Friday, July 4, 2025

MICHAEL, SALT & PEPPER – Live At Alexandra's (Blueberry, 1970) / THE BLOOM GREEN GROUP – Discoteque (Haparanda, 1971)


 English vocals, instrumental
International relevance: **

A largely insignificant group sounding a bit like a power horn rock version of Made In Sweden. Their first album was recorded live and is pretty vital if unnecessary consisting of all covers such as ”By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, ”Eleanor Rigby”, and a ”Hair” medley of ”Aquarius” and ”Let The Sunshine In”. I have to say though that their take on ”Try (Just A Little Bit Harder” is pretty powerful with some stinging solo guitar.

They re-emerged the following year under the moniker The Bloom Green Group, with some tracks from their debuted re-recorded in studio. The Made In Sweden vibe is stronger here, largely due to what might be Mats Westman from the first album – the album cover has no musicians listed. It does however have a massively cheap looking front that was changed for the digital reissue.

The group also had two 45s out and undertook a Mexican tour in 1971.

Live At Alexandra's full album playlist
Discoteque full album playlist

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