VA - The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967-1979 [2007] (4 x CD's)

WEDISH PROGRESSIVE MUSIC

Previously posted July 23, 2020

VA - The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967-1979 [2007] (4 x CD's)

What a great compilation of Swedish Progressive music! If you're into collecting progressive music, and don't really know which artists you should look for - this 4 CD compilation is a great help and inspiration.  Fans of progressive music unfamiliar with the music of Sweden should give this a try.  On par with Rhino's "Nuggets"  in terms of quality and potential to expose a wider audience to some excellent underappreciated music.

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.  It would be an interesting research to see how many of the bands/artists of this box are undeservedly not (yet) in Progarchives. I believe there are several! 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.  (https://www.progarchives.com)

71 legendary progressive acts and over five hours of music. Also includes a 48-page colour booklet backed with facts, unpublished photos, original record sleeves and other rare memorabilia. The texts is very informative, and everything about the package is edited tastefully. This box is a sort of successor to a book on Swedish Prog titled The Encyclopedia of Swedish Progressive Music 1967 - 1979 by by Tobias Petterson.

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Track lists

CD1

01    Andreas Aarflot    Surayya - Part 1    3:30
02    Alexander Lucás    Svarta Skogen    2:35
03    Arbete & Fritid    Gånglåt Efter Lejsme Per Larss    3:05
04    Ardy & Lasses Öronpaj    Black Sallad    3:36
05    Asoka    Tvivlaren    4:35
06    Atlantic Ocean    Take A Look Around You    3:42
07    Baby Grandmothers    Being Is More Than Life    5:47
08    Sten Bergman    Sorti    4:01
09    Bib Set    Pythagorean Child N:o II - Arr    6:04
10    Blond    The Lilac Years    6:00
11    Blåkulla    Drottningholmsmusiken, Sats 1    2:20
12    Bättre Lyss    Sagan Om Viggen    6:26
13    Charlie & Esdor    Två Mans Bridge Blues    5:20
14    Contact    Convul'sions    3:58
15    Dice    Labyrinth    4:19
16    Doirs    You Never Come Closer    4:14
17    Peter O Ekbergs System    Tills Nästa Gång    3:00
18    Energy    Metamorphosis    5:09
19    Cymbeline    Flicka    1:20

CD2

01    Flasket Brinner    Gunnars Dilemma    2:10
02    Mats Glenngard    Kosterlage    7:18
03    Uppehall-Bo Hansson    Funderingar Pa Vinden    2:18
04    Hansson & Karlsson    Tax Free    7:15
05    Hoola Bandoola Band    You and I    3:30
06    Ibis    Blixtens Gamla Buss    2:57
07    International Harvester    Sommarlaten    2:49
08    Bjorn Json Lindh    Tuppa    6:25
09    Kaipa    Musiken Ar Ljuset    7:04
10    Kebnekajse    Frestelser I Stan    4:48
11    Kornet    Skriket Fran Vildmarken    3:09
12    Kvartetten Som Sprangde    Ganglat Fran Vallhallavagen    8:50
13    Lea Riders Group    Dom Kallar Oss Mods    4:01
14    Life    Sailing in the Sunshine    5:18
15    Lotus    Mac    2:11
16    Made in Sweden    Winter's a Bummer    5:27
17    Friendship    Martins Lilla    2:58

CD3

01    Mecki Mark Men    Born    3:58
02    Mendoza    The Grateful Salesman & Co    2:40
03    Midsommar    Illusionen Av En Färdigskolad    3:47
04    Motvind    Lära För Livet    2:28
05    Nationalteatern    Jack The Ripper    4:48
06    Nature    Mystery Brew    6:57
07    Norrbottens Järn    Flugornas Hage    3:32
08    November    Ta Ett Steg In I Sagans Land    4:01
09    Nynningen    Efterdyning    2:27
10    Opus III    I See The World From My Window    3:34
11    Outsiders    On My Magic Carpet    2:58
12    Pandora    Measures Of Time    4:24
13    Panta Rei    Five Steps    3:13
14    Pop Workshop    High Priest    5:33
15    Pugh & Nature    Slavsång    3:52
16    Resan    Solens Vän    3:57
17    Rävjunk    Inferno    2:27
18    Saga    Önskebrunn    7:50
19    Fruit    Kunskap    5:49

CD4

01    Samla Mammas Manna    Minareten    8:21
02    Janne Schaffer    Fillins Mignon    3:17
03    Scorpion    Red Queen of the Underground    3:49
04    Shaggy    No Strings    3:40
05    Sogmusobil    Arabic in the Morning    4:16
06    Solar Plexus    Skona Laten    8:23
07    Splash    Sunday Ride    5:34
08    Trettioariga Kriget    Ur Djupen    3:44
09    Trad Gras Och Stenar    Sanningens Silverflod    2:40
10    Turid    To the Children of Song My    5:24
11    Monica Tornell    Oje Brudmarsch    4:47
12    Uppat Vaggarna    Jag Hatar Politik    3:32
13    Vatten    Jag Ar Trott    2:42
14    Vildkaktus    Jag Sag Din Stad    3:33
15    Algarnas Tradgard    Saturnus Ringar    7:09
16    Ardy the Painter of Love    Pregnant Rainbows for Colourblind Dreamers    6:05

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