THE SAVAGE ROSE 184 144 (-68) GERMANY

Danish psych group started 1967 and still going strong. Never close to an international break-through, but with cult following all over the world and much appreciated among other artists. There has been many changes in style and appearence through the years yet their music is always distinguishable by the the singer Anisette's special vocal technique. Belonging to a well known Danish artist family she started recording childrens songs together with her sister Ilse-Marie as 7 y.o. and continued as solo artist from age eleven up to group was formed, including the sister and two brothers. And it seems she stayed with the idiom and vocalisation of the kid songs - the voice sounds mostly as from a grumpy or annoyed little girl. Many have tried to copy her style since - the most successful being Björk, who also acknowledged Anisette as a big inspiration. This was their debute album. All songs written by her brothers Thomas and Anders and the style is contemporary San Francisco psych, reminding of Jefferson Airplane and the loose atmosphere of the "Baxter" album. It's very well played with adventurous psych guitars and nice organ and the singing is the icing on the cake. This was the first I heard from them and it remains my favorite of all the things they done. Here it's still a group effort, later on you more get the impression of Anisette with support. Recorded on four channels it's close and intimate and the vocals mostly cool and controlled. If you fancy early J.A. you'll be sure to like this. Pressed in Germany for domestic and Scandinavian markets. Don't know much about different issues, but I guess this is early with fully laminated cover and flat label. (SCÄ*)(FÄV*)(ÖGÄ*) (GÖXÄ*) (SÄWÖ*)