Cato Sanden

 *20-02-1954 Bergen, NOR, +03-05-05
by Praguefrank 
SESSIONS also member of Flying Norwegians
1984 The Grieghallen Studio, Bergen, NOR - Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt], Bruce Hackett [banjo], Egil Skjelnes [steel], Johannes Torkelsen [bass],  Torleif Iversen [vcl/drums],  Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle],  Helge Nilsen [keyboards], Arve Håland [accordion/piano],  Edel Ellingsen [vcl]. Producer – Cato Sanden)
001 SAME OLD ROAD GHP 7  GHCD 55 
002 YOU DON`T HA VE TO BE FROM TEXAS GHP 7 GHCD 55  
003 I REALIZED GHP 7  
004 HIDING AWAY GHP 7  
005 WHAT A FEELING GHP 7  
006 CITY LIGHTS GHP 7 GHCD 55  
007 FEELIN` FREE GHP 7  GHCD 55 
008 COME BACK TO ME GHP 7 
009 I`LL TELL YOU AGAIN GHP 7  
010 A NIGHT WORTH LIVING GHP 7  
011 NOW I`VE GOT YOU GHP 7 
012 STILL BEING FRIENDS GHP 7  
November 1985 Norsk Lydstudio, Nordslettvn. 2 7000 Trondheim, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt], Rune Hauge [ac gt/bck vcl], Egil Skjelnes [steel],  Geir Stordal [bass],  Torleif Iversen [drums/bck vcl],  Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle].  Producer: Cato Sanden)
013 LET'S GO FOR FREEDOM GHS 3 GHPROMO 01 /GHP 16 GHCD 55
014 TAKE ME HOME GHP 16  
015 RIVER STILL FLOWING GHS 4/GHP 16 GHCD 55  
016 A SONG MADE FOR YOU GHP 16  
017 SHE'S THE ONE GHP 16  
018 TELL ME GHP 16  
019 LIVING TODAY GHP 16 GHCD 55  
020 WE ARE TONIGHT GHS 3/GHP 16  
021 ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER SHOW GHP 16  
022 THE TRANSGLOBAL GHS 4/GHP 16  
023 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOVE GHP 16  
024 WRONG TODAY GHP 16  
025 TELL ME (INSTRUMENTAL) GHP 16  
1987 NBL Studios, Trondhaim, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt],  Rune Hauge [gt/mandolin/ bck vcl], Dag Wolf [steel], Pytten [bass], Torleif Iversen [drums/percussion/ bck vcl], Bill Booth [fiddle],  Terje Tranås [keyboards]. Producer: Åge Aleksandersen)
026 LOOKING FOR YOU GHP 26  GHCD 55  
027 ONCE A HERO GHP 26 GHCD 55  
028 HEARTS BURNING GHS 26/GHP 26  
027 LET`S GO DANCING GHP 26  
028 MEMORIES ALIVE GHP 26  
029 GIVE HER MY LOVE GHP 26  
030 FRIEND GHP 26 
031 ALL MY FEARS GHP 26  
032 IT`S A LAZY LIFE GHP 26 
033 MY DREAM GHP 26  
034 NOW AND THEN GHP 26 
035 WHITE LINES GHP 26  
036 I`M ON MY WAY GHP 26  
037 ONCE A HERO II GHP 26 
038 IS IT REALLY CHRISTMAS AGAIN GHS 26/GHP 26 
1989 Cato Sanden’s home studio, Strusshamn on Askøy, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt], Egil Skjelnes [steel], Johannes Torkelsen / Terje Lerø [bass], Torleif Iversen [drums], Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle/mandolin], Arve Håland [accordion],  Edel Ellingsen, Anita Lunde, Oddgeir Røssland, Per Jarle Johansen [hmny vcl]. Producer: Cato Sanden)
039 SKÅL FOR DETTE LANDET GHP 33 GHCD 55  
040 OLEMANN GHP 33  
041 EN GAMMEL DRØM GHP 33  
042 HAN LENGTER TILBAKE GHP 33  
043 PÅ VEIEN IGJEN GHP 33  
044 SYLVIA GHP 33  
045 SOM DU VIL GHP 33  
046 MINE DRØMMER LEVER GHP 33  
047 HER KAN DU BLI GHP 33 GHCD 55   
048 E6 GHP 33 
049 NY VÅR GHP 33  
050 TID GHP 33  
051TRAILER GHP 33  
1991 Martin Sound Recording, Nashville, TN – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt], Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Richard Bailey [banjo],  Jerry Douglas [dobro],  Roy M. Huskey [bass],  Kenny Malone [drums], Laurie Lewis [vcl/fiddle],  Gary Smith [piano]. Producer: Bill VornDick)
052 FREEDOM BELLS ARE RINGING GHCD 46   
053 HERE`S TO MY NATIVE COUNTRY GHCD 46 GHCD 55 
054 HOW LONG CAN THIS LAST GHS 46/ GHCD 46 GHCD 55  
055 THE RIGHT TIME GHCD 46   
056 STOP THE FIGHT GHCD 46  
1991 The Grieghallen Studio, Bergen, NOR/Cato Sanden’s home studio, Strusshamn on  on Askøy, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cory Sanden [ vcl/gt],  Atle Johannesen [gt],   Dag Wolf [steel],  Johannes Torkelsen / Pytten [bass],  Torleif Iversen [drums/hmny vcl], Gene Hicks [fiddle],   Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle/ mandolin/ hmny vcl], Jamt [harmonica],  Arve Håland [accordion], Garage-gjengen, Edel Ellingsen, Rolf Veland,  Rune Hauge [hmny vcl]. Producer: Pytten, Cato Sanden)
057 MY COUNTRY GHCD 46   
058 GOING IN CIRCLES GHCD 46 GHCD 55      
059 HERE WE ARE AGAIN GHCD 46   
060 SPOOKY TOWN GHCD 46     
061 SETT MEG FRI GHCD 46  
062 EG VIL FORTELLE GHCD 46   
063 STILL ROAMING AROUND GHCD 46  
Ca 1991 unknown, NOR – Cato Sanden,  *with Hilde Heltberg
064 I WON'T BE BLUE GHS 46/GHCD 55
065 SUMMER PARADISE  GHPROMO 01 GHCD 55 
066 PRIMA BALLERINA GHPROMO 01 GHCD 55
1993 The Grieghallen Studio, Bergen, NOR - Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [ vcl/gt],  Rune Walle [slide/12 str gt],  Dag Wolf [steel/dobro],  Pytten [vcl/bass], Gunnar Bergstrøm [drums], Torleif Iversen [drums/hmny vcl],  Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle/mandolin/ ac gt/ hmny vcl], Arve Håland [accordion],  Zimmerman [piano], Edel Ellingsen [hmny vcl].Producer – Cato Sanden, Pytten)
067 NEW STEPS CSMCD 01  
068 STILL GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU CSMCD 01 
069 YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER CSMCD 01  
070 WE`RE ON THE RUN CSMCD 01  
071 DOWN HERE CSMCD 01  
072 SHE`S CLOSING HER DOOR CSMCD 01  
073 OLD MOON CSMCD 01 
074 TALKING `BOUT LOVE CSMCD 01 
075 I`TS ALRIGHT CSMCD 01 
076 STRANDED CSMCD 01  
077 THE MUSIC MAN CSMCD 01 
078  I`VE GOT YOU CSMCD 01 
079 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP CSMCD 01 
1998 Cato Sanden’s home studio, Strusshamn on Askøy, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt],  Egil Skjelnes [steel],  Johannes Torkelsen [bass],  Per Halvorsen [bass/ hmny vcl], Jan Arthur Kalsaas [drums],  Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle/ mandolin/ bass],  Thor Einar RibeF [piano], Hans Dyrdal [accordion],  Andy Murphy [uillean pipe],  Edel Ellingsen [hmny vcl]. Producer: Cato Sanden)
080 THE REAL THING DFP-CD-1010   
081 WE HAD A DREAM DFP-CD-1010   
082 CROSSROADS OF MY LIFE DFP-CD-1010  
083 I SPEAK MY OWN MIND DFP-CD-1010   
084 ROAD OF FEAR DFP-CD-1010  
085 NO GOING BACK DFP-CD-1010   
086 JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING DFP-CD-1010  
087 SILENT ROMANCE DFP-CD-1010  
088 THE SECRET I KEEP DFP-CD-1010   
089 WHAT'S IN A NAME DFP-CD-1010   
090 ONCE UPON A TIME DFP-CD-1010   
091 RIDING THE WIND DFP-CD-1010  
092 FRIENDSHIP DFP-CD-1009 /DFP-CD-1010   
093 GRAVY TRAIN DFP-CD-1010   
094 MISS YOU DFP-CD-1010   
1998 unknown, NOR – Cato Sanden
095 REACH OUT A HAND - IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME DFP-CD-1009
February-March 2001 Cato Sanden’s home studio, Strusshamn on Askøy, NOR – Cato Sanden (Cato Sanden [vcl/gt], Per Jarle Johansen [vcl/ac gt], Egil Skjelnes [steel],  Per Halvorsen [vcl/ bass], Jan Arthur Kalsaas [drums], Øystein Fosshagen [fiddle], Edel Ellingsen [vcl].  Producer: Cato Sanden)
096 MONEY HONEY SR 008 2001   
097 RAMBLIN MAN SR 008 2001   
098 YOU WENT AWAY SR 008 2001   
099 HELLO MARY LOU SR 008 2001   
100 NO GUARANTE SR 008 2001   
101 DREAMS OF A DREAMER SR 008 2001 
102 YOU GOTTA COMMIT SR 008 2001  
103 SHE`S FEELIN LONELY SR 008 2001 
104 C`MON AND GET IT SR 008 2001   
105 YOU`RE GONE FOR GOOD SR 008 2001   
106 LOVEBUG SR 008 2001   
107 HONKY TONK MUSIC SR 008 2001    
108 CROSS MY HEART SR 008 2001   
109 I`M OUTTA HERE SR 008 2001  
There is a lot of previously unissued recordings not listed above – see albums Where The Trail Ends and Hindsight


ALBUMS
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHP 7 Cato Sanden:  Same Old Road;  You Don`t Have to Be from Texas;  I Realized;  Hiding Away;  What a Feeling;  City Lights;  Feelin` Free;  Come Back to Me;  I`ll Tell You Again;  A Night Worth Living;  Now I`ve Got You;  Still Being Friends - 84
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHP 16 Living Today:  Let's Go for Freedom;  Take Me Home;  River Still Flowing;  A Song Made for You;  She's the One;  Tell Me;  Living Today;  We Are Tonight;  Another Day Another Show;  The Transglobal;  Whatever Happened to Love;  Wrong Today;  Tell Me (Instrumental) - 86
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHP 26 Once a Hero: Looking for You;  Once a Hero;  Hearts Burning;  Let`s Go Dancing;  Memories Alive;  Give Her My Love;  Friend; All My Fears;  It`s a Lazy Life;  My Dream;  Now and Then;  White Lines;  I`m on My Way;  Once a Hero Ii;  Is It Really Christmas Again – 87
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHP 33 Skål for Dette Landet:  Skål for Dette Landet;  Olemann;  En Gammel Drøm;  Han Lengter Tilbake;  På Veien Igjen;  Sylvia;  Som Du Vil;  Mine Drømmer Lever;  Her Kan Du Bli;  E6;  NY Vår;  Tid;  Trailer - 89
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHCD 46 My Country: My Country;  Going In Circles;  Freedom Bells Are Ringing;  Here`s To My Native Country;  Here We Are Again;  How Long Can This Last;  Spooky Town;  The Right Time;  Stop The Fight;  Sett Meg Fri;  Eg Vil Fortelle;  Still Roaming Around - 91
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHCD 55 Best Of Cato Sanden: Summer Paradise (w.  Hilde Heltberg); Let's Go For Freedom; Prima Ballerina; You Don't Have To Be From Texas; Same Old Road;  River Still Flowing; Here's To My Native Country (w. Laurie Lewis); I Won't Be Blue; Living Today; How Long Can This Last; Skål For Dette Landet; Once A Hero; Looking For You; City Lights; Feelin' Free; Going In Circles; Her Kan Du Bli - 92
Casa Music [NOR] CSMCD 01 New Steps:  New Steps;  Still Got My Mind Set On You;  You Should Have Seen Her;  We`re On the Run;  Down Here;  She`s Closing Her Door;  Old Moon;  Talking `Bout Love;  I`ts Alright;  Stranded;  The Music Man;  I`ve Got You;  Before I Go to Sleep - 93
Dialog Foss Production [NOR] DFP-CD 1010 Crossroads of My Life:  The Real Thing;  We Had a Dream;  Crossroads of My Life;  I Speak My Own Mind;  Road of Fear;  No Going Back;  Just a Little Something;  Silent Romance;  The Secret I Keep;  What's in a Name;  Once Upon a Time;  Riding the Wind;  Friendship;  Gravy Train;  Miss You – 99
Showtime Records [NOR] SR 008 2001 Cross My Heart: Money Honey;  Ramblin Man;  You Went Away;  Hello Mary Lou;  No Guarante;  Dreams of a Dreamer; You Gotta Commit;  She`s Feelin Lonely;  C`mon and Get It;  You`re Gone For Good;  Lovebug;  Honky Tonk Music;  Cross My Heart;  I`m Outta Here – 01-06-01
Flametown [NOR] ? Where The Trail Ends:  Never Felt So Lonely;  Living In a Dream;  It Hurt;  Your Kind;  Romero`s Café;  Where The Trail Ends;  That Make Me Love You Like I Do;  The Smoke Not the Fire;  Maria;  The First Time;  Fickle Finger of Fate;  Young Love;  Right or Wrong;  That`s All She Had to Say;  Cold Morning in May;  I,ve Got a Chrush on You;  I`m Always Wrong;  Words I Didn`t Say;  Dream On;  The Night;  Winter`s Come Early;  Sanctuary;  I`m an O.K Guy;  Hearts Beat Retreat;  New Day Dawning;  Running Out of Time;  I Know This Feeling;  Rave On;  Lonesome Town;  Life Long Mystery Tour – 09-04-19 (not in sessions)
Flametown [NOR] ? Hindsight (Where The Trail Ends, Vol. 2):  Hindsight (Where The Trail Ends, Vol. 2);  What Am I Doing;  Moonlight Love;  Road Of Dreams;  Digging Up Memories;  As Winter Approaches;  She Doesn`t Know;  Days Of Uncertainty;  Road Of Fear;  This Kind Of Love;  New Day;  Whatever You Do;  Fool The Whole World;  Blindman;  Come And Live Your Dreams;  Old Lady;  Small Talk;  Wake Up And Smell The Roses;  Here`s To My Native Country;  Hindsight;  Singing The Blues;  The Right Time;  How Long Can This Last;  Living a Lie;  Silent Romance;  Nothing To Forget;  After the Fall;  Where Will You Sleep Tonight;  Run Away;  Nobody Like You;  That`s Life – 30-08-19 (not in sessions)

EPs
Plateselskapet A/S [NOR] GHPROMO 01 3 Songs From The Forthcoming Album: "The Best Of Cato Sanden": Summer Paradise (w.  Hilde Heltberg); Let's Go For Freedom; Prima Ballerina – 92 (CD, promo)

SINGLES
Plateselskapet As [NOR]
GHS 3 Let's Go for Freedom / We Are Tonight – 86
GHS 4 River Still Flowing / The Transglobal - 86
GHS 26 Is It Really Christmas Again / Hearts Burning - 87
GHS 46 I Won't Be Blue / How Long Can This Last – 91
Dialog Foss Production [NOR]
DFP-CD-1009 Reach Out a Hand - It's Christmas Time;  Friendship – 98 (CD)