A sampler probably most interesting for collectors of obscure Scandinavian groups, but may also do it for the openminded international punk fan. Cause even if the title promise "Swedish Pop", most of it is punk rock and reggae with aims far from any mellow pop scene. Both The Push songs are reggae sung in English, the rest with Swedish lyrics. The band Noise were a couple of 13-14 year old:s here doing two up-tempo punk numbers imbued by rattling guitars, hard working drums and a pleasantly disturbing organ - https://youtu.be/D0WAC7ntS7s . Torsson's two songs describes life in their home town in a kind of grey realistic way. The most outstanding track would be Kriminella Gitarrer (Criminal Guitars) and their "Knugen Skuk" - eng. translation would be "The King Scock" (you figure it out) - showing on a big interest for a certain royal organ. In all there's nothing embellished or glamorous here. The prosaic lyrics, the simple melodies and right-on recordings may be percieved as uninteresting for the average pop fan, but to me that's what makes this compilation special. Snap-shots of Sweden in the seventies, recorded with a minimum of production or other exterior meddling and thus for better or worse 100% honest. To my knowledge this Swedish vinyl was the only issue, with some copies on a yellow/black label. Both variations in identical thin matt covers. (SÄM*) (SCÄ*) (CCÖ*) (ÖGÄ*)
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