Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen 1976 (Sweden, Symphonic Prog)

Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen 1976 (Sweden, Symphonic Prog)



Masterpiece. and a second album, Kaipa. The musicians decided to take the phrase in the title of the album, as an ironic commentary on their musical evolution. However, Kaipa tried to distance himself from past and present musical styles, creating their own original music, and, drawing inspiration from the past, but rushing into the future ... The album appeared on the shelves of music stores in December 1976 and was enthusiastically received by critics. Very soon he was able to break into the Top 50 national charts, which was very unusual for this kind of music. In the countries of Scandinavia was sold 10,000 copies, and, outside of these countries, the album was not distributed. Then the group first came to national television, where she performed many of your favorite song Korståg. In addition, the musicians were on the radio in Malmo and Stockholm. In September 1977 the band faced the manifestations of his wildly growing popularity all over Sweden and began thinking about entering the international music scene. They were well aware that trying to break into the Western market with the songs in Swedish completely pointless, so we decided to offer the leadership to release some of the Electra label songs from the second plate in the English-language version. As a result, the label chose four songs and asked Fiklinga Kevin (Kevin Fickling), an American student who worked in the group as a roadie, to translate their texts. In order to execute the same vocals in English, was invited by a friend of the band, Lars Hoflund (Lars Hoflund), who played bass guitar in a group of Swedish singer Tomas Ledin (Tomas Ledin). New versions of the songs were compiled into a studio in Stockholm Bastun and sent to the British division of Electra, which soon sent the tape back, accompanied by a commentary on the fact that they do not see commercial potential in this Swedish band. Experience has shown - in the Electra made a mistake ...

Tracks:

01. Skenet Bedrar (Appearances Are Deceptive) (Hans Lundin) - 0:00 including:
a). Uppvaknandet (Awakening) - 2:43
b). Bitterheten (Bitterness) - 3:10
c). Hoppfullheten (Hopefulness) - 4:44
d). Överheten (Powerfulness) - 8:12
e). Vilseledd (Misled) - 2:52
02. Ömson Sken (Sometimes Light) (Ingemar Bergman, Roine Stolt) - 21:47
03. Korståg (Crusade) (Roine Stolt) - 25:07
04. Stengrodornas Parad (Roine Stolt) - 30:28
05. Dagens Port (The Gate Of Day) (Hans Lundin) - 31:27
06. Inget Nytt Under Solen (Nothing New Under The Sun) (Roine Stolt) - 34:05

Bonuses:

07. Awakening / Bitterness (Hans Lundin / Kevin Fickung) - 40:20
08. How Might I Say Out Clearly (Ingemar Bergman, Roine Stolt / Kevin Fickung) - 46:33
09. The Gate Of Day (Hans Lundin / Kevin Fickung) - 50:42
10. Blow Hard All Tradewinds (Roine Stolt / Kevin Fickung) - 53:11
11. Skenet Bedrar (live version) (Hans Lundin) - 59:33
12. Från Det Ena Till Det Andra (Hans Lundin) - 1:13:45

Personnel:

- Ingemar Be