Korgis facebook 21 May 2021: "Back in May 2004 the lads jetted off to Brussels to record an album of 'covers' for Reader's Digest." I asked John Baker of Korgis to clarify 22 May 2021: "We first went in 2004 and recorded 4 tracks. They loved it so we went back about 7-8 months later and did the 4 xmas songs. After that we went another 12-13 times over the next 10-11 years and usually recorded about 5-6 songs in a day. Sometimes under 'The Korgis' but also to make it varied for their albums we recorded a lot of stuff under either John Baker or James Warren and even some made up band names for some. We also teamed up with other great session singers like Mary Carewe and Lance Ellington to do special projects and even a series of acapella (Flying Pickett) style songs." John added 23 May 2021: "Whilst songs may have been recorded in 2004/05 and used on their Internal Members triple [CD] sets etc, the first [digital] Korgis Covers album they put out was Folk & Pop Classics a few years later. I think it was an afterthought. They generally don't release whole albums of covers by a particular artist but we had done a fair amount by then and they liked what we did."

(summer?) 2004

various artists 3-CD

THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY

• The Korgis: To Love Somebody 3.38
• The Korgis: Mrs. Robinson 4.06 (Reader's Digest Music, D 03026 DD3)

• The Korgis: Baker Street 4.22 (Rafferty)
• The Korgis: American Pie 6.02 (MacLean)
• The Korgis: My Sweet Lord 3.47 (Harrison)
• The Korgis: Imagine 3.24 (Lennon)
• The Korgis: If You Leave Me Now 4.29 (Cetera) (Reader's Digest, D 03029 DD3)

2005

various artists 3-CD

YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS

• The Korgis: Three Times a Lady 4.31 (Reader's Digest, RDCD-4921/4922/4923)

• The Korgis: Woman (Lennon) (Reader's Digest, RDCD-5001/5002/5003)

• The Korgis: Just When I Needed You Most
• The Korgis: Baker Street [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: Imagine [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005] (Reader's Digest, RDCD-5481/5482/5483)

• The Korgis: How Can We Hang On To a Dream? 2.18
• The Korgis: Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime 4.12 [Korgis' own 1992 Version]
• The Korgis: Why Worry 3.09
• The Korgis: Imagine 3.27 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005] (Reader's Digest, DD 13001 DD / LUSTT-A-001)

• The Korgis: All I Want for Christmas (Is You)
• The Korgis: Driving Home for Christmas (Reader's Digest Music, K 060 30 KD)

1. American Pie 8.35 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
2. Mrs. Robinson 4.07 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
3. Imagine 3.26 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
4. Woman 3.43 [from YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - SONGS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER, 2005]
5. My Sweet Lord 3.44 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
6. My Love 2.52 [also on A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES]
7. To Love Somebody 3.38 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
8. Three Times a Lady 4.28 [from YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS, 2005]
9. Red Red Wine 3.26
10. Wonderful Life 3.17
11. Everybody Wants To Rule the World 4.07
12. Just When I Needed You Most 4.12 [from THE SONGS OF THE 70s, 2005]
13. Why Worry 3.07 [from Dutch 3-CD THE SOUND OF SILENCE / LIEDJES DIE TROOST BRENGEN, unknown year]
14. The Boxer 5.33

• The Korgis: Imagine 3.25 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: Woman 3.43 [from YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - SONGS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER, 2005]
• The Korgis: My Sweet Lord 3.43 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: My Love 2.52 [also on FOLK & POP CLASSICS]

• The Korgis: Wonderful Christmas Time 3.53
• The Korgis: All I Want For Christmas Is You 3.54 [from CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS, 2006]
• The Korgis: Driving Home For Christmas 4.00 [from CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS, 2006]

• The Korgis: The Boxer 5.32 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS]
• The Korgis: Mrs. Robinson 4.07 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
• The Korgis: American Pie 8.35 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: Imagine 3.25 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]

• The Korgis: Imagine 3.24 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: Why Worry 3.18 (Reader's Digest, SOJ 072380)

• The Korgis: To Love Somebody 3.38 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
• The Korgis: Don't Forget to Remember 3.22 (Reader's Digest, A09002AD-1/2/3)

• The Korgis: Imagine 3.25 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
• The Korgis: Teach Your Children 2.54
• The Korgis: Give Me Love 3.41
• The Korgis & The Friedland Singers: Give Peace a Chance 3.09 (Reader's Digest)

• The Korgis: Lovers of the World Unite 3.11
• The Korgis: New World in the Morning 2.27
• The Korgis: How Can We Hang On to a Dream? 2.17 [from Dutch 3-CD THE SOUND OF SILENCE / LIEDJES DIE TROOST BRENGEN, unknown year] (Reader's Digest)

• The Korgis: Catch the Wind 2.55 (Reader's Digest)

1. Give Me Love 3.41 [from SONGS FOR A BETTER WORLD, 2012]
2. Imagine 3.25 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
3. Everybody Wants To Rule the World 4.06 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS, 2007]
4. American Pie 6.02 [edited down from 8.35] [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
5. Red Red Wine 3.25 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS, 2007]
6. Mrs. Robinson 4.07 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
7. My Love 2.52 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS, 2007]
8. The Boxer 5.30 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS, 2007]
9. My Sweet Lord 3.43 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
10. I'm a Believer 2.52 [New Track]
11. Woman 3.43 [from YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - SONGS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER, 2005]
12. Baker Street 4.23 [from THE UNFORGETTABLE 70s - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2005]
13. Wonderful Life 3.17 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: THE KORGIS: FOLK & POP CLASSICS, 2007]
14. To Love Somebody 3.38 [from THE GOLDEN SIXTIES - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE 20th CENTURY, 2004]
15. Why Worry 3.07 [from Dutch 3-CD THE SOUND OF SILENCE / LIEDJES DIE TROOST BRENGEN, unknown year]
16. Everybody Knows (We're Through) 3.07 [New Track]
17. Three Times a Lady 4.27 [from YOU MUST REMEMBER THESE - THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS, 2005]
18. Teach Your Children 2.54 [from SONGS FOR A BETTER WORLD, 2012]
19. Catch the Wind 2.55 [from TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE, 2012]
20. Just When I Needed You Most 4.11 [from THE SONGS OF THE 70s, 2005]
21. Give Peace a Chance (by The Friedland Singers & The Korgis) 3.09 [from SONGS FOR A BETTER WORLD, 2012]
22. Wonderful Christmas Time 3.56 [from READER'S DIGEST MUSIC: WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME, 2008]
23. How Can We Hang on to a Dream? 2.17 [from Dutch 3-CD THE SOUND OF SILENCE / LIEDJES DIE TROOST BRENGEN, unknown year]
24. Don't Forget to Remember 3.23 [from Dutch 3-CD THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, 2010]
25. Tell Me When 2.26 [New Track]
26. Driving Home For Christmas 4.00 [from CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS, 2006]
27. All I Want For Christmas Is You 3.56 [from CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS, 2006]
28. New World in the Morning 2.27 [from SONGS TO RELAX TO]
29. Lovers of the World Unite 3.11 [from SONGS TO RELAX TO]
30. Lonely This Christmas 4.18 [New Track] (Weishaupt Music & Entertainment)

Copyright (c) 2007-11-13 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2017-01-28.