For more on the band check post on their debute - "Made In Sweden (With Love)". That and the follow-up - "Snakes In A Hole" - both recorded 1968-69 on home turf, were early prog trials. Openly built with fair shares of impromptu in a more or less garage atmosphere making it easy to connect. With this third they went to England for recordings at Olympic and Pye studios. And they were in very good hands. Album produced and partly arranged by Tony Reeves, who'd earlier played with John Mayall and at the time just got out of Colosseum. The rest of arrangements made by British jazz musician Neil Ardley and the Olympic studio recordings engineered by George Chkiantz - the audio man behind a large number of classic albums by acts as Hawkwind, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Savoy Brown, Small Faces, Ten Years After and more. And this do come out tighter and seemingly more prepared than their earlier LP:s. The songs are more finite, the vocals notable and some of the arrangements further embellished. But within all that I get the same bold set-up as before - odd chord and rhythm structures, sudden theme changes and expert guitars by Georg "Jojje" Wadenius. Personally I find it easier to get all in in a garage milieu where I can be closer to the actual recordings and feel the studio atmosphere. In comparison this is more of a product, wrapped in a studio-made safety net, but so well done I'm floored anyway. Favorite tracks - "Winter's A Bummer" and "Roundabout" - both combining melodic and diverse. Early seventies issues also in Spain (Discophon SC 2124), Japan - as "Made In England/Scandinavia Sound Ahead" - (Sonet UPS-502-N) and UK - as "Mad River" - (Sonet SNTF 621). UK 2009 CD on Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC 2169). Premiere Swedish had label as shown here, thick unflexible vinyl and laminated fold/out cover. (SCÄ*) (CCÖ*) (SÖNÄ*)
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