Swedish vocals, other languages, instrumental, a cappella
International relevance: -
Vastly ignorable late era album on obscure label Kulturföreningen Källan which as far as I know only had one 7” in their catalogue outside of this Tomas Forssell produced LP. Thores Trio weren't particularly prolific on record either – they're featured on two various artists EP's on Manifest. Which is not to say they didn't have a long history because they did. As a matter of fact, they're most likely the longest running band ever to be featured on this blog.
Starting out in the tiny Northern town of Båtskärsnäs in 1933 (!) as Thor-Allans Trio, they changed their name to Thores Trio in 1936. Originally specializing in foxtrot, tango and various Swedish dance types, they stayed true to their style until the very end in 1996 when original member and accordeonist and fiddler Tore Allan Nilsson passed away at the age of 82. Singer Nanna Helin and her husband bass player Erik continued playing as a duo afterwards.
They might seem like an unlikely band to be embraced by the
progressive movement, but as self-confessed communists, their
politically charged lyrics with a strong local connection fell in
well with the progg alumni. The Swedish version of Hanns Eisler's
”Einheitsfrontlied” speaks volumes, less so the puzzling inclusion of German schlager "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön".
This album's probably charming to the
immediate family, a limited number of the remaining 200 inhabitants
of Båtskärsnäs, or Tomas Forssell completists, but assumably of
very little interest to anyone else.
"Thores Trio" was re-released with a slightly altered cover in 2021.
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