Browse by Artist: HANSSON, BO

Artist:	HANSSON, BO
Title:	Sagan Om Ringen
Label:	SILENCE (SWEDEN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	SRSCD 3600CD

Silence back catalog finally available again! Reissue of what was the first ever release on Silence, initially issued in 1970. This was also the first Bo Hansson album, the Swedish legend known to be one of the earliest to place "space music". Produced as a tribute to the Tolkien trilogy, this is stunning instrumental psychedelic music, with plush atmospherics -- Don't Fear The Hobbit! This version is the original Swedish titled version, with one bonus track ("Tidiga skisser Från Midgård"); there is also an English-titled version with different bonus tracks. This is a digitally remastered issue from 2001. Performed by: Bo Hansson (Organs, guitar, moog, bass), Rune Carlsson (drums, congas), Gunnar Bergsten (saxophone), Sten Bergman (flute). "Lord of the Rings was released late in the fall of 1970 and became an immediate success. Bo himself was in the midst of a very creative period, new melodies were constantly popping up in his head, so when Lord of the Rings finally got released in other countries there were already three more tracks added compared to the first Swedish issue. In the encyclopedia Guide to Progressive Rock, Bo Hansson is mentioned with reverence and respect. He is the first to play 'space music', he is a precursor to the French prog-celebrities Gong and English Henry Cow, and contemporary style-formers as Genesis and Yes. Bo Hansson is an innovator in the most noble sense of the word."

Artist:	HANSSON, BO
Title:	Ur Trollkarlens Hatt
Label:	SILENCE (SWEDEN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	SRSCD 3615CD

2002 remastered version with extensive (Swedish-only!?) liner notes of the 2nd Bo Hansson album. More elevating and plush psychedelics, ala Lord Of The Rings. With 2 bonus tracks. "By 1972, as his first album was being promoted worldwide to critical acclaim, Hansson had already recorded his second album titled, Magician's Hat or Ur Trollkarlens Hatt (in Swedish). This time round all recordings were at Studio Decibel, Stockholm with the services of Lind, Carlsson, Bergman and Bergsten retained from the Lord Of The Rings album. More importantly, the sound was further augmented with the introduction of a guitarist (Kenny Håkansson).

Artist:	HANSSON, BO
Title:	Mellnväsen
Label:	SILENCE (SWEDEN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	SRSCD 3625CD

"Hansson's third album, which according to many music aficionados was his strongest in musical terms, was released in 1973 as Mellnväsen on the Silence Records label; later issued with the English title Attic Thoughts. Much of the album was recorded at Hansson's home which had become virtually a studio with much of the same line-up of musicians/friends who had played on Magician's Hat. With this album Hansson confirmed his maturity as a musical composer, managing to slowly build upon his body of works without losing that feeling of a fairy-tale atmosphere, his trademark sound which was essentially laid down on his debut album."

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