Charlie & Esdor

 

Mellotronen 2005

01 Dagen Är Över

02 Då Klagar Mine Grannar

03 It's All Over Now

04 Fuck the Cops

05 Grönt Är Skönt

06 Två Mans Bridge Blues

07 Kan Du Hitta En Väg

08 Idag Sticker Jag Bort

09 How Does It Feel To Be Without Friends

10 Dagen Är Över

This compilation brings together all the available recordings by Swedish psych/commune rock players Charlie & Esdor. Starting as a duo of Charlie Franzén and Esdor Jensen, they recorded the seminal single 'Dagen Är Över' b/w 'Då Klagar Mine Grannar' for MNW Records in September 1970.

Another session was held in November 1970, adding guitarist Lasse Summanen. 'It's All Over Now' and 'Fuck the Cops' (retitled ' Wolf's Mouth Song') were released on a coloured 7" on MNW under the name Scorpion.

Work began on an album in late November 1970 and then on in to January and February of 1971 before the band split. Tracks 5 to 8 appeared as the 'Grönt Är Skönt' E.P. in 1972.

'How Does It Feel To Be Without Friend' was recorded live 18th of August 1970 at Moderna Museeet, Stockholm. 

Live version of 'Dagen Är Över' was recorded 28th of June 1970 in Katrineholm.

Då Klagar Mina Grannar / Dagen Är Över (Paper sleeve and coloured vinyl versions.

It's All Over Now (as 'Scorpion' 1970 coloured vinyl)

Grönt Är Skönt (1972 EP)

Various Artists - Esoterica Britannica XI: 'The Ghosts of Futures Lost' (for Mark Fisher)

 

01 The Focus Group - Starry Wisdom

02 Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation V

03 Cabaret Voltaire - Ooraseal

04 Sabres Of Paradise - Bubble and Slide

05 worriedaboutsatan - Blank Tape

06 Boards Of Canada - The Devil is In the Details

07 Coil - At the Heart of it All

08 Glynis Jones - Schlum Rooli

09 Pye Corner Audio - A Non-Place

10 The Pop Group - Savage Sea

11 Cosey Fanni Tutti - Tutti

12 Aphex Twin - Kladfygbung Mischk

13 Tristram Cary - The Mutants

14 John Foxx - X-Ray Vision

15 Roj - Meditation on Nothingness

16 Burial - Nightmarket

17 Philip Jeck - NOW YOU CAN LET GO

The penultimate edition of 'Esoterica Britannica' is dedicated to writer, music critic, cultural theorist, philosopher and teacher, Mark Fisher.

13th Floor Elevators - Headstone: The Contact Sessions

 

Charly Records 2009

01 You're Gonna Miss Me

02 Tried to Hide

03 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

04 Take that Girl

05 You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

06 I'm Gonna Love You too

07 Monkey Island

08 Roller Coaster

09 Now I'm Home

10 Where Am I?

11 Fire Engine

12 You Can't Hurt Me Anymore [Take 1]

13 Fire Engine [Take 8]

14 You're Gonna Miss Me [Take 6]

15 Tried to Hide [Take 7]

16 I'm Gonna Love You too [45 rpm Single Version]

17 All Night Long [ as The Bad Seeds]

18 You're Gonna Miss Me [Vocal Track]

Early 13th Floor Elevators now. Originally released as part of the VERY limited box set 'Sign Of The 3 Eyed Men' and then as a stand alone release on the same label the following year, this is a collection of pre 'The Psychedelic Sounds of...' recordings.

The band secured a recording session with Gordon Byden to record a single in January 1966 and released debut single 'You're Gonna Miss Me' b/w 'Tried to Hide' on the hastily arranged Contact records. That single is included on this album, as well as other tracks recorded at an additional session in February 1966.

Taking advantage of the time at Andrus Studio, Houston, Texas, the band recorded an albums worth of songs.

After the release of the single, the band went on tour and were promptly signed by International Artists. These recordings were dropped as the band started to record their debut proper.

A lot of the tracks from that debut album appear here. I imagine this collection was the bands live repertoire at the time. 

A cool lo-fi alternate debut album from Texas' finest, Roky is already great.