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Zak Starkey's Work with:
Sasha

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Some background: Sasha Alexander, known only as Sasha to his legion of fans, is apparently a superstar in Germany and parts of Europe. So much so, that he was nominated along with Will Smith, Ricky Martin, George Michael and Robbie Williams for Best International Male Artist at the 1999 MTV Europe Awards.

This West German native formed his first band, "Junk Food" at age sixteen, and had his first Europe hit as a backup singer with Young Deenay in 1997. Since then he has been a pop-star in Germany, with a long string of hits - 7 chart singles in a row, 2 of which went platinum and 2 gold albums.

Just how Zak Starkey and Phil Spalding happened to end up as session men for the recording of his 2001 release is not yet known!!

Releases

Surfin' On A Backbeat
WEA [Germany] 0927421402
Nov 12, 2001 (CD)

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    Tracks:
  1. Rooftop
  2. Blown Away
  3. Turn It Into Something Special *
  4. One Look In Your Eyes *
  5. Here She Comes Again *
  6. Everybody Loves You
  7. On And On
  8. Let's Get Closer
  9. Just A Second Away
  10. Drive My Car *
  11. Days Like These
  12. Why Does Everybody Hurt
*Zak Starkey: Drums - tracks 3,4,5,10,
Phil Spalding: Bass - tracks 3,4,5,8,9,10,
Billy Nichols [sic]: backing vocals - tracks 1,4,10,11
Sasha was awarded a German Gold record award for this album on Nov 13, 2001.

This was re-issued July 22 2002 as:
Surfin' On a Backbeat - New Version
WEA [Germany] - 0927486672
This was to capitalize on Sasha's World Cup single, This Is My Time, which was added to the CD, as well as a bonus track called Through The Barracades. The CD featured the same artwork as the original, only updated with extra track info, and was housed in a special 'new edition' slip case.

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promos and singles:

promo cds

Here She Comes Again (Promo CD - Germany)
WEA PR 02785

  1. Radio Version (3:25)
  2. Album Version (3:54)

This 2 track promo single released in a slimline case with special cover - a variation on the album and CD single.


cd single

Here She Comes Again (CD Single - Germany)
WEA [Oct 10 2001]

  1. Album Version (3:54)
  2. Radio Version (3:25)
  3. Extended Version (5:20)
  4. Instrumental Version (3:54)
  5. Enhanced Multimedia Part

This is the regular issue multimedia track contains the director's cut of the video and a game.


cd single

Here She Comes Again (CD Single - Limited Edition - Germany)
WEA [Oct 10 2001]

  1. Album Version (3:54)
  2. Radio Version (3:25)
  3. Extended Version (5:20)
  4. Instrumental Version (3:54)
  5. Enhanced Multimedia Part

This is a limited edition multimedia track contains a game, photo gallery and a 'making of' of the music video.


cd single

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Turn Into Something Special (CD single - Germany)
WEA

  1. Turn Into Something Special (Radio Cut)
  2. Turn it into something special (Album Version)
  3. Turn it into something special (Svengali's Remix für Elisa)
  4. Why does everybody hurt (Quartette Version)
  5. Turn it into something special (Instrumental version)
  6. PLUS ENHANCED: Turn it into something special (Live - Video)

This single was released on January 14, 2002.



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Created: Dec 29, 2001 
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