A VARIOUS ARTISTS SPECIAL – 3 regional compilations

HOPKOK (Partille Musikförening, 1975)

Featured artists: Akropolie / Impros / Varde Ljud / Måttbandet / Medium

Swedish vocals, instrumental
International relevance: **

Released in Gothenburg suburb Partille, featuring five local acts mostly in the progressive and symphonic vein. None of them is very interesting, the best being Medium with a slight krautrock vibe and lots of guitar/organ jamming.

JORDLJUS – BEFRIA MARKEN (Jordljus, 1978)

Featured artists: Lillemor Lund / Jordbandet / Mullvadarna / Lillen och Göran / Bank I Väggen / Margareta Söderberg, Margareta Van Gilpen & Sara Söderberg / Hagamal / Christer Öhrman

Swedish vocals, spoken word, a capella

International relevance: **

This private pressing (in an edition of 1,200) was a fund raising release for Jordfonden, an association of people known as Jordfolket ('the Earth people') wanting to buy some land to set up a hippie styled agricultural commune as an alternative to the modern industrial society.

The album has a distant Arbete & Fritid connection, with Margareta Söderberg who had the ”Käringtand” album out in 1976 with them backing her up, and Lillemor Lind whose album ”Hjortronblom och kärleksört” features several Arbete & Fritid members.

”Jordljus – Befria marken” consists of mainly folk and folk rock, all of it with a homemade vibe and some of it political sounding. Most of it isn't very good, but a couple of Jordbandet's contributions are OK, and Bank I Väggen's ”Springlek” is instrumental and acoustic folk rock somewhat reminiscent of Arbete & Fritid/Anders Rosén's ”Sen dansar vi ut”.

MUSIK I TANUM -80 (Tanum Skivristningar, 1980)

Featured artists: Pertinax / Björn och Tomas / Baltix / Nibokas / Siv och Sixten / Milda Makter / Henry och Einar Hedström / Marie Stensby / Hans Fromén / Bengt och Nisse / Andrea Ehnebom / Lur-Gunnar / Bohus-Dals Dragspelsklubb / Kalle i Kalleby / Kville Kyrkokör / Maud Tretom / Ärter Och Fläsk / Märta Thorwall / Aröette Chené Wiklander / Kurt Wiklander / Johan Johansson / Backa Skola, åk 3 / Kent Andersson / Gitarrkvartetten / Sara Reimbert / Gerlesborgslägret / Jazzgruppen / Muzzle

Swedish vocals, English vocals, instrumental
International relevance: *

Released in Tanum north of Gothenburg famed for its many impressive rock carvings – more impressive than this album for sure. Only one track is interesting from a progg perspective, ”Bibbi” by mediocre symph rockers Pertinax. The rest is unexciting jazz, school bands and classical music.

From Jordljus - Befria marken:
Jordbandet - Framåt tillsammans