Swedish disco artists

[gunbuck]

I know Lili & Sussie from your list, I have the 12" for "We Were Only Dancing" which is pretty cute. They look like they've spent a bit too much time in the sunshine on the cover though!

[Kjelle]

Good one that`s for sure but i think Oh mama(us mix) is better!
Oh mama is for sale if anyone is interested!!
I agree i think they spend most of the time(in the 80`s)in the
sun and try to look as good as possible
Lili is spending most of her time taking care of hurted animals
during the last years!

/Kjelle

[Noman]

I know most of them (and that's nothing I'm proud of)

Paul Rein - Sex, I hate that record.

S.T.O.P - Don't stop (is OK), Kool Katt (is terrible) (I think it was written for a Christer Sandelin "post Style" musical project.

Sandelin/Ekman was writing/producing a lot of dance and pop records for a lot of new swedish artists the years after their great commercial success with the group Style /Freestyle.

Secret Service was huge in Europe.

I'll add a few and see if someone heard of them:

C Sandelin did a decent cover of "Automatic Lover" under the name "Wish"

Savannah-Keep on Lovin me (-79/80) was very "disco" It was a minor hit in Germany.

[Kjelle]

Hi Noman!

Sorry that you dont like the swedish 80`s to much!
I think there is some records worth mention
In fact i still have keep on loving you on 7"
Still think it`s a good one!
What do you think about Visitores and So what?

/Kjelle

[JussiK]

Can I confess here that I really love Clabbe's grandiose "An Evening In Paris (Decadancing)"?

[Noman]

I like "Keep on Lovin.." apart from the silly accent

I will go through my case of "early 80's Swedish singles" on the next rainy day and see if I come up with something I think is worth mentioning.

[InvisibleMan]

Oh, I just LOVE Swedish Disco and also melodic AOR from 80's
Of course there is Europe and Roxette.... they made it in US
But my fave is Secret Service...... SUPER band with 4 great LP's in the late 70's and 80's... tons of great songs and disco/aor melodies

I also LOVE Secret service productions (Norell/oson and later Bard).... Lili and Susie (3 Great English albums) and Ankie Bagger (2 Great English albums).

Also Troll - I only heard Jimmy dean by them... super Disco /Pop

Style - Daylight Robbery and Question of time are great 80's Disco/AOR albums,,, great melodies

Of course Paul Rein... 3 Great LP's...... I guess he was a Teen Idol who produced and wrote all his stuff himself..... This guy had some American R&B style and some italo... but he did it way better than even Geroge Michael himself with those smooth melodies.... this is the kind of artist I would not be ashamed to call my teen idol.

Fake - great Synthpop/italo... sadly never released on CD.. I have some mp3s of Forgs in spain, Wartm Ice....great stuff!

Also Trance Dance - I have 2 great albums by them dancing in the Shadows and A Ho Ho... super catchy synthesixzer Pop-Rock... like Roxette meets Alphaville... reminiscent of Cure too

Also Visitors - I have CD-R of Attention, and Good guys gonna win. Their original Two and Attention CD'S are very hard to find at a decent price.

Go- not sure, I think they are Norwegian, but Voices of Our fantasy is on swedish Sonet label.. sound a bit like A-Ha

Erika - I have Cold Winter night... been meaning to also buy In the arms of a stranger,,, great melodic rock with synths

Tone Norum - I have One of a Kind... great AOR from Joey Tempest

Treat - maybe even better than Europe, I have Dreamhunter and Organized Crime... top-notch Melodic rock

There is also Shanghai, Curacao, Pernilla wahlgren, Shane, Lena Philipsson... I am not too familira with these. They all had English songs.

My Question: Did Freestyle have an English Version of their LP, or was there only an English version of their Fantasi single?

[InvisibleMan]

Found this on the internet
Short Low quality mp3, but Great Swedish Disco/New wave and italo:

Shanghai - Ballerina
http://www.discoland.ru/italo/shanghai.mp3

complete with cute nostalgic lyrics too

In a dusty little town not far away
A girl is dancing by the fire every day
It's a secret
She's hiding in the shadows of the night

On the dancefloor like a candle in the dark
She pulled the strings
That caused so many broken hearts Ballerina
You only reach the passion if you fight

Ballerina if you're blinded by the light
Don't never ever cut the line between us
Ballerina you're fire in the night
You're name will shine forever Ballerina

All alone she's making moves by candlelight
To the echoes of a song all dressed in white
She's an angel
Or just another stranger in the night

Ballerina...

[Kjelle]

Agree about Shanghai really good stuff back in the eighties
they did lots of good songs like Ballerina,Skattjakt and Vild natt
I have some good swedish euro disco from the 80`s left on
12"/7" and album if someone is interested.
Just let me know!

/Kjelle

[Kjelle]

Hi Invisible man!

Glad that you mention Trance dance i think i nearly have
all of 12" releases they did and some great albums including
a remixed one!
Also given credits for artists like Tone Norum,Erika,Fake,Fingerprints,Trixie,Paul Rein and of course
Freestyle/Style,Secret Service and many more!
Still have some records with these artists!

/Kjelle