ABBA the albums presents...Sweden's Beatles! ABBA
the albums and John Bernhardt present...a complete Hep Stars DISCOGRAPHY
Benny Andersson & THE HEP STARS (also a Svenne & Lotta discography!)
ALBUMS REVIEWED ON THIS PAGE...
INTRODUCTION and Hep stars singles
WE AND OUR CADILLAC 1965 Available on Swedish Cd
The Heps Stars -HEP STARS ON STAGE-1965 Available on Swedish CD
The Hep Stars -The Hep Stars 1966 Available on Swedish CD
The Hep Stars- Malaika and .... 1968 Reel to Reel Tape...\
Svenne Hedlund-Svenne Sings Elvis 1970 Swedish Lp.
The Hep Stars -Jul Med Hep Stars 1967 Swedish Lp
The Hep Stars-It's Been a Long Long Time 1968 Japanese Cd
Hep Stars -Songs We Sang '68 1968 Available on Swedish CD.
The Hep Stars-Pa Svenska 1969 Swedish lp
Hep Stars- How It All Started 1970 Swedish Lp
Hep Stars-Basta 1970 Swedish Lp
Svenne Hedlund-Svenne Sings Elvis 1970 Swedish Lp
Svenne & Lotta: Compromise 1970 Swedish Lp
*Hep Stars -Hep Stars Again 1970 SWedish Lp
Hep Stars- California Maiden 1971 Swedish Lp
Svenne & Lotta: Tillsammans 1971 Swedish Lp
Hep Stars- SVENNE & LOTTA MED HEP STARS 1966-1968" 1973 swedish lp
Svenne & Lotta-Oldies but Goodies 1973 Swedish LP out of print
HEP STARS BÄSTA DEL 1" (EMI.s Stjärnserie Vol. 13) 1974 Swedish Lp
Svenne & Lotta 2 1975 Swedish Lp Out of print
Svenne & Lotta-Letters 1976 Swedish Lp out of print
Svenne & Lotta-20 Golden Hits 1977 Swedish Lp out of print
The Gummibandet/ Hep stars era
Svenne & Lotta- Bring it on home-1978 Swedish Lp out of print
HEP STARS -BÄSTA 2" 1978 Swedish Lp
Svenne & Lotta-Rolls-Royce 1980 Swedish Lp Out of print
Svenne & Lotta- Det är en härlig feeling 1980 Swedish Lp out of print..
****The Hep Stars-Hep Stars 1964-1969 Re. 1983 Available on Swedish Cd.
Hep Stars -ACT II Out of print Swedish album 1989
*Hep Stars & Svenne and Lotta-Fran Cadillac to Rolls Royce 1991 Available on Swedish Cd
***Hep Stars-Nastan Bara PA Svenska -1992 Swedish CD
***Hep Stars-Basta 1990 Released on Swedish Cd.
**Hep Stars-
Juke Box Hits 1995 Swedish Cd
***Hep Stars- The Collection August 2001 swedish cd
**Svenne & Lotta - Tio Gyllene År 1973-1983 Swedish CD Early 2002
Hep Stars-KLASSIKER -2002 Available on Swedish Cd
****HEP STARS- Cadillac Madness - 40 Years * 40 Hits * 1964-2004 Swedish CD MArch 2004
HEP STARS-Someday Someone 2004 Bonus CD Available AS part of CADILLAC MADNESS
BOOK
New Svenne Solo album review follows at bottom.
Benny Andersson's time with THE HEP STARS (1964-1969)
Benny Andersson was born in Stockholm on December 16, 1946. He began his recording
career as a member of the Hep Stars in October 1964.
Although he did sing as a backing vocalist , Benny has always
been first and foremost a keyboardist.
What Benny did with the Hep Stars was play keyboards,write songs, and sing background
vocals. Benny played with Hep Stars till mid- 1969. In late 1969 Benny started working regularly with Björn Ulvaeus .(SEE
Björn & BENNY).
The Hep Stars sang a majority of their songs in English. They also recorded
in Swedish and German.Their early material was straight out rock and roll but their later work is more middle of the road.
The Hep Stars lead singer ,the very capable Svenne Hedlund was equally good at ballads and rock and roll numbers. Most of
Benny's work with THE HEP STARS
is preserved on Swedish CD. Generally it's Benny's songwriting
that makes the Hep Stars of interest to us today. Benny was a good songwriter even in
the 1960's , though the lyrics for his Hep Stars songs (written by him or other Swedes) are usually preety bad.
For some reason, even serious ABBA fans tend to ignore the music of the Hep Stars
even
though they were the most commercially successful of the various acts that were progenitors of ABBA.
The Post Benny Andersson Hep Stars
The Hep Stars continued on at various
times, and in various lineups, as you will see in this discgraphy, but Andersson never played with them, and they recorded
little of interest after Benny left. in 1969, Svenne and Lotta Hedlund also left the Hep Stars in 1969, but they have reunited
with the Hep Stars a few times....,but mainly have worked as duo since 1969. Svenne put out a new solo CD called
, Svenne Hedlund-Svenne Sings Elvis In Memphis on March 24, 2010.
| WHAT TO GET FIRST : THE HEP STARS BEST |
| Studio album-The Hep Stars (1966) |
| compilation album-HEP STARS- Cadillac Madness
- 40 Years * 40 Hits * 1964-2004 |
| |
Hep Stars SINGLES 1964-1969 with highest Svenkstoppen chart position
if any... |
| 1964 |
Kana Kapila/I Got A Woman |
| 1965 |
A Tribute To Buddy Holly/Bird Dog #5
Summertime Blues/If You Need Me
Farmer John/ Donna #1
Cadillac/Mashed Potatoes #1
Bald Headed Woman/Lonesome Town
No Response/ Rented Tuxedo #2
So Mystifying/ Young And Beautiful
#5
Should I/ I'll Never Quite Get Over
You #2 |
| 1966 |
Sunny Girl/ Hawaii #1
Wedding/When My Blue Moon Turns To
Gold Again#1
I natt Jag Dromde/Jag Vet #2
Consolation /Dont #1 |
| 1967 |
Malaika/It's Nice To Be Back Again #1
Christmas on My Mind/Jingle Bells
Mot okänt land/Nagonting Har Hant #1
She Will Love You/ Like You Used To Do#7 |
| 1968 |
It's Been A Long Long Time/Musty dusty #14
Det Finns En Stad/sagan Om Lilla Sofi #4
Let it Be Me (studio vers.)/Groovy Summertime #4(studio vers.)
I Sagans Land/Tanda PA Varaan #3 |
| 1969 |
Holiday For Clowns/Flower in My Garden
Speleman/Precis Som all Andra #10
Speedy Gonzales/Är det inte kärlek/ säg? #2 |
The list above lists, all of the Hep Stars singles released prior to when Svenne, Lotta and Benny left the
group in the mid 1969... The tracks in red were studio album tracks released as singles. The tracks in blue were not found
on the Hep Stars studio albums at time. of release. Though, the first major Hep Stars compilation-PA SVENSKA released in 1969
featured 10 of the tracks found on the Hep Stars singles. All of the A and B sides on the singles were compiled over time
and all are now available on CD...The best place to get most of these singles is on the HEP STARS-
Cadillac Madness - 40 Years * 40 Hits * 1964-2004 2CD set.
The Hep Stars-WE AND OUR CADILLAC Swedish Lp October 1965 Available on Swedish Cd Released on Swedish CD 1996
That's Caddy-lack!
Benny Andersson joined the Hep Stars in October 1964 .They had made just
one single ( "Kana Kapila") with their first organist , Hasse Ostlund prior to Benny's joining. On, This, their debut album
, the Hep Stars would feature Svenne Hedlund on Lead Vocals, Janne Frisk on Guitar and backing Vocals ,Benny on Keyboards,
Christer Pettersson on drums and Lelle Hegland on Bass. The group's early recordings are more group efforts - Benny and Svenne
do not dominate the group as much as on the later records.
The group hit it big in Sweden right after Benny joined. A raucus Who-like TV debut would help
the group top Sweden's charts with" Farmer John", "Cadillac",and "Bald Headed Woman" and hit the top five with "Tribute to
Buddy Holly". All of the these can be found on the CD version of this, the Hep Stars first album.Most of the songs on this
album are covers of American and English rock songs.
"Cadillac" is a powerful recording and "Bald Headed Woman" shows what Benny can do with a Hammond
Organ. . This album also features Benny's first composition; a Kinks like rocker (with bad lyrics), called "No Response".
"No Response" was supposedly the last song recorded for the album. This album was released by EMI-Sweden's Olga label,
Orginal album- Cadillac, Be my baby, That's when your heartaches begin, Send me some lovin',
Young and beautiful, Rockin' love, No response, I'll never quite get over you, Sweet little sixteen, Oh! Carol, Then she (he)
kissed me, Bald headed woman
CD Bonus tracks: Kana Kapila, I got a woman, A tribute to Buddy Holly, Bird dog, If you need
me, Summertime blues, Farmer John, Donna
The Heps Stars -HEP STARS ON STAGE- Late 1965 Available on Swedish CD 1996
KRILLE! JANNE! LELLE! BENNY! SVENNE!-THE HEP STAARS! That's how this album starts.
A very Swedish
announcer pronounces all the
Hep Stars names with same ending syllable, (Krill-lee was the nickname of the Heps' drummer
-Christian Peterson. )
ON STAGE is a highly vigorous live album recorded on the Swedish folk park circuit in the summer
of 1965. The early Hep Stars were not known for restraint on stage. The fan screaming on here is not manufactured and it's
not totally without justification. The early Hep Stars were good showman . This album is more exciting
than ABBA's live
album, albeit, with far worse sound, material and musicianship.
Most of the material played here are covers -a limitation which would drive Benny to write
material for the group. Benny mainly plays electric organ here.
At one point Svenne asks the Swedish audience to "Clap
Your Hands" but he does it in English,
as if saying such things in Swedish wouldn't be cool. The finale "whole Lot-Ta
Shak-In Goin On" iis typcial of thr tracks -hyper, excited if not overly expert playing on this track Krille's drums are featured
heavily , and lots of Hammond organ...
All the recent CD reissues of Hep Stars albums include non album A and B sides
as bonus
tracks. The bonus tracks here include "So Mystifying" (the Kinks song), the single
version of "Cadillac" and" Should I"
(originally by Chad and Jeremy) ." Should I" blindsides with a blistering organ solo at 1:33. Although
this is a good live album, it is of less interest to ABBA fans simply because
there is only one song written by Benny here.
TRACK LISTING
1. Cadillac
2. What'd I Say
3. Donna
4. What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes For?
5. So Mystifying
6. Only You
7. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
8. Surfin Bird
9. Tallahasse Lassie
10. No Response |
11. If You Need Me
12. Farmer John
13. Bald Headed Woman
14. Whole Lot-Ta Shak-In Goin On
Bonus tracks
15. Cadillac (Singleversion)
16. Mashed Potatoes
17. Lonesome Town
18. Rented Tuxedo
19. So Mystifying
20. Should
I |
The Hep Stars -The Hep Stars December 1966 Available on Swedish CD. Released on CD 1996
An important album. The Hep stars have a slightly mellower sound here. This is probably the most
consistently good Hep Stars album.
This is where Benny emerges as a full fledged songwriter and his talent is already blossoming.
The CD version of this has eight songs written by Benny and or Björn. (Six of which were on the original LP.) The first song
Björn and Benny ever wrote together the exquisite "Isn't It Easy To Say" is here.
The oft-told legend has it that "Isn't It Easy to Say" was written in the office of Björn's father's
papermill after Björn and Benny had met at a party in Vastervik that both the Hep Stars and the Hootenanny's attended.
A real standout track is one of Benny's solo compositions ,a #2 Swedish hit called "Consolation"
-"Consolation" is seemingly the lament of a dead (or metaphorically dead) lover . Benny's organ melds well with the band here.
The song's chorus -hook soars to the sky on the strength of the band performance.
Benny also wrote the haunting classically
influenced "Sound of Eve" which features some lovely
piano and actual birdsong (A promo bio of Benny at the time indicates that Benny already had developed an interest in bird-watching).
The backing vocals on "Sound of Eve' are ambitious. This song has never been compiled elsewhere...It's good example of one
of those cool obscurities you can find in ABBA's sixties solo work.
Two of the most famous Hep Stars songs are here. The Hep Stars biggest
international hit-"Sunny
Girl"(written by Benny) is found here as a bonus track.
The other famous song is "Wedding" a wedding march written by Benny
and Svenne that later was played by Benny at Björn and Agnetha's wedding in July 1971.
The Hep Stars version of the Hootenanny Singers
hit "No Time ' (written by Bjorn with Martin
Dean)is done here at a less sleepy pace than the Hootz's original. The best of the non-Benny compositions is the anti-war
song "Last Night I had the Strangest Dream" which like a lot of songs here has some solid three (or more) part harmony on
which Svenne sings with Janne, Benny and or Felle .Felle was the the Hep Stars road manager, who sometimes sang and helped
out on Bass Guitar. The Swedish version of the "Last Night I had the Strangest Dream" can also be found here. (The Hep Stars
often did English and Swedish versions of the same song). The 1967 B-side recording of Benny's "It's Nice to Be Back Again"
closes the CD it was later recorded in a (better) Swedish version by Frida in 1971.
All in all ,this album stands up well against albums by British and American artists of the time.
It
is a must have for students of the songwriting of Björn and Benny.
|
HEP STARS original Lp
No time (Ulvaeus-Dean)
The birds in the sky (Bjarenas)
Consolation (Andersson)
Easy
to fool (Ost-Himmelstrand)
Sound of eve ( Andersson)
Isn't it easy to Say (Andersson-Ulvaeus)
Lady, lady (Andersson)
Last
night I had the strangest dream (MCurdy)
Morning comes after night (Bjarenas)
I've said it all before (Martin-Morrow-Arnold)
Wedding(
Andersson-Hedlund) |
Tracks not on original LP but added to CD reissue-
Sunny girl (Andersson)
Hawaii (Wilson)
When my blue moon turns to gold again
(Sullivan-Walker)
I natt jag drömde (McCurdy-Vreeswijk)
Jag vet (lindeman-Stutz)
Don't (Lieber-Stoller)
Malaika
(Mdawida)
It's nice to be back Again(Andersson) |
Svenne Hedlund-Svenne Sings Elvis Early 1967 Swedish Lp
Svenne Hedlund's only solo album which features covers of songs orginally recorded by Elvis . It's not clear
if any of the other Hep Stars played on the album...
The Hep Stars -Jul Med Hep Stars December 1967 Swedish Lp AVAILABLE
on reissiued CD November 2001
Christmas with the Hep Stars. Festive,
no doubt. This is the first ABBA related Crhistmas album..
This was reissued on CD for Christmas 2001 with a new less busy
cover..The album is reissued with a new track listing that includes a couple of previously unreleased
tracks as well as the omision of 3 of the tracks -( "Nu Är Det Jul Igen", "Johanssons Boogie-Woogie
Vals" and "Hej Tomtegubbar" )..The CD opens with "Christmas On My Mind" a
fairly good song that's also on the HEP STARS 1964-69 Cd. This album also includes " , "Nu tandas tusen juleljus" and a humourous
version of "Jingle Bells".
The Swedish Christmas standard "Nu Tandas tusen julejus" would be later done by Björn's Hootenanny
Singers and Agnetha & Linda Fältskog. It is the only song I believe to have been recorded by three different ABBA solo
acts.
Track listing for updated CD..
1. Christmas On My Mind
2. Pojken Som Jultomten Glömde
3. White Christmas
4. Alla Sover Utom Jag
5. Jingle Bells
6. Christmas Today
7. Good King Wencelas (previously unreleased)
8.
The Boy That Old Santa Forgot
9. Det Strålar En Stjärna (previously unreleased)
10. Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand
11.
Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus
12. Stilla Natt
13. Dotter Sion
The Hep Stars- Malaika and .... 1968 Reel to Reel Tape...
This is a very obscure Hep Stars release... This tape was issued by Europafilm at some point in 1968....The
cover of the reel to reel box features a picture of the Hep Stars on safari....Most of the songs found here were from the
Hep Stars 1965 singles that had not been compiled as of this time on a vinyl album....Prerecorded Reel to Reel tapes were
never widely commercially available, and essentially dissapeared by the late 1970's...
This is as a close as the world would ever come to a "HABARI SAFARI" album! What is Habari Safario, you ask?
In 1967 The Hep Stars worked on aborted film project- Habari Safari- some of which was filmed
in Africa, but because their was no plot the footage filmed proved to be useless. (reminds one of The Beatles' Magical
Mystery Tour movie.) The Hep Stars' Spring 1967 African folk music single "Malaika" was a direct result of the film
project...The non-Lp b-side of "Malaika' called "It Nice to Be Back Again" also shows up on this tape-its was the only song
written by Benny Andersson on this tape...
1. Malaika
2. It's Nice To Be Back Again
3. Tribute To Buddy
Holly
4. Donna
5. Farmer
John
6. If You Need Me
7.
Summertime Blues
8. Bird Dog
9. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
10. Rockin' Love
The Hep Stars-It's Been a Long Long Time -Early 1968 Swedish Lp Out of Print 1986 Japanese Cd
I haven't actually held this CD in my hands. Supposedly it was reissued on CD by M&M
Records
in Japan .EMI did most of the other Hep Stars reissues. For some reason this album originally was released not on the Olga
label but on the Cupol label... This was the first of the Hep
Stars studio albums to be reissued on Cd. But the CD is no
longer easily available .
This album was recorded in late 1967 largely in London. 1967 had been a year in which the Hep stars
had searched for various ways to break out internationally, but their career as megastars in Sweden cooled down a bit....
On this album session musicians filled in for Janne, Christer and Lennart.
(-a common if cruel practice in the 1960's) .An American producer, Steve Clark, was brought in to
produce the album. There were no rock and roll covers and few self-written tunes. So, in a lot of ways this really isn't a
Hep Stars album.This album wa not as sucessful as earlier Hep Stars albums..
The original album featured a lot of songs mainly written by others supposedly in the soft rock
vein. Benny did writethe title track which also was released as a single....The bonus tracks included many of the songs on
Songs We Sang 68 CD-(if you have this Cd you could probably get by without Songs We Sang 68).
Enter the young/Hope/5 am/It's Time For A change/Changing Away From You/It's Been a Long
Long Time /Musty Dusty/Spinging,Spinging,Spinging/There Is love/ Would You Like To Go /It's now A Winters' Day /Another Time/
Bonus tracks found on CD issue
Det Finns En Stad/ Sagan Om Lilla
Sofi /Let It BE me/Groovy Summertime/Holiday For Clowns/A Flower In My Garden/Save Your Heart For me/I Sagans Land/Bilden
Av/Suddenly Tommorow Is Today/Warten Auf Den Tag/Songs We sang
Hep Stars -Songs We Sang '68 Late 1968 Swedish Lp -Available on Swedish CD. Released on CD in 1996
Finally another studio album recorded in Sweden.. The Hep Stars
now included Svenne's future
wife, Charlotte (Lotta) Walker ,a African-American singer from
an American pop-soul group called the The Sherry's. Somehow,
Lotta found herself stuck
in Sweden in the arms of Svenne Hedlund.
In Lotta's honor, the album starts out with a medley of Soul cover numbers (mostly) recorded at
Swedish folkparks in 1968.Among the covers are "You Keep Me Hanging On", Let It be Me" and two versions of Sam Cooke's "Shake"
.This live stuff is so-so, most interesting is "Groovy Summertime" which has a lot of cool vocal effects and backing vocals.
The second side of the album features original studio material, including three songs cowritten
by Benny. It's good but it lacks direction. The second released Björn and Benny composition is here and it's called
"A
Flower in My Garden". It's a good two minute song sung by Svenne with a Carl Wilson-esque slur and ends with a cool two- note
effect.
The title cut ("Songs We Sang")is sung by Lotta (one of the earliest songs that Benny would write
to be sung by a woman). It also sounds like late sixties Beach Boys...
The bonus tracks include the Hep Stars last singles
going into 1969. The bonus tracks include the folksy B&B song, "Speleman" .Also included are The b-side to "Speleman"
- B&B's "Precis Som Alla Andra" ,and two 1967 single sides written by Benny with Svenne called "Like You Used To Do" and
"She Will She love You" .
ORIGINAL LP-LIVE SIDE A (LIVE)Shake/Svenne I love you/We say yeah, Let it be me, Going
out of my head/Can't take my eyes off you, You keep me hangin' on, Svart-vit, calpyso/Natursbarn/Pata pata/Charlotte's children
game, Groovy summertime/Shake
SIDE B (STUDIO) Holiday for clowns, A flower in my garden, Save your heart for me, Bilden
av dej, Suddenly tomorrow is today, Warten auf den Tag, Songs we sang
CD Bonus tracks: Mot okänt land, Någonting har hänt, She will love you, Like you used
to do, Let it be me, Grooy summertime, Tända på varann, I sagans land, Speleman, Precis som alla andra, Speedy gonzales, Är
det inte kärlek, säg ?
The Hep Stars-Pa Svenska early 1969 Out of print Swedish lp
The Hep Stars were having troubles staying whole at this point. Their main problem was that they
owed money to the Swedish taxing authorities , but also Benny, Svenne and Lotta were itching to try something new. So a totally
new studio album wasn't in the offing for 1969 and instead a compilation of the Hep Stars Swedish tracks was put together.
This includes includes both recent and older material., most of the songs had not been available on Lp at the time...Svenne
and Lotta 's Wedding Portrait is on the cover. This album was never released on Cd.
This was the last Hep Stars album before the tax problems and career changes led Svenne, Lotta
and Benny to leave the band. The last concert with Benny was August 31, 1969. The rest of the Hep Stars continued on for a
bit , with a new singing duo in the early 1970's/ Svenne and Lotta continued to occasionally work with Benny in concert till
1973. Benny neverworked with the Hep Stars again....There wasn't aninmosity it was more that Benny always found it necessary
to move on to the next thing.
Björn & Benny would also have some involvement with Svenne & Lotta's albums when Stig signed
S&L
to the Polar label. Svenne and Lotta would get together for reunion album with Janne, Krille, and Lelle in in the 1989 Hep
Stars album called ACT II.
I natt jag drömde
A side
Mot Okänt Land A-side
Bilden av dej -Songs we Sang
Är det inte kärlek, säg? B-side
Speleman
A side |
Sagan om lilla Sofi B-side
Precis som
alla andra B-side
Någonting har hänt B-side
Jag vet
B-side
I sagans land A-side
Tända på varann A-side |
Hep Stars- How It All Started 1970 Swedish Lp
This album features very strange drawing that looks like a photographic negative..on a blue cover
Thus is a compilation album seems to feature mainly songs found on early Hep Stars singles, that were not
necessarily released on the Hep Stars studio albums ..All of the songs were later released on CD...This album would have more
sense had it been released in 1965 0r 1966..
1. KANA KAPILA /2. I GOT A WOMAN /3. A TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY /4. BIRD DOG
/5. HAWAII
1. SUMMERTIME BLUES2. SHOULD I 3. MASHED POTATOES /4. LONESOME TOWN 5.
Rented Tuxedo
Hep Stars-Basta 1970 Swedish Lp
The original Lp version of this title with a cover that has Svenne and Lotta getting married on it..The later
CD's with this title do not have the same track listing... Indeed trying to sort all the Hep Stars albums that use the
"BASTA" title takes a long time.... There seem to be at least five, perhaps even six differrent Hep stars album that utilize
this title...."Basta" is the Swedish equivelent of a "Best of album"...
Cadillac /Farmer John/ Malaika /Consolation /Donna /I Natt Jag Drömde /Mot Okänt Land
/Wedding /Sunny Girl /Let It Be Me /Tända På Varann /Speleman /Är Det Inte Kärlek, Säg? /Bald Headed Woman
Svenne Hedlund-Svenne Sings Elvis 1970 Swedish Lp
The 1970 reisssue of this 1967 solo album , strange career move at this point but well i'd would like a Big
Mac now.....
Svenne & Lotta: Compromise 1970 Swedish Lp
Their first album as a duo...A album released on their own record private label,( Their label was called
ROMANCE) it features a striking photo of Svenne and Lotta nude above chest level, with collars on their necks...Lotta looks
particularly cute -one of the few good photos of her with a afro..This album mixes tracks in English and Swedish. According
to Hep Stars expert, Karl Van this is one of Svenne and Lotta's best albums, Note that they recorded a version of "Barnen
Sover' a song also recorded by Frida...
1. Små små ord
2. Fancy
3. Världen e´ nog som den e´
4. Barnen sover
5. I want you back
6.
I will bring you flowers in the morning
7. Minns du
8. Black sheep of the family
9. Bara vi
10. Västerbron
11.
Rain of love
12. Våratlandet
|
THE HEP STARS in the early 1970's -WITHOUT SVENNE , BENNY or EVEN LOTTA!
The Hep Stars -Hep Stars Again Late? 1970 Swedish Lp out of print
Benny and Svenne, yes even Lotta left the Hep Stars in August 1969. Sort of the like the Doors continuing
without Jim Morrison,the difference being that the remaining Hep Stars were not graced with lots of talent..The remaining
Hep stars-Janne, Christer, and Lelle brought in a boy /girl singing duo-Kookie and Josphine Tian...I think they even in another
guitarist.... The idea at this point was go back to a more rock and roll direction Indeed they went ahead and released a single
LITTLE BAND OF GOLD / ANOTHER DAY in September 1969.. There were two or three more singles released before this HEP
STARS AGAIN album finally came out.... Although this album is mainly more rock n roll along the lines of "Blue
Sueds Shoes , and "Down on the Corner" -there is still a cover of a middle of the road song- "Rain Drops Keep Falling on My
Head". Sadly or not the album did not chart....
TRAVELLIN´BAND
BY TOMORROW
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN´ON MY HEAD
MADEMOISELLE NINETTE
LIVIN`DOLL
GEE WON`T YOU FOLLOW ME |
LOOKY LOOKY
DOWN ON THE CORNER
WORDS
CRY LIKE A BABY
STORYBOOK CHILDREN
BLUE SUEDE SHOES |
Hep Stars -Californa Maiden Late 1971 Swedish Lp...out of print, very out of print...
A second album with Kookie and Josephine,. seemingly new material-., no rock and roll covers this time,
Once again, no great success ... and Kookie and Josephine left. to run a pancake restaurant or a cell phone
store or something....
1. Riverboat
2. Nothing
3.
Do I Still Figure In Your Life
4. Come Home
5. Reflections Of You
6. Judas
In Blue |
1. Ten Years Later
2. Carolina
3. Going
Back
4. Where The Hell I Am
5. California Maiden | '
Some of Information on this very obscure part of Hep stars history is sourced from Elmar's
ABBA Site. |
Svenne & Lotta: Tillsammans 1971 Swedish Lp
The second Svenne and Lotta album-the last before they got signed by Polar records...This one features
their version of B&B's "Lycka"
1. Leva tillsammans
2. Lycka
3. Fågel blå
4. House of the rising sun, the
5. I ett ghetto
6.
Lärkan
7. Nu får vi vara tillsammans
8. Jag vaknade av solen
9. Varför inte börja dan me lite kärlek
10. De e
inte långt till Stockholm
11. Att älska livet är att älska ig
12. Stopp, stopp
Hep Stars- SVENNE & LOTTA MED HEP STARS 1966-1968" 1973 Swedish Lp
A 1973 compilation of the mostly soft rock work soley by the late sixties Hep Stars..
Side 1 1. Let It Be Me /2. Speedy Gonzales /3. Holiday For Clowns /4. Lilla
Sofi /5. A Flower In My Garden
/6. Är Det Inte Kärlek, Säg (Little Green Apples) Side 2 /1.
Tända På Varann` (Save Your Heart For Me)
/2. Wedding /3. Songs We Sang /4. Precis Som Alla Andra
/5. Speleman /6. Sunny Girl
Svenne & Lotta-Oldies but Goodies Late ?1973 Swedish LP out of print
This was their First Lp with Polar Records, among the oldies were"Be My Baby' and Do You
Want To Dance". The album was produced by Bjorn and Benny and Svenne and B&B play on it. Svenne had also contriibuted
two vocals to Polars' Christmas album -När Juldagsmorgon Glimmar in late 1972
HEP STARS BÄSTA DEL 1" (EMI.s Stjärnserie Vol. 13) 1974 Swedish Lp
This is the same "Star Series' that featured Frida in Volume #7.. Thus the garish blue cover with a picture
of the Hep Stars in the center...
Side a 1. Cadillac 2.37 2. Bald Headed Woman 2.06
3. Save Your Heart For Me 2.29 4. Farmer John 1.145.Speedy Gonzales
2.25 6. Speleman 3.44 SIDE B 1. Wedding 2.47 2. I Natt Jag Drömde
2.18 3. Consolation 3.25 4. Oh! Carol 2.13 5. Holiday For Clowns
2.13 6. I Sagans Land 2.30
Svenne & Lotta 2 Early to Mid 1975 Swedish Lp Out
of print
This was S&L's followup Album it featured "Bang-A-Boomerang" which was originally
going to be only their song, but ABBA ended up having to use their own version as well. Two other B&B songs were included
"Roly -Poly Girl" -A English version of "Kara Gamla Sol' and Dance (while the music still goes on) B&B just produced the songs they wrote on this one. This album included more 1960's oldies as well.
Svenne & Lotta-Letters Late 1976 Swedish Lp out of print
Includes B&B's disco song -"Funky Feet" and a English version of B&B"s 1971 song-"Tänk
Om Jorden Vore Ung" which here is called "If We only Had the Time".
Svenne & Lotta-20 Golden Hits 1977 Swedish Lp out of print
A hits compilation of their work as a duo.
