THE LOST RECORDINGS
Through the years thereīs been a few projects and bands for us
that never really got off the ground.
Iīd like to take this opportunity to share some of them with you.
Recordings , Live gigs, whatever that i think deserves to be heard
And if youīre interested, download and enjoy.
Before we called ourselves Wasa Express there was Klara Express.The usual suspects plus
Bjarne Roupe and Ulf Adaker from EGBA and a VERY young Nils Landgren.
Just in from Degerfors to the big city of Stockholm.
We never released a record but we did some recordings at Decibel studios in 1975.
And here they are for your enjoyment ! Download or stream here
Klara Express 1975
Swahili vibes
Slonimsky
Akes fantomriff
Farbror Sven
Klara Express
here's a couple of tracks from my american Fusion friend Greg Waters
A bit on the smooth side and very nice.
And if you're from North Carolina you MUST support your local guitar hero don't you !
Listen, spread the word, and give Greg the success he deserve !
Visit the Greg Waters
site.
stream the songs Here or download below.
Greg Waters
Getaway
O so good
The Journey
Uptown
On top of the world in New York City 1983.Or WTC to be more specific.
When Wasa took a long vacation in 1979 our guitar player Cary moved to New York and
tried to make a career.Among the things he did was a project called AVALANCHE in 1983.
Me on drums and Ellen Shaw did the vocals.That way i got to visit Electric ladyland studios
And also Deodatos studios located in New York.
Enjoy the results here.Itīs a bit Americanized from what we did with Wasa in Sweden.
But thatīs only natural i guess !
Avalanche 1983
You better get it right
Donīt let go
I want you
And then it was time for the "hair bands" of the 80's.
Quite an achivement for me since i didn't have hair, even back then
But a nice cap took care of my bald patch and i was ready to go.
BEDLAM, was the name of the band, but it had nothing to do with Cozy's merry men.
I guess we just didn't have much imagination.
We released a couple of records that didn't set the charts aflame
And the album we recorded never got a release, our label filed for bankrupcy after
just a few releases.And there we were , out in the cold again.
I think some tracks still holds up though.So if you have a soft spot for 80īs
hard rock, give it a try. You've got nothing to lose. Except some bandwidth.
BEDLAM 1986
Stream HERE
Going crazy, going wild
Lovebound train
Dancing fool
Gotta getaway
Sad and lonely
Sensurround
Take it to the top
You turn me on
1983 was also when the very first hip hop was made in Sweden.
"Donīt stop" by The Per Cussion All Stars.The guy doing the rapping and breakdancing was
a New Yorker by the name of Grandmaster Funk.
And the reason he was in Scandinavia was a swedish girl naturally !
Noone really knew what this new rap thing was about except Mr. Funk and Per himself.
But we did our best mixing this new thing with funk and world beats.
Got a live tape from one of the gigs for you here.I think we did OK !
Download or listen while you browse. Just click here for streaming sound.
Per Cussion All Stars Live 1983
Suite no. 1
Suite no. 2
Suite no. 3
Suite no. 4
Going back a LOOOOONG time now !
This is a live recording from the legendary Bullerbyn in Stockholm in 1976.
Janne Schaffer, guitar. Mads Vinding, bass. Harald Svensson, keyboard.Bertil Lofgren,trumpet
and yours truly at the drums ! Ake eriksson !
Live at Bullerbyn 1976
Streaming sound here or download underneath.
My next door neighbour was a progger! Yeah, who could have known that beneath the gentle
surface of Ulf bejerstrand there was a brutal bass player lurking.
You might be familiar with the keyboard player on this gem of a track.
Anders Helmersson, the guy who gave the world the "End of illusion" album in 1981.
This is an earlier recording.A demo for the album that didnīt make it.
I think itīs even better than whatīs on it.And that says a lot.
Stream Here or download below
Anders Helmersson
Hereīs a group that never saw the light of day. On record anyway.
We did have a couple of gigs though
Samba and bossa nova Scandinavian style is that possible ?
Well it didnīt come out sounding like Astrud Gilberto or Jobim
How could it !
This is more like the Swedish bossa queens of the 60īs.
Sylvia Vrethammar and Lill Lindfors.
There was even a Sylvia tribute on the repertoire.
Sylvia come home !
Since she had left us for the greener pastures of Germany and Bert Kaempfert.
I think thereīs some nice original songs in there.
Dig in to Bossa Rio in one swell streaming sweep here
Or download one by one
BOSSA RIO
I morgon ar det mandag
Dansa samba med mig
Sylvia come home
Hor min samba
Globetrotter
Copacabana
ABC of love
Ticke tack
Rummet
Teresa
Resa
And how about a detective medley for a bonus !