This is the 3rd album from Arbete Och Fritid (Work And Sparetime). The band was formed in Uppsala in 1969 and played, as on this album, a mix of styles but always rooted in swedish folkmusic. Many songs are in fact pure folk music. They were mixing folk, jazz, rock and avantgarde and also folk music from many other european countries making the band a interesting and popular at the time. Bosse Skoglund and Tord Bengtsson were new in the band from the last album. Live they did not play songs, just blocks of music who could last for an hour, nor had they decided in forehand what to play. Surely an unique band but I have some difficulties in enjoying the messy and monotone kind of folk music they played.

Trumpetist and percussionist Torsten Eckerman died in 2013.

1)Gånglåt efter Lejsme Per Larsson, Malung (7,0)

2)Elazig-dans (2,0)

3)The european way (4,5)

4)Slavvals (2,0)

5)Halling efter Ulrik Jensestuen, Valdres (3,0)

6)Nidälven (2,0)

7)Petrokemi det kan man inte bada i (3,5)

8)Dagen lider (6,0)

9)Pols efter Steffen Henningsgård, Brekken (4,0)

10)Vägen till Nyvla (5,0)

Score: 3,90

Ove Karlsson-vocals, guitars, bass and cello
Tord Bengtsson-bass (b.1950)

Bosse Skoglund-drums (b.1936)

Torsten Eckerman-trumpet and percussion (1945-2013)

Roland Keijser-saxophone, clarinet, organ and flute (b.1944)

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