''Mēness dejas'' is a 1995 album containing eight songs by

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as reinterpreted by Uģis Vītiņš. Originally found on four of the band's 1980s album releases, the songs have been re-arranged radically, and have had all the vocals re-recorded by the original vocalists. ''Mēness dejas'' is notable as the band's first release on CD, and was done to meet the popular demand for a CD compilation of the band's hits. Thus, its concept could be compared to stopgap quasi-compilation releases from other

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's '' 1980–1985 The New Mix in One Go'' (1986), both of which likewise contained newly recorded versions of previously released material. Uģis Vītiņš went on to appear on the band's next album, ''

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'' (2003) as well as played on

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's solo tour (2004–2005). His brother Toms Vītiņš, who played bass and designed the cover, later also did the cover for the CD release of the album '' Alise''.

Track listing

Side one

#"Pastnieks trakais" – 5:52 #"Mēness deja" – 6:20 #"Kāpēc tu mani negribi" – 6:20 #"Rudens pastaiga (Rudens limits)" – 6:07

Side two

#"Svešā malā" (Svētki Rojā mix) – 6:32 #"Mana vasara aiziet (kā vēlējies)" – 6:17 #"Milžu cīņa" – 5:30 #"Jaunais gads" – 4:55

Credits

* Uģis Vītiņš - arrangements, programming, saxophone, management, production *Ģirts Bišs - additional arrangements, programming *Toms Vītiņš - bass arrangements, bass guitar, photography, artwork *Arnolds Kārklis - guitar arrangements, electric & acoustic guitars, second voice on track 8 *

- voice on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 8 *Edīte Baušķeniece - voice on track 3 *Viesturs Slava - voice on tracks 2, 3 & 5 *Gatis Krūmiņš - trumpet *Nils Īle -

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s on tracks 4 & 7 *Tālis Timrots - recording and mix engineering

Release history

References

External links

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