Marie Fredriksson’s 2014 live concert at Cirkus, Stockholm to be released on double LP

In 2014, Marie Fredriksson embarked on her final tour, performing her own Swedish songs. This record features her major hits such as Sparvöga, Ett hus vid havet, Den bästa dagen, Ännu doftar kärlek, Tro, among others, along with some then-newly written songs like Ett bord i solen. Marie herself explained to the audience that she wrote this song after receiving her cancer diagnosis. The tour travelled across the country, and the stop at Cirkus in Stockholm on 8th April was recorded. Now, the entire 18-track concert is available on this double vinyl, a direct capture of that unforgettable evening at the legendary Cirkus in Stockholm. It’s intimate, authentic, and filled with an overwhelming sense of giving everything to her audience.

This year marks ten years since the concert took place and five years since Marie passed away. This release is dedicated to remembering and honouring one of our greatest female artists of all time, Marie Fredriksson.

The record is a beautiful 180-gram double vinyl in a gatefold edition, with a total run of 1,000 copies. Release date of Live från Cirkus (2LP) is 6th December. Pre-order at Bengans!

Tracklist

Side A

  1. Så stilla så långsamt
  2. Kom vila hos mig
  3. Bara för en dag
  4. Det regnar igen
  5. Sista sommarens vals

Side B

  1. Ber bara en gång
  2. Sparvöga
  3. Ett hus vid havet
  4. Ett bord i solen
  5. Så skimrande var aldrig havet

Side C

  1. Ännu doftar kärlek
  2. Så länge det lyser mittemot
  3. Om du såg mig nu
  4. Efter stormen

Side D

  1. Den sjunde vågen
  2. Mellan sommar och höst
  3. Den bästa dagen
  4. Tro

Per Gessle’s long-awaited duet album is out!

Per Gessle’s new album, Sällskapssjuk is released today.

Tracklist

1. Hoppas
2. Henry väntar på en chans
3. Plåster (feat. Amanda Ginsburg)
4. Jag är regnet (feat. Lisa Miskovsky)
5. Nyper mig i armen (feat. Albin Lee Meldau)
6. Hjärtats vackraste rum (feat. Helena Josefsson)
7. Det tar den tid det tar
8. Beredd (feat. Molly Hammar)
9. Har på känn (feat. Uno Svenningsson)
10. Ingen kan som du (feat. Helena Josefsson)
11. Sällskapssjuk (feat. Lena Philipsson)
12. Ingen annan
13. Utan din humor (feat. Helena Josefsson)

Besides streaming (Spotify, Deezer, YouTube, etc.), there are different physical formats and exclusive additions you can order at Bengans:

  • Bengans-exclusive oxblood red vinyl
  • Black vinyl
  • Black vinyl + signed card
  • CD
  • CD + signed card
  • Bundle incl. Bengans-exclusive oxblood red vinyl LP + the 4 singles on 7″ vinyl + signed card

Per to RoxBlog about the songs that were not released as singles from the album and the recording team:

It became quite a warm and cozy record. The dogs (Emmylou, Tingeling and Baloo) belong to Anna Lindmarker who’s a famous TV-personality in Sweden. She’s a friend of Fredrik Etoall. I thought a dog would be the perfect spice for the albumtitle and she had three of them!!!!!

Working with two amazing local Halmstad musicians, “Gicken” Johansson + Magnus Helgessson, really helped me getting some new blood into my system. And good ole Ola Gustafsson became the main guitarist sharing lap steel duties with “Gicken”. Ola’s truly amazing. I’ve done several recordings with him after this album and he’s mindblowing!

When I started the sessions in March 2022 I didn’t have the duet-idea at all. I just sang the songs myself, sometimes Helena came up to the studio to try things out. Most recordings started with me on acoustic guitar and MP on mandolin to get the vibe I was looking for. Then I did piano and bits and pieces myself before moving into the Sweetspot Studio with “Gicken” + Magnus. Ola did his parts in Stockholm.

The first songs we recorded were two old ones from the mid 80’s; “Ingen annan” + “Hoppas” together with “Utan din humor” which I wrote with Linnea Henriksson back in 2018. The wonderful melody in the verses comes from her! That triggered me to finish the song.

“Har på känn” also has music from 2018. And “Henry väntar på en chans” is, of course, “Break Another Heart” from Gyllene Tider from 1984. “Det tar den tid det tar” was written in 2015.

I guess 70% of the recordings were done in 2022. The idea of making duets didn’t come until in the spring of 2023 when most songs were done. So I had to change keys on some of them to fit the other singers voices and remake them partly in the studio. However, the last songs I wrote were written as duets to begin with; “Hjärtats vackraste rum” + “Jag är regnet” + “Nyper mig i armen”.

All in all, I’m very pleased with the result. My singing partners definitely made a difference and helped improve the songs from my point of view. And Gicken + Magnus + Ola + MP = a dream team.

Hoppas was called Jag hoppas att du finner as a demo recorded on 7th June 1984. In March 2022 Per said:

It’s another song written for the “Scener”-album. I’ve always liked this one. Unfinished lyrics. That’s probably why it was left out in the cold.

Here you can listen to Gyllene Tider’s Break Another Heart from The Heartland Café album (1984) that has become Henry väntar på en chans on this album.

The demo to Ingen kan som du was recorded on 17th February 1984 and it was released on The Per Gessle Archives – På väg – Demos 1982-86. PG recorded another demo on 28th May 2003 and released it on The Per Gessle Archives – Demos & Other Fun Stuff! Vol. 3. Here you can listen to the song with Marie’s vocals. Lyrics were written by Per, music was written by Marie + Per.

Ingen annan was recorded as a demo on 9th March 1984. In March 2022 Per said:

It’s a pretty cool song in 6/8-beat. Forgot about this one. Thanks for bringing it up. I might use it some day.

And he kept his word! Haha.

Photos by Fredrik Etoall

Sleeve and tracklist of Per Gessle’s new album revealed

Per Gessle’s new album, Sällskapssjuk is released on 25th October. The sleeve and the tracklist – this way all the duet partners as well – got revealed in the press release of the fourth single, Plåster today.

The upcoming album was recorded in Halmstad and, as the title indicates, it mostly consists of duets with a number of brilliant singers.

Tracklist

1. Hoppas
2. Henry väntar på en chans
3. Plåster (feat. Amanda Ginsburg)
4. Jag är regnet (feat. Lisa Miskovsky)
5. Nyper mig i armen (feat. Albin Lee Meldau)
6. Hjärtats vackraste rum (feat. Helena Josefsson)
7. Det tar den tid det tar
8. Beredd (feat. Molly Hammar)
9. Har på känn (feat. Uno Svenningsson)
10. Ingen kan som du (feat. Helena Josefsson)
11. Sällskapssjuk (feat. Lena Philipsson)
12. Ingen annan
13. Utan din humor (feat. Helena Josefsson)

On the sleeve you can see Emmylou, Tingeling, Baloo and Per Gessle. The dogs belong to Anna Lindmarker, Swedish TV personality, former news anchor on TV4.

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

Pre-order the album at Bengans! The different formats and exclusive additions you can order:

  • Bengans-exclusive oxblood red vinyl
  • Black vinyl
  • Black vinyl + signed card
  • CD
  • CD + signed card
  • Bundle incl. Bengans-exclusive oxblood red vinyl LP + the 4 singles on 7″ vinyl + signed card

 

 

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Amanda Ginsburg is out!

Per Gessle has released a new duet, Plåster from his upcoming album as the fourth single. The single contains two songs:

Side A
Plåster

Side B
Jupiter Calling (2024)

Listen to it on any streaming platform HERE and don’t forget to order the physical copy, a 7″ vinyl at Bengans! (B side HERE!)

The video to Plåster premieres at 9 am CET on 4th October.

Per says:

I have already released three singles from the album, duets with Molly Hammar, Lena Philipsson and Albin Lee Meldau. Now it’s time for another duet, this time together with one of my favorite Swedish singers, Amanda Ginsburg. I have admired Amanda for several years, both through her outstanding concerts and records, and was extremely happy when she agreed to sing on “Plåster”, a key song on my new album. Amanda has a wonderful voice to sink into and it fits the “Plåster” message perfectly.

Amanda says:

Being invited into Per’s music has been an enormous joy and honor all the way through! What a star! For me, “Plåster” is a reminder of the power of words and to dare to say both the small and the big kind words. We always need them, but perhaps now more than ever.

Per to RoxBlog:

Amanda’s certainly got an amazing voice. So happy she wanted to sing along.  “Plåster” is, for me, the standout track on the new album. It’s not very commercial nor radio friendly, but it’s a very special composition and I do love the way it turned out. Ola G played some fab guitars on this one. And I love the brass section.

“Jupiter Calling” is part of all the recordings I did with MP + Micke Syd way back in 1995. I’ve added new backing vocals and fixed one line in the lyrics. Otherwise it’s still how it was recorded with a new mix by MP. He surprises me sometimes with new mixes of old analogue stuff. “So many songs, so much time” is the MP way of living these days.

That one change in Jupiter Calling (2024) is “the batteries ran out” instead of “the batteries were down”.

 

Plåster

Om du hade suttit intill
Och jag kunde gjort vad jag vill
Så hade jag berättat för dig
Vad du betyder för mig
Jag vet att
Ord kan vara så små
Och göra skada ändå
Men mina är starka som stål
Och blir plåster på dina sår
Mjukt på dina sår

Om du hade suttit bredvid
Det hade knappt tagit någon tid
Innan vi skrattat i kör
Åt världen som bor utanför
Jag vet att
Ord kan skapa magi
Men också ställa till krig
Mina är harmlösa barn
Inga frågor som kräver svar
Du får allt du vill ha

Ord kan bygga magi
Mirakel fyrverkeri
Jag hoppas de går att förstå
Och blir plåster på dina sår
Mjukt på dina sår

De blir plåster
På dina sår
På dina sår

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, February + March + April 2023 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, March 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot)
Mixed by Mats Persson + Per Gessle at T&A, Halmstad, May 2023

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + piano + vocals
Amanda Ginsburg: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: electric guitar + slide guitar + mandolin + dobro
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel + dobro
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Mats Persson: mandolin + synths + dobro
Per Thornberg: tenor saxophone + baritone saxophone

 

Jupiter Calling (2024)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, 3rd August 1995 + 31st July 2024

Engineer: Mats Persson
Mixed by Mats Persson at T&A, Halmstad, August 2024

Per Gessle: electric guitar + acoustic guitar + piano + synth + vocals
Micke Syd Andersson: drums
Mats Persson: electric guitar + electric bass

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

Jupiter Calling (2024) got its own digital sleeve so that this song doesn’t pop up on the duet partner’s page as well.

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Albin Lee Meldau is out!

Per Gessle has released a new duet, Nyper mig i armen from his upcoming album as the third single. The single contains three songs:

Side A
Nyper mig i armen

Side B
72 (MP Remix 2024)
Varje gång (T&A demo 1986)

Listen to it on any streaming platform HERE and don’t forget to order the physical copy (out on 20th August), 7″ vinyl at Bengans!

The video to Nyper mig i armen premieres at 9 am CEST on 16th August.

Per says:

“Nyper mig i armen” is one of nine duets that are included on my new album “Sällskapssjuk” which will be released in October. I’ve always been weak for duets. It’s always fascinating to observe how a song and the lyrics change both meaning and feeling when several people sing it.

Albin Lee Meldau has a particularly personal voice, so when I wrote “Nyper mig i armen” last Christmas, I immediately thought of him. There’s a sort of Swedish country troubadour character in there in Albin who could be right in the middle of my happy little song with violin intro and all! He didn’t disappoint me. He is a lovely person and now a good friend with magical vocal cords.

Albin Lee continues:

When I was asked to sing on Per’s song, I thought it was a joke at first and am very happy that it was a real question! I liked “Nyper mig i armen” immediately when I heard it. It’s a wonderfully sunny and country-smelling song. Per is a fantastic songwriter and artist, but above all he is a very nice person who I am very happy to have gotten to know.

 

Nyper mig i armen

Hon satt nöjd i sin stol
På en terrass där man bojkottar sol
Hon kunde lika gärna låtsats som det regnar

Och hur jag blev intressant
Har jag funderat på på min kant
Det måste finnas vassare val där hon hör hemma

Ett ögonkast och sen
Är jag van att dörren slås igen
Men nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen
Det pratas lite grann
Sen lämnar man varann
Nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen

Och ibland när hon ler
När hon inte vet att jag ser
Då svävar jag, det känns som jag kan flyga

Ett ögonkast och sen
Är jag van att dörren slås igen
Men nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen
Det pratas lite grann
Sen lämnar man varann
Nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen

Jag får nypa mig i armen

Words & music: Per Gessle (25th+27th December 2023, Halmstad)
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, December 2023 + January + February 2024 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, December 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + organ + hand clap + vocals
Albin Lee Meldau: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: acoustic guitar + electric guitar
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel + dobro
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Staffan Karlsson: harp
Mats Persson: mandolin
Adam Sass: trumpet + flugelhorn
Malin-My Wall: violin
Clarence Öfwerman: piano

 

72 (MP Remix 2024)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, July 2002

Engineer: Mats Persson
Remix by Mats Persson at T&A, Halmstad, March 2024

Per Gessle: keyboards + vocals
Mats Persson: electric guitar + keyboards + bass + programming
Jimmy Monell: programming

72 was released on Gyllene Tider’s Finn 5 fel! album in 2004.

 

Varje gång (T&A demo 1986)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, 4th December 1986

Engineer: Mats Persson
Mixed by Mats Persson + Per Gessle at T&A, Halmstad

Per Gessle: keyboards + vocals
Mats Persson: electric guitar + keyboards + bass + programming

Varje gång was released by Anna (Anna-Carin Borgström) in 1987 and by Wizex also in 1987.

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

72  and Varje gång get their own digital sleeve so that these songs don’t pop up on the duet partner’s page as well.