Saturday, October 25, 2008

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "Japan Tour 2007"

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One more goodie from the Trees, Grass and Stone collective. Three live tracks from their Japanese tour with Acid Mothers Temple. Still sounding good over 30 years later.

Japan Tour 2007

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "Mors Mors"

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Another live album recorded on tour in Sweden and Denmark 1972. A good counterpart to Djungelns Lag from the previous year.

Mors Mors

Also check out Rock för kropp och själ over at mutant sounds.
This was their second studio album and also their last before splitting up.


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Rock för kropp och själ

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "Djungelns Lag"

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This is definitely the Swedish collectives finest moment. Recorded live on tour in Sweden and Norway in the summer and fall of 1971.

Djungelns Lag

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With their trance-evoking mix of psychedelic blues-rock and folk music, Träd, Gräs & Stenar played a central roll in the development of progressive rock in Scandinavia in the early '70s. They were also one of the biggest, and best-sounding, examples of the idea that the audience should participate in the music. Träd, Gräs & Stenar was formed in 1969 by Gartz, Abelli, Ericsson, and Persson, remnants of International Harvester, and released a self-titled debut album in 1970. That same year they wrote the music for the film Du Gamla Du Fria but remained mainly a live band. Not only did they perform better live than on record -- they even had a program that pointed out live interaction with the audience as the main purpose. Träd, Gräs & Stenar stood for a union of art with politics and artists with the audience. Practically that resulted in concerts were the audience took part in the music, as can be heard on Spela Själv. This was also one of the ideas behind the illegal festivals at Gärdet that the band initiated. Guitarist Sjöholm joined in 1970 and the first few years of the decade came to be very productive for Träd, Gräs & Stenar. They toured throughout Scandinavia, took part in various festivals, events, and protests, and released the live LPs Djungelns Lag and Mors Mors in 1971 and 1972, both having grave sound problems. The studio album Rock För Kropp Och Själ with its 20 minute-long title track, was released in 1972. Feeling less and less support for their idea of an organic art anarchism and reportedly also having problems with the police because of the amount of drugs at their concerts, they decided to disband the band later the same year.

-allmusicguide

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "Gärdet 12.6.1970"

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The Gardet festivals were the Swedish equivalent to Woodstock, an outdoor gathering of underground bands and other counterculture freaks. Recorded live at the first Gardet festival in June of 1970 and not released until 26 years later as part of Subliminal Sounds' Swedish Underground Archive Series. Killer album.

Gärdet 12.6.1970

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "S/T"

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debut album from these Scandinavian psych rockers. good stuff. very cool. will be posting more of their records. enjoy. rock & roll for body & soul.

Träd, Gräs och Stenar "S/T"



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Roy Montgomery "Temple IV"

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great record. highly recommended.

from the liner notes:
"This album is inspired by my visit to Tikal in the Northern Gualtemalan rain forest. Along with a couple of travelers I spent the night on Temple IV (after the customary bribe to the park guides). Not much sleep or physical comfort but a lot of "being." I was helped by the fact that my camera, which I thought had film in it...didn't. More importantly, however, Temple IV reflects my attempt to come to terms with the death of the woman with whom i lived and loved for several years; it is dedicated to Joanna."

Temple IV



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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Roy Montgomery "Inroads"

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great album by new zealand guitarist roy montgomery.
great collection of singles, comps and unreleased.

part 1

part 2