I think it’s about time for another mod jewel, and unlike Parkas Pop, this one is really hard to resist. Surprisingly fast and tough, and Janne was not only Swedens mod answer to Mike Watt when it came to brilliant and inovative basslines, but also an incredibly skilled song writer.

The well dressed boys had quite a career both in Sweden and abroad and did an even better second 7″ called Ready for the 80′s (that I know Peter will post here someday) before they sealed a major deal and did an LP on Parlaphone. Basicly everything the band did is well worth picking up including some wonderful smashers on various compilations. Pick up your wallet and search for them before they get even more pricey.

PS. Take a good look at the third guy from left. He’s doing the pose that makes you look like your mom ate too many Thalidomide pills while she was expecting… DS.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
The year of today.mp3
Got to have pop.mp3
When the time comes.mp3
Say yes.mp3

Quiet Men were yet another Gavle band, but thankfully they didn’t think horrible punk “music” was enough, so they added two reggae songs to their first E.P. After this release the band shortened their name to Quiet and kept the reggae groove on a bunch of 7inches.

The bass player, Sonny, might be familiar as he played with P.F. Commando as well, and Christer who played drums on this E.P. returned the favour by playing drums on a bunch of songs on the Manipulerade Mongon LP. What a nice gesture! Later on Christer played with Lolita Pop whos first 7″ is worth a post as it’s a new wave killer!

As you might remember from a post way back in time, the singer from City Kent used to sing with his dick out, which might sound pretty cool, but the keyboard player in this band took his genitalia to a higher level as he used it instead of his hands.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Quiet
Format: 7″
Songs:
Jonny on the spot.mp3
No one.mp3
By the time.mp3
Mongoloid.mp3

Many times I feel a bit sad when I’m posting a classic. When it’s posted it’s like gone…Like a giving birth to a child or when it’s leaving home. Living it’s own life on the web clueless about all the bad people who’s going to alter it’s original format, removing tags, changing bitrates and what not to cover up its origin. There’s nothing to do and the most important thing is that people gets to hear these forgotten classics. Of course The Carpets has been on immortalized on KBD #19 with Kill Hirb Cane. Who’s Hirb Cane by the way? Googling gives me nothing. A killer song indeed but there’s another gem here: Fast One. Border on Hardcore in 1979 seems more common then I thought. The flip yields no HIT but I’m very fond of Not Coy which is pretty much saved by Hanwards voice. Well when I think it about the same goes for Okey Dokey. A damned solid EP! Also released under the name of The Conservaties with a sleeve that seems to be even rare then this version. Anyone have this and are able to do me a scan?

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
Kill Hirb Cane.mp3
Fast One.mp3
Not Coy.mp3
Okey Dokey.mp3

Second effort from Swedens Lognhalsmottagningen. As most of you know this is Martins aka The Faintest Ideas // Drummers band. What I like most about these cats is Martins voice and brilliant lyrics ,where he tries to cram in as many words as possible, that unfortunately will escape most of the visitors on the blog. Three originals and a cover of Young Identities-Positive Thinking coupled with brilliant lyrics. The sound is raw which suits the songs fine but why oh why use distortion on the vocals? It never sounds raw or tuff in case the singer doesn’t have a raw voice. It’s just as simple as that. It would sound much better if Martins voice came through naturally since it’s snotty on it’s own. Anyway this is a record for all you retro fans though Lognhals doesn’t sound like a particular old band and don’t fall into the trap of mimicking an old sleeve cover. Get it from Local Cross.

Country: Sweden
Year: 2010
Label: Local Cross
Format: 7″
Songs:
Lumpet trick.mp3
Positivt tankande.mp3
Nya lognhalsar.mp3
Jehovas fittor.mp3

Back of my Hand: Simply one of the best Elvis Costello songs Costello didn´t write. Trivia: this is the more rare Dutch sleeve variation.

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Island
Format: 7″
Songs:
Back Of My Hand.mp3
Single Vision.mp3