Radio Radio TV Sleep
Radio Radio TV Sleep is a live album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, which was released in 2003. The album was recorded during Bigbang's tour of the same name in February 2003, with the exception of "Better Than Before", recorded at Ullevål Stadion, Oslo, in June 2002.
Overview
The album contains two discs, one with recordings from some of their acoustic concerts, and the other a collection of live electric tracks. Two different releases were made, a regular one and a digipack limited edition. "Can't Find My Way Home" is Øystein Greni's favourite song and was written in the 1960s by Steve Winwood of the group Blind Faith.The other non-LP electric tracks are "Wrong Number" and "Better Than Before". Acoustic tracks "Old People" and "Smiling For" are EP-only numbers. Remaining songs "Lights Go Out" and "Cry Right" were concert tunes never released before.
Radio Radio TV Sleep sold to platinum and became until then the most successful live album ever released in Norway. The video version of the album, known as Radio Radio TV Sleep DVD, features six tracks taken from each disc plus bonus material such as music videos and TV live, including a cover of Jimi Hendrix' Purple Haze which Øystein Greni played on Norwegian television at the age of twelve.
The album title refers to a cheatcode that could be applied onto hotel room TV remote controls to access pay-television.
Personnel
Bigbang- Øystein Greni – lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin, woodwinds, drums, percussion
- Nikolai Eilertsen – bass, organ, piano, harmonica, brass, percussion, vocals
- Olaf Olsen – drums, percussion
- Kai Andersen – engineer
- Stig Morten Sørheim – engineer
- Helge Sten – mixer
- Michael Ilbert – mixer
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Steve Kadison – mastering
- Taran Greni – vocals
- Erik Tresselt – vocals
- Karim Sayed – ensemble
- Kristian Syvertsen – ensemble
- Svein Greni – ensemble
- Søren Brandt – ensemble
- Tarjei Grimsby – ensemble
- Thor Sigbjørn Greni – ensemble
- Øystein Bjørk – ensemble
- Anders Wolfgang Aasebøe – crew
- Christian Jajauhm Engfeldt – crew
- Freddie Freeloader Eilertsen – crew
- Kristian Sterkenils Syvertsen – crew
- Terje Disko Olsen – crew
- Nils Vik – photography, spiritual guidance
- Dimitri&Bengt – design
- Terje Pedersen – A&R