Reply With QuoteHmmm...apart from Secret Service and Army Of Lovers I don't recall any of these. I suppose I should though, since we're practically neighbors :roll:
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Army of lovers and Anki Bagger has been mention recently
but does anyone remember or have knownledge in 80`s artists like Style,Shanghai,Lili/Sussie,Trixie,Paul Rein,Fingerprintz,Stop,
Bodyheat,Glen Spove,Secret Service and Rex?
A few have made it in other countries!
What`s your favourite?
/Kjelle
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Hmmm...apart from Secret Service and Army Of Lovers I don't recall any of these. I suppose I should though, since we're practically neighbors :roll:
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The group Fingerprintz who had the album "Beat Noir" are Swedish?! Just looked at the credits and it looks like a UK outfit to me.
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Hi Bernie!
Maybe there`s two groups with the same name?
The swedish Fingerprints had a couple of hits back in the 80`s!
/Kjelle
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Fingerprints or Fingerprintz? The latter was a UK act, somewhere between rock and new wave, who were signed to Virgin around '79 - '80. They did 2 albums but had no major hits.
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hI Kjelle
I know that I will surprise you but "hunger" by Carola is great song.I also like "stay here the night","flash in the night'by Secret Service
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I have bought a SECRET SERVICE LP from fellow forum member CHARLIE. Its called CUTTIN CORNERS.. 8)Originally Written by georgeb
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Great album Cutting corners!
I think i still have that Aux deux magots album somewhere maybe willing to sell it?
That even goes for 12"Yesica and Do it(Great pop/disco!)
About Fingeprints(not with Z)!! they release Time is all
we need and Make my day on 12"(i still have Make..) and
the 7"Dont you wanna get to know me(Still have)
Dont forget French Revolution and Lights from fantasia!
I`ll soon sell the album on the forum
About Carola-Hunger.That was an surprise but i think she
made it for the dancefloor
She won the eurovision song contest man years ago with
a song called främling
Very very big hit in sweden!
Still have the 7" Brand new heart for sale!
/Kjelle
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Me again, with my Eurovision anorak head on...
Sorry, Carola didn't win Eurovision in 1983 with "Framling", she came 2nd...but she DID win in 1991 with "Captured By A Love Storm"...both good songs though!!! :D
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Sorry i dont mean the big one(eurovison song contest)
/Kjelle
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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Can I confess here that I really love Clabbe's grandiose "An Evening In Paris (Decadancing)"?
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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.
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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?
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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...
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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
Indie Release [Level 4]
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
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hi kjelle
for me 1) africa by shanghai
2)donna rouge by fake
3)lady o by paul rein
4) flash in the night by secret service
thise is great swedish disco tracks.
ciao
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came across this Freestyle video for Nattens Dockor from 1980 on youtube, love this tune, English version was called Something Special. This must be a rare video! I wish vocals were better though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2YYbWIHuLw
also a very pleasant discovery for me was Factory - Efter plugget, great early 80s synthesizer aor record makes me want to dance :icon_mrgreen:
YouTube - Factory - Efter Plugget
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What a nice discovery! I took a fancy to both of them instantly. Especially the first one sounds like Sandra to me. She was and is very popular in Japan, and the Euro Dance, what we call ''Eurobeat,'' with catchy synth riffs, including Swedish ones, were so often played at disco here back in the mid to late 80s, as I clearly remember. Thanks for the posting.
I think the CDs and records including the two tunes are worth looking for, but seem rare and hard-to-find.
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Candy love - Lilli and Sussie...
all these years later and it still gives me goosebumps.. plus lots of great memories of the POWERHOUSE in Brum.. Funky Duncan on the decks.. (usually at least 3 + a cd version of the SL1200) The Sadistic Sisters on the lights...
oh.. and Andy Farley in stripey socks and Cullottes.
(sorry andy)
You make me wonder as you're passing by...
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Do you remember Lasse Holm's Cannelloni Macaroni from 1986 ? Jesus, what a fine and melodious track that was !
"Pescatore Vesuvio
La Busola Bombay
A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
Vad ni frestar mig
Siciliana al tonne
Vegetariano
A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
Jag far aldrig nog"
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