Once upon a time… - fairy tales often begin with these familiar and beloved words. But only fairy tales? It can’t be a coincidence that Jens Kommnick opens his new solo album “Stringed” with the piece “Es war einmal (Once Upon a Time)”. 

His compositions make one thing clearly perceptible and audible: this is Jens Kommnick himself, who lends a soul to the songs with his human warmth. Once upon a time… Fairy tales enchant those who read them –we all remember them– often leaving a smile on the readers’ faces. In a magical way, the new solo-album “Stringed” from Jens Kommnick also has the same effect, recorded brilliantly at the Stockfisch studios. 

"The idea to re-release 'Win or Lose' on Stockfisch Records came from Günter Pauler after I had sent him the original master-tape that I had found amongst my archive material. I thought he might be interested, mainly because the original quality of recording was so good. Furthermore, it fell within the parameters of quality that Stockfisch demand from all of their recordings, so we decided to go ahead with the idea, releasing it on the 'Analog Pearls' series.

It is almost forty years since that original recording, and although much has changed as regards recording techniques and equipment, I hope the songs have stood the test of time, and you, the listener, will enjoy the result." Allan Taylor, 2020

Günter Pauler, 2019

"No matter what type of popular music you listen to today, almost every style has its roots
in the "Oldies" - the rock'n'roll of the '50s. There's something about the music of this
era that remains great even in the '80s. We tried to recreate these songs in such a way
as to bring back memories for those of you who still remember them, as well as to offer
something fresh and exciting for those of you who have never heard them before. I think
you will agree with us that "Oldies" never die."
Craig Hadden, 1980

"Rediscovering the tapes of this production after such a long time brought back memories
of how I first met Chris Jones: it was thanks to Charlie Carr, at that time working at an
army-shop in Southern Germany, who acquired for me a Crown DC-300 - the sensational
power amplifier of that time. As a way of thanking him, I offered him to do a recording at our
studio. Charlie was thrilled and brought Chris Jones with him, who was to accompany
him during the recording sessions. Thus began our wonderful musical journey with Chris
Jones."
Günter Pauler, 2019

performing on this album "Eine halbe Ewigkeit":

Werner Lämmerhirt  -  vocal & guitar  /  Peter Finger  -  guitar  /  Biber Herrmann  -  guitar  /  Jens Kommnick  -  guitar, tin-whistle, uilleann pipes  /  Joscho Stephan  -  guitar  /  Manfred Leuchter  -  accordion  /  Beo Brockhausen  -  soprano saxophone  /  Hans-Jörg Maucksch  -  fretless bass

We have documented the state of our previous analog studio technology in numerous photographs in the booklet. For the second volume of “Analog Pearls”, we played the two-track master tape on the same TELEFUNKEN M15A that Andreas Rohde’s recordings from 1983 were mixed on. Then, our MEITNER 1-bit DSD-Converter managed the leap into the digital age. Thus you can hear a native 1-bit DSD Layer on the SACD. Of course this SACD contains the special HYBRID-LAYER as well, so you can also listen to "Analog Pearls Vol.2" on a regular CD player, as you can with every Stockfisch-SACD!

"Thanks to the excellent sound equipment and the careful production by Günter Pauler I can listen to these old recordings still in good conscience - here you just listen to the state of my musical development at that time, no ifs and buts." Martin Kolbe, June 2014

"If you take a few male performers who have been at the vanguard of the Americana movement, Will Oldham, Richard Buckner, Sam Beam and David Pajo, merge them together in Sweden, and this is pretty much what you’d get. Like Nicolai Dunger, Kjellvander has completely assimilated his influences and is able to make music that is to some extent the equal of them." Americana UK

When Christian Kjellvander toured Europe last year, he visited Stockfisch-Records. Spontaneously Günter Pauler recorded "Solo Live" - a solo performance in the Bürgersaal, Northeim, on May 16, 2015.

With his new album Red Rock Journeys, a musician who can undoubtedly be classed as one of the greats of acoustic guitar music can now be heard on Stockfisch: Ralf Illenberger. He plays Instrumentals which elude the shackles of musical genre; while ideal for quietly dreaming, they can also unleash a surprising amount of energy and drive.

1 Opus 18 2 Opus 20 3 Opus 21 4 Opus 22 5 A Norwegian's Fantasy 6 Solo For Strings 7 Santa Cruz 8 Soliloquy 9 Sylvia's Waltz 10 Sunset 11 Rufus 12 Scotland the Brave/Dance 13 Grandma's Old Pajama Rag 14 Ride of the Headless Horseman 15 My Little Brook Piece 16 A Song Not Forgotten 17 Parable - Early Summer Morning