After Ola & Janglers split at the end of the sixties Ola Håkansson started a new combo with a dance band agenda - "Ola Frukt & Flingor" - issuing a couple of LP:s before breaking up 1976. This Ola & Janglers come-back album was actually made by members of OF&F with addition of Claes af Geijerstam from the original O&J setting. It failed to sell and the trial disintegrated eventually. However three years later, due to some success as domestic contendants to the European Song Contest, OF&F was revived under a new name - "Ola + 3". One of the songs they recorded for a new Swedish album was "Oh Susie". After some time it became a smasher on the dance floors in Stockholm and a desicion was made to re-record it with English lyrics and release it as a single using a more catchy band name - "Secret Service". The new version eventually turned into an international blockbuster, topping the lists in twenynine countries. I really like Ola & Janglers sixties stuff, this album not so much. A mix of covers and self-penned songs in various styles - disco, raggae, rock and dance band - most of the cuts with for the time typical dance friendly arrangements. Ola Håkansson is always recognizable and the slow numbers work OK, but there are no hits and I miss some kind of sincerity. Important as a transition album though and with that context I reckon it'll also fit any Secret Service collection. Never released on CD. Don't know of any other issues but this Swedish on vinyl. It came with label as shown here and matt cover with picture/lyric inner. (ÖJÅX*) (SCÄ*)(CCÖ*)
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