Benny Anderssons Orkester (ABBA) - Benny Anderssons Orkester (2001)

Year: 28 June 2001 (CD 2001)
Label: Mono Music (Sweden), MMCD 017
Style: Folk Pop, Classical, Jazz, Instrumental
Country: Stockholm, Sweden (16 December 1946)
Time: 47:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Charts: SWE #1; Time in weeks: 55; Gold (26 September 2001), Platinum (29 January 2002).
Benny Anderssons orkester, a folk music group founded in 2001 by former ABBA member Benny Andersson, follows the style of Andersson's two solo albums from the 1980s, Klinga mina klockor and November 1989. The album combines traditional Swedish folk music with classical, pop und jazz influences. Out of the 14 tracks on the album, 12 are instrumentals and two ("Var sista dans" and "Latt som en sommarfjaril") feature vocals by Helen Sjoholm, who played the role of Kristina in the musical Kristina fran Duvemala, written by Andersson and former ABBA colleague Bjorn Ulvaeus. Ulvaeus is credited on this album as well, writing the lyrics for the two aforementioned tracks. All music is composed by Benny Andersson, who also produced the album.
The album was recorded on two weekends in the spring of 2001 at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm. This studio, formerly known as Metronome Studio, was the location of many recording sessions for ABBA up until 1976. According to Andersson (the "Kapellmastaren", as he calls himself in the booklet), the recording of the album was "live", which means that all the instruments (including Helen Sjoholm's vocals) were recorded at the same time, in one session. Only slight changes were made afterwards, when the album was finally mixed at Andersson's Mono Music Studios.
Various recordings from this album have also been included on film soundtracks. The film Sanger fran andra vaningen by Roy Andersson includes "Sang fran andra vaningen", "Laureen" and "Tosabiten", and the film Nu ar pappa trott igen by Marie-Louise Ekman features "Cirkus finemang" and "P.S.".
The song "Briggens blaogda blonda kapten" is a tribute to Gorel Hanser (the "blue-eyed, blonde captain", as the title puts it), who has worked together with Andersson and ABBA since the 1970s. To this day, she is responsible for the business aspects of many of Andersson's productions. One of the largest, "Briggenteater Produktion", is responsible for Andersson and Ulvaeus's three musical theatre projects Kristina fran Duvemala, Chess and Mamma Mia!.
The album's opening track, "Hardangervidda", is named after the famous Hardangervidda mountain plateau in Norway. Both vocal tracks on the album were later re-recorded with English lyrics.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Anderssons_orkester_(album))

01. Hardangervidda (04:09)
02. Snedseglarn (02:46)
03. Cirkus Finemang (04:19)
04. Var Sista Dans (04:49)
05. Briggens Blaogda Blonda Kapten (03:52)
06. Knasluvan (01:56)
07. Anitas Polska (03:17)
08. Schottis I Tyrolen (02:56)
09. Sang Fran Andra Vaningen (03:46)
10. Lauren (04:28)
11. Tosabiten (03:08)
12. Nya Manvalsen (03:06)
13. Latt Som En Sommarfjaril (03:41)
14. P.S. (01:02)

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George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca (1974)

Year: 1974 (CD 2003)
Label: EMI Records (Netherlands), 7243 5818482 2
Style: Folk Pop
Country: Assendelft, Netherlands
Time: 44:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 312 Mb

Charts: NLD #1, AUT #4, GER #1, SWE #3.
George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag", the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca" (one of the most played songs in history), and the 1985 Pan European hit "Santa Lucia by Night".
In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the band Soul Invention, a soul band that had been founded the previous year by Henk Kramer in Assendelft and played covers of songs by Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. The band consisted of Job Netten (guitar), Henk Kramer and Eric Bardoen (saxophone), Jacques Greuter (keyboard and flute), Theo Vermast and later Jan Visser (bass), and Ton Vredenburg (drums). Visser and Bouwens wrote the song "Little Greenback" [sic] in the summer of 1969. The band recorded their first album in September 1969, after which, considering this was not soul music, they changed their name to The George Baker Selection, Bouwens naming himself for a character from a detective novel. This first album, Little Green Bag (1970), produced an immediate worldwide hit: their debut single, "Little Green Bag," reached No. 16 on the Cash Box magazine chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The success came as a surprise for Baker, who remembers hearing it on the radio while he was working in a lemonade factory. The single sold over one million copies globally and received a gold disc. A string of singles and albums followed; the second single, "Dear Ann," was such a success that Baker resigned from his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. Not all band members followed suit and, besides Bouwens, the Selection from mid-1970 was formed by Jan Visser, Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter and George The [nl] (voice, guitar, bass). In March 1971 Jan Visser left the band to be replaced by Cor Veerman. Besides scoring hits with his own Selection, Baker wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One. In 1974, singer Lida Bond [nl] joined the Selection, and combining her voice with Baker's proved highly successful.
Their fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single "Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. It sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_Selection)

01. Dreamboat (04:36)
02. Rose Marie (03:04)
03. I've Been Away Too Long (04:38)
04. Sing A Song Of Love (03:28)
05. Don't Break This Heart (Of Mine) (02:48)
06. Jane (03:51)
07. Darling (04:07)
08. Love Me Like I Love You (03:54)
09. Alone (03:30)
10. Padre (03:13)
11. Paloma Blanca (03:53)
12. Some Words (03:26)

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Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969)

Year: 3 July 1969 (CD December 1991)
Label: Hannibal Records (US), HNCD 5402
Style: Folk Rock, Folk Pop
Country: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) (19 June 1948 - 25 November 1974)
Time: 41:49
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 216 Mb

Five Leaves Left was recorded between May 1968 and April 1969 at Sound Techniques in London, England. Engineer John Wood recalled that "[Drake] would track live, singing and playing along with the string section" without the use of any overdubbing. For the song "River Man", producer Joe Boyd described Drake playing on a stool in the centre of the studio while surrounded by a semi-circle of instruments. The studio's environment was also an important factor as it had multiple levels to it which enabled the creation of interesting sounds and atmospheres.[1][6]
Among his various backing musicians, Drake was accompanied by Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention and Danny Thompson of Pentangle. Robert Kirby, a friend of Drake's from Cambridge University, arranged the stringed instruments for several tracks while Harry Robinson arranged the strings for "River Man".[7] The title of the album is a reference to the old Rizla cigarette papers packet, which used to contain a printed note near the end saying "Only five leaves left".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Leaves_Left)

01. Time Has Told Me (04:28)
02. River Man (04:21)
03. Three Hours (06:16)
04. Way To Blue (03:11)
05. Day Is Done (02:29)
06. Cello Song (04:49)
07. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane (03:22)
08. Man In A Shed (03:55)
09. Fruit Tree (04:50)
10. Saturday Sun (04:04)

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