Swedish vocals, spoken word
International relevance: *
Musikgruppen RAA began in 1973 and disbanded ten years later after a plentiful of shows in Sweden and abroad. They did reunite in the early 90's however and is still active. During their first lifetime, they also released two albums on the bizarre label Piglet, the epononymous album in 1980, and ”Briggen Salta Anna” in the following year.
”Briggen Salta Anna” is a story
album about the brig of the album title, full of short songs, the
shortest being only 22 seconds. It reveals two fundamental things
about Musikgruppen RAA: their love for children's music
their love for UK folk in general
and The Incredible String Band in particular. (The reformed RAA released a full ISB tribute
album in 2010.) What makes ”Briggen Salta Anna” a hard listen
though are the many spoken bits that carry the story. It sounds more
like a radio play for kids than an album to actually listen to. And the proper musical
portions are nowhere as good as the British/Scottish counterparts
that so greatly influenced them. The album is a curiousity at best,
and adds to Piglet being one of the weirdest record labels.
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