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Was digging through my dad's record collection, and found this one from his college-dj days. This is written on the back of the sleeve: "A few years ago one began to hear from Scandinavia of a brilliant organist, BO HANSSON. He formed that rarity, a rock duo, with a fellow Swede, Janne Karlsson. The two toured regularly from '67 through '69, and released three albums, now something of collectors' pieces. Few British musicians of the time were unaware of them; Jimi Hendrix not only jammed regularly with them, but invited them to tour with his Experience. Bo split to concentrate on writing. Professor Tolkien's trilogy fascinated him, reached deep into his remote and rather other-worldly nature. The music thus inspired was recorded on a portable eight-track, in a rented house on an island off Stockholm. It is very much Hansson's album: Apart from the writing, he plays organ, guitar, Moog Synthesizer, and bass. Helping are Rune Carlsson (drums), Gunnar Bergsten (saxophone), Sten Bergman (flute), and a few anonymous 'friends'. A quick look on discogs.com revealed that this was Hansson's first album. Are there any Hansson fans here? I'm enjoying this album immensely. Unfortunately, the copy in my possession has been played many times, so it pops fairly frequently, but I'm in the process of ripping to my computer via USB turntable if anyone's interested. If you might want to hear it, post here and I'll upload it when it's ready. |
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mmbop |
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I suppose I should have seen that coming :p |
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no problems,mate |
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I misread the discogs page, it wasn't his first album. According to discogs, it was his second, not including the three albums he apparently released as a rock duo from '67-'69, which aren't listed. |
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Give me my Bo Hansson, now! |
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Sorry for the poor audio quality. I'm considering getting a better cartridge for this turntable, if I do I'll rip it again and re-upload. Here it is for the meantime. |
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'Looking forward to hearing this, thanks! |
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also there's one point where my cat bumped the platter somewhere on Side Two, but it's only a moment's slowdown. fricken cats. :) |
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no problem, mate. I hope you enjoy it! |
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I've heard one of his albums and it kicked ass. |
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my colleage was raving about this very album only a few weeks ago. he is in his forties. i told him i would check it out but i havent yet. |
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My friend's dad had this, we used to listen to it all the time as Hot Teens, I loved it, I played my taped copy of it to death. Oddly enough I only recently aquired it again (via p2p) to listen to again, and it's as fresh and funky as it ever was. I put a couple of tracks in an "ambient" mix I was doing in response to Darkpromenade's thread the other day, but I never posted the mix. Sorry, I don't know what that's got to do with anything. I remember freaking when I realised that Mantegna's was on the cover. Hey, art students. |
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"Attic Thoughts" is the other album he had of his, but I recall it being less impressive, but maybe I should seek it out. I realise the version I've downloaded has an extra track at the end "Early sketches from Middle Earth" which is ... like an Autechre style rehash of some of the album's tracks. Ohhhh. |
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That "early sketches" track sounds awesome. Was it something Bo himself did, or a tribute by another artist? |
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Oh no no, it's The Bo, sorry, it's just exactly what it says in the title, just alternate versions of a couple of the tracks not wildly dissimilar to the normal album version, that's what I meant by saying Autechre and their Quaristice reworks, it's not glitched up Bo with fucked up ambient Hansson, though it's an idea. |
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Not that you were suggesting that anyway. God I've drunk too much coffee and I feel really sick. Back on topic. Bo Hansson! Needs a revival. Starting from this very thread. |
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Oh I see, thank you for clearing that up. It probably sounds a hell of a lot better than the album rip I just did. :] |
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He is awesome, every one of his albums is a goodie-bag full of yummy, bite-sized chunks of prog. I loved that era. |
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hello sir, would you mind posting the mix which includes the Bo Hansson tracks? I'd like to hear it, if you please. :) |
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How kind of you to indulge a silly old fool. Why, if it isn't up here at . I'm no mixer by no means, though it's not so hard with AMBIENT. I tried to do a tracklisting then got sad as some tracks I can't place and that's a sign that my memory is going. Though I can tell you there is Bo Hansson (...), The Advisory Cricle, in fact a fair sprinkling of acts from the Ghost Box label, and .... a lot of stuff you doubtless know already, |
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thanks much Zephyr Twin |
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Excellent, thanks!! Listening now, I see you chose to start the 'gig' off with some Bo... Nice choice! :) |
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no worries Mo, hope you enjoy the album as I do. |
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it's in the right place at the right time |
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Just finished the set, and I have to say, that was one of the best I've ever heard from a Zilty member! Every song was to my tastes. Putting this bad boy on for play #2 as we speak. Thanks again! |
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uhm.. d/l |
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Hi again, would you be able to tell me the name of the track which begins at roughly 31:50 in the mix? It's as though the composer of that track sneaked into my brain to find out what arrangement of notes I would want to hear today. simply lovely. |
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Well I'm delighted that we share similar tastes in AMBIENT, the paticular track you're after fortunately I do recall and is "Through the tubes" by Miles Tilmann from the very good |
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I can't thank you enough, I need to get my hands on that album. Speaking of albums, I was able to find Bo's "Music Inspired by Watership Down" in good condition. I'll need to get the USB turntable (I only use for ripping vinyls to mp3 since I have a better record player for listening) from the closet, but I'd be happy to upload it as I did the other if you're in need. I'll be ripping it at some point for my own mp3 collection, but I'll expedite the process if you're interested. |
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Need to get some of this fella's stuff.. very interesting |
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tis just lovely, thanks for sharing SDM! ace thread =) |
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More Bo, wooah, I'd certainly be keen for that, if you do get a chance to move it from vinyl to computer, by sheer force of will if needs be, then that'd be ace, thanks. And thanks mohamed for your thanks, thanks all round, group thanks. |
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Ok, well, I've got side A ripped and ready to go... but for reasons unbeknownst to me, Side B is producing some serious static.. I bought a cheap USB turntable, so it's probably the turntable causing static buildup for some reason. The strange thing is, this Bo album is the first one I've ripped that has this problem. A quick google search revealed that there are some other programs I can use to do the ripping, which should, at least, reveal whether the problem is with the software or the hardware. I'll try to get it working but at worst, you'll be able to hear Side A. The static on Side B is so bad that it makes that portion of the album hardly listenable. :( |
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Using a new program, I've been able to get further along Side B with no static, so I think it might just be working. Should have the album uploaded within half an hour for those who are interested. |
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*patiently waiting* |
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Alright, I've got Side B ripped and converted to 320kbps mp3, but the new program I'm using is so much better than the old (more and better options, better 'preamp') that I've decided to re-rip Side A so that both sides sound the same. Thanks for being patient. :) |
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Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by Watership Down I couldn't figure out the ID tag feature on the ripping software, so here's a track list in case you want to listen in chronological order: (Side A) 1) Born of the Gentle South (16:21) 2) Allegro For a Rescue (1:18) (Side B) 1) Legend and Light (3:42) 2) Trial and Adversity (4:05) 3) The Twice-Victory (8:07) 4) The Kingdom Brightly Smiles (1:20) This album finds us a bit differently than the previous "Music Inspired by..." album. It has more of a psychedelic rock feel than its predecessor, but it definitely has that Bo touch. I quite like it, and hopefully all of you will as well! |
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The coolest of beans! Many thanks for your perseverance and dedication to the cause, the cause of Spreading the Bo. |
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I'm delighted that technology has given us the opportunity to share old vinyl releases with one another on the net. My one regret is that, according to discogs.com, there aren't any other "Music Inspired by..." records to hunt down. Bo has released other music I have yet to hear, so I've still got something left to pine for. :p |
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*Bo ignorantly* i must say that checking out Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings first make it easier to recognize to feel of the artist in this second rip, i've been listening to some italian psy rock with high level of originality so i find this more like a departure from his original sound, that makes more justice to the artist. however, i'm pretty enjoying it and thanks again for sharing the wealth. ps check out if you have time |
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I'm glad you're enjoying it. You're right of course, this album definitely stands on its own without being derivative of the "...lord of the rings" album. I love the moody reggae feel in some of the songs. I'm actually glad that the software I had been using started acting up and causing static, otherwise I would never have found the program Amadeus which rips audio from vinyls much cleaner and louder, not to mention gives me the option to make them better quality MP3's than I could before. I might have to re-rip the first one to see how much better it sounds. Thanks for the link to the Italian group. I'm downloading the album as we speak and will check it out today. cheers! |
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actually i loved the pops in the first rip! |
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Well, my copy of "...Lord of the Rings" has been played countless times, so the vinyl itself is causing most of that noise... I was just worried that the since I used the old software for that album, that its volume level would be really low. If I were to re-rip it, it would still have all the clicks and pops, I think, it would just be louder and have fuller tone. I think. :) |
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neat! |
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I found while browsing eBay. It's one of Bo's earliest albums, from his rock duo days with Janne Karlsson. If the price wasn't exorbitant, I'd be inclined to bid. In fact, I am dying to hear what it sounds like, I just can't afford it. It does make paying $30 for a copy of his Attic Thoughts LP seem more reasonable, though. |
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two hundred bucks lol |
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I guess you can't blame the seller for knowing what he/she has. Shit, the album's so rare that discogs.com doesn't have any info on it! I'd pay $200 if the money went directly to Bo and helped pull him out of musical retirement, but that's about it. |
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Cheers for the Watership Bo, just listened to that bad boy this morning, and already today is charged with progish hues. I loved the vinyl effect, I did a double-take looking for my old turntable.. GOOD JOB, thanks. |
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