KEN LEVY AND THE PHANTOMS/ROCK'N'ROLL CLP 104 (-73) MONO SWEDEN

 British rock'n'roll band existing between 1960-69. After failing to make success on home turf they moved to Sweden early sixties and became popular in Scandinavia, there releasing three LP:s and seventeen 45:s. They also worked as supporting act for bands touring Scandinavia in the sixties, e.g. The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Searchers. It seems that all through the sixties they kept playing old style rock'n'roll, as it was made in the fifties and early sixties, sometimes with a garage rock feeling, but with little trace of later popular genres. Simple, right on and quite refreshing for tired ears that's been tuned in to every genre change since then. No hidden agenda - this is what you came for and this is what you get. It takes me back to less troubled times and makes me feel if not younger so at least partly revitalized. To pick a favourite track it must be "Ten Green Bottles", which is a rock'n'roll version of the old nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Spider". This copy is a re-issue of a 1964 release on Nashville label. Never seen that so I can't compare, but every track here seems to be original mono mixes and the audio is superb. This and the original were Scandinavian only and never showed up on any other format, but most of the cuts can be found on the German 2001 CD "Best Of Ken Levy And The Phantoms" (Rock-In-Beat-Records RB 022). The re-press had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover.  (CCÖ*)  (BRBÄ*)