EUROVISION GALA/29 WINNERS - 29 WORLDSUCCESSES 2488 834/5 (-81) MONO SCANDINAVIA

Not a big fan of what the Eurovision Song Contest has become last three decades or so. My delight for it stays with the earlier years and now mostly because of the memories I have from watching it with family and friends. Through the sixties Sweden only had one TV channel and ESC was one of the highlights of the year. This 2-LP charity sampler, issued in association with Red Cross, carries all those early winners. Not the actual live takes, but recordings made in the same mode at the same time, so almost there. Much for me to reminisce by here - Jaqueline Boyer "Tom Pillibi", Isabelle Aubret "Un Premiere Amour", Grethe & Jörgen Ingmann "Dansevise", Lulu "Boom Bang A Bang" and Sandie Shaw "Puppet On A String". But most important I get my all time ESC favorite recorded close to the fact - the 1965 winner France Gall with "Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son". Missing some of the dynamics from the live performance, there brought by the full orchestra supported by prominent thunderous drumming   https://monolover.blogspot.com/2021/05/france-gallpoupee-de-cire-poupee-de-son.html  , but close enough. Getting all sixties winners in a row works great with me, enabling a joyous trip down memory lane. As far as I can hear all cuts are mono. The early ones with all certainty true, while some of the later may be more or less folded. Originally released all over Europe and in Israel. Also on cassette, but not CD. Premiere Scandinavian had label as shown here and laminated fold-out cover. (SÄM*) (FÄV*) (GZÅ*)(CCÖ*)