Saturday, August 2, 2025

GRASSROOTS – Grassroots (Hit-Records Of Sweden, 1981)


 Swedish vocals, English vocals
International relevance: **

Seemingly entirely unknown local release from Landskrona in the Skåne county by an equally unknown eight-piece who only had this one LP out on a shortlived regional label. Singer, guitarist and songwriter Hans Greebach (sometimes Grebach) did some production work in the area and also released a solo single in 1983. The other guitarist and songwriter Sven Kikukel also played on B.L.Magnell's ”Idyllen” some years earlier, and it might be him firing off all those great, heavy leads on ”Grassroots”.

Half of the album is funky rock and has a vibe similar to several American mid/late 70s solo artist private pressings while the other half is decent reggae. It wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a Peps Persson involvement because of it, but the album is actually produced by Hans Greebach, Sven Kikukel and his brother Woffe. Being just a 4-track recording, the production is quite impressive. Although the songs are decent without being excellent, it's the warm sound I enjoy most about the album.

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