International relevance: ***
Originally released in the UK and Germany but not in Sweden, this is basically a continuation of ”Vänspel” minus Stefan Nilsson on piano, leaving Jukka Tolonen and Coste Apetra to their acoustic guitars (with Apetrea doubling on bouzouki). Give Tolonen and Apetrea free reign and you know it will be a circle jerk. They can't resist the flamenco moves by way of Paco de Lucia, and the whole album ends up right where you expected: in self-gratifying finger acrobatics where fretboard technique is mistaken for substance. Painful.
Another 35 minute show-off recorded live in 1982 was released as CD+DVD as "In Concert" in 2015, available digitally for purchase and for streaming..
Touch Wood full album playlist (reversed order)
In Concert full album playlist
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