[ Compilations Series # 88 ]
This 4-CD anthology on Swedish prog 1967-1979 is an excellent package in many ways. In fact, I don't know any similar attempt to give such thorough and precise picture of the prog scene of one particular country, in a particular time limit. Or if I have come across such things, surely none of them have been done so well.Naturally many of them are very rare and have a limited output (sometimes narrowed down to a single single), but despite that fact, this box is a perfect thing for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the early Swedish prog.
Which indeed has a unique character. If that uniqueness is heard already by listening to just a few classics of Swedish prog, this compilation only deepens that idea.
I'm not going into details, here's just some of the more known bands: KAIPA, BO HANSSON, KEBNEKAJSE, MADE IN SWEDEN, SAMMLA MAMMAS MANNA, ÄLGARNAS TRÄDGÅRD...
What's very wise of this box, these "bigger" acts are not given more room than the rest. The goal clearly has been to give as full picture as can be given within four discs.
Any imaginable sub-genre is present, be it Psychedelia, Jazz-Rock, Symphonic... Take you pick. OK, one thing COULD be more user-friendly: one hears no notable differences between the CD's, whereas it would have been nice to try to categorize contents somehow.
It doesn't even run chronologically, which would also be a suitable way to do it. The texts are very inormative, and everything about the package is edited tastefully. This box is a sort of successor to a book on Swedish prog (by Matti).
CD-1:01.Andreas Aarflot - Surayya – Part 1
02.Alexander Lucas - Svarta Skogen
03.Arbete & Fritid - Gånglåt Efter Lejsme Per Larsson, Malung
04.Ardy & Lasses Öronpaj - Black Sallad
05.Asoka - Tvivlaren
06.Atlantic Ocean - Take A Look Around You
07.Baby Grandmothers - Being Is More Than Life 08 Sten Bergman - Sorti
09.BIB Set - Pythagorean Child N:o II – Arrival In Time 10 Blond - The Lilac Years
11.Blåkulla - Drottningholmsmusiken, Sats 1
12.Bättre Lyss - Sagan Om Viggen
13.Charlie & Esdor - Två Mans Bridge Blues
14.Contact - Convulsions
15.Dice - Labyrinth
16.Doris - You Never Come Closer
17.Peter O Ekbergs System - Tills Nästa Gång
18.Energy - Metamorphosis
19.Cymbeline - Flicka
CD-2:
01.Fläsket Brinner - Gunnars Dilemma
02.Mats Glenngård - Kosterläge
03.Bo Hansson - Funderingar På Vinden – Uppehåll
04.Hansson & Karlsson - Tax Free
05.Hoola Bandoola Band - You And I
06.Ibis Blixtens - Gamla Buss
07.International Harvester - Sommarlåten
08.Björn J:son Lindh - Tuppa
09.Kaipa - Musiken Är Ljuset
10.Kebnekajse - Frestelser I Stan
11.Kornet - Skriket Från Vildmarken
12.Kvartetten Som Sprängde - Gånglåt Från Vallhallavägen
13.Lea Riders Group - Dom Kallar Oss Mods
14.Life - Sailing In The Sunshine
15.Lotus - Mac
16.Made In Sweden - Winter’s A Bummer
17.Friendship Time - Martins Lilla
CD-3:
01.Mecki Mark Men - Born
02.Mendoza - The Grateful Salesman & Co
03.Midsommar - Illusionen Av En Färdigskolad Akademiker
04.Motvind - Lära För Livet
05.Nationalteatern - Jack The Ripper
06.Nature - Mystery Brew
07.Norrbottens Järn - Flugornas Hage
08.November - Ta Ett Steg In I Sagans Land
09.Nynningen - Efterdyning
10.Opus III - I See The World From My Window
11.Outsiders - On My Magic Carpet
12.Pandora - Measures Of Time
13.Panta Rei - Five Steps
14.Pop Workshop - High Priest
15.Pugh & Nature - Slavsång
16.Resan - Solens Vän
17.Rävjunk - Inferno
18.Saga - Önskebrunn
19.Fruit - Kunskap
CD-4:
01.Samla Mammas Manna - Minareten
02.Janne Schaffer - Fillins Mignon
03.Scorpion - Red Queen Of The Underground
04.Shaggy - No Strings
05.Sogmusobil - Arabic In The Morning
06.Solar Plexus - Sköna Låten
07.Splash - Sunday Ride
08.Trettioåriga Kriget - Ur Djupen
09.Träd Gräs Och Stenar - Sanningens Silverflod
10.Turid - To The Children Of Song My
11.Monica Törnell - Öje Brudmarsch
12.Uppåt Väggarn -a Jag Hatar Politik
13.Vatten - Jag Är Trött
14.Vildkaktus - Jag Såg Din Stad
15.Älgarnas Trädgård - Saturnus Ringar
16.Ardy - The Painter Of Love: Pregnant Rainbows For Colourblind Dreamers
** Full scan boxset artwork includes 50 pages of booklet **
[ Rip and scans by MKRAEMER55 ]
CODE: 23328
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