Omar were a
four-piece from Värnamo in the Småland region who released one sole 12” on private label Lucas in 1978. But they taped a lot more,
although much of it was live recordings, rehearsals and demos,
eventually released on streaming-only compilations. ”Omars Greatest
Hit... And 14 more” contains the full 12” thus including their
best song ”The Love That Once Bled”. The rest is what standard rock music of little personality.
Their ”greatest hit” was apparently ”Värnamo, Värnamo”
about their hometown, here featured in a live version. There are no
recording dates given, but judging by the style and sound, a little
more than half of the material is from 1982 or earlier. The assumably later songs is similar to what Ulf Lundell did in the mid-80s.
Covering the same period but with entirely
different songs. Sound quality varies heavily from terrible to decent
but the style is similar to ”Omars Greatest Hit” only with fewer
songs in the 1986 style. Best track is ”Kärlek bränns” but it's
still too undistinguished to make an impression.
Again in the streaming-only format, this four-track live EP has only two songs within the blog's time frame and one of them was already on ”Live, Demos & Studio”. ”Om dom bara visste” was on ”Live, Demos & Studio” but in a different version, but it still sounds like most of their usual pedestrian repertoire.
Swedish vocals
International relevance: *
Two versions of the same song, the live one also being on ”Omars Greatest Hit”. Not a good song to begin with, and the rehearsal take hardly makes it any better. Probably only of interest to the friends of the band and others living in Värnamo hating the town as much as Omar did.
Several other
releases of later Omar material exist, also only for streaming.
Omars Greatest Hit... And 14 More full album playlist (Spotify)
Live, Demos & Studio 1978-1986 full album playlist (Spotify)
Live 1982 & 1984 full EP playlist (Spotify)
Värnamo, Värnamo full single playlist (Spotify)
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