the meantime and was replaced by Udo Dahmen. Jo Kappl also left, leaving the job on the bass guitar to Benjamin Hüllenkrämer. So What included "Inside To Outside", written by Achim Oppermann which had already performed by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl, Apparently Lake ceased to exist by 1986/87. In 1991 James Hopkins-Harrison died from an overdose of heroin.

At the beginning of the new millennium Lake was revived by Alex Conti, including Mike Starrs, Adrian Askew, Mickie Stickdorn and Michael "Bexi" Becker. In March 2005 the first Lake studio recording for 20 years was released: The Blast of Silence.

After having had to withdraw their 2012 album, Freedom, due to quarrels with their then singer, Lloyd Anderson, their original singer, Ian Cussick, rejoined the band. In February 2014 Lake released their new album Wings of Freedom, which contains most of the material of Freedom (except for three songs which have been replaced by two new songs), with new vocals by Cussick.
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