Here’s a little treat for Paul from Girls from Tahiti as I think it’s pretty high up on his want list, and for a good reason as well. The a-side Med Dig is a TOTAL smasher, and one of my favourite Swedish pop songs. I know I’ve said the same thing about quite a few records already, but I’m very generous that way. I like music, unlike The Mad.

I’ve actually done some research on this band, and according to the band members I’ve spoken to, it was pressed in 1000 copies, which makes it even weirder that it is so hard to find. The band won a pop contest and got to do this record, and after it was released they toured Sweden quite a lot, or at least so much that they thought it was worth the money to get a tour bus. None the less, the band and this 7″ is more or less totally unknown in Sweden (and I assume in collector circles as well). I’ve been in contact with people in Norrkoping who lived there when the band was still around, but none of them had ever heard of them before. My guess is that they played school dances, discos etc and sold the records to an audience who had little or nothing to do with the punk/ power pop movement, and that those copies are now either thrown away, or left in boxes with junk in basements and attics.

The b-side is well played and early 80′s radio friendly reggae influenced pop in the same vein as Gyllene Tider and The Police. Not my kind of music, but at least the song is long enough for Peter to dig it.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Husaren/ Para
Format: 7″
Songs:
Med dig.mp3
Bara for att hjalpa varann.mp3

There´s over 100 records in the posting queue. I just have to spit ém out even though I don´t have much to write. It´s still summer so it calls for more power *plopp* before the silly autumn comes and all the shitty punk records starts to drop in. The Welsh Really 3rds with their fantastic Everyday, Everyway as heard on Powerpearls #1 and not so fantastic and pointless instrumental Daptapper. Guess all the comments and appreciation will pop up on facebook and not here ha ha.

Country: UK
Year: 1981
Label: The Really 3rds
Format: 7″
Songs:
Everyday, Everyway.mp3
Daptapper.mp3

Jag är tillbaka, så säg, har ni saknat mig?

Minx were never the toughest band around, but they were still charming as hell, just like me. The band came from Eskilstuna and was one of the last records Swedish author, collector, playboy and Rovsvett fan Peter Jandreus had to track down when he was doing the final editing for the Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk. If you meet him, make sure to ask him how much he had to pay for his copy. It’s always a good thing to have a conversation about.

I can’t come up with anything interesting to write, but at least I’m back in business again, and I know I’ve been missed!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Image
Format: 7″
Songs:
Overgivna tarar.mp3
Racing.mp3

This might be the perfect 7inch for me cause it brings together the best of two worlds which actually was just kind of one world back you know when. I’m Not Funny is a surprisingly megaduperfantastic snotty punk hit that should’ve been on one of the KBD comps but might’ve not been “discovered” back then by Mr. Kugelberg? BUT it should’ve been included on the deleted “Hooked on Junk” which reminds me that I once again can push for Tony’s not so frequently-updated-site-but-when-he-does-he-delivers-like-no-one-else Punk Business Manager: http://punkbusinessmanager.com/2009/08/07/hooked-on-junk-unreleased-lp.aspx. So one world is Punk and the other world is of course Powerpop. Girls In Magazines is flawless: hooks, check, great lyrics about anarchy and war, nope, ok then it must be great.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
I’m Not Funny.mp3
Girls In Magazines.mp3

This Umea band (who chared one member with Anders Angest) started out under the amusing mokier Varm Tarm who then became The Samst before they changed their name to Dagen D and released this power popper in 1981 before they dissapeared into obscurity. It seems like this one was quite unknown outside of Sweden until a few months ago when copies started to pop up on Ebay, and if you’re like me and like this shit, make sure to keep an eye open for it as it’s still moderately priced.

The singer might have listened to Thastrom from Ebba Gron a bit too much, as a lot of bands did in the early 80′s, but I don’t really mind as both songs shows some fine song writing in the veins of Docent Dod. The cover shot shows the drummer Mats getting some extra attention from a cute bouncer during an Ebba Gron show, and it was mainly the cover that made me wanna get this 7″ in the first place. Top notch!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Fest
Format: 7″
Songs:
Mitt kompani.mp3

Fel.mp3