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  1. 08-03-2017 #1
    begnagrad
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    The Group (Pekka Pohjola) 40 years later, unreleased material comes to light, superb!

    The Group released one album in 1978 and later evolved to the Pekka Pohjola Group.
    Double digipak CD. The 2nd disc features an extended studio session of unreleased material with the Sibelius academy orchestra plus two studio outtakes from the original album. An early version of Try to Remember recorded by The Group as well, the song appears in Pohjola's The Visitation album.

    CD 1 Tracklist (The Original Album):
    01. Thai
    02. Ripple Marks
    03. Berenice's Hair
    04. Gado-Gado
    05. Annapurna



    CD 2 Tracklist (The Group with Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Esko Linnavalli):
    01. Try to Remember
    02. Armoton Idylli
    03. Berenice's Hair
    04. A Latin Snack
    05. Interlude
    06. Annapurna
    07. Pieces of the Picture

    Outtakes From The Album Sessions
    08. Love Is Back
    09. Nite Sprite
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    Thx for heads up. Who's releasing this, you know?
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    Svart records, nicely packaged and with a very informative booklet
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    ^ Ah, the awesome feinschmeckers at Svart! Great to hear; perhaps there'll even be a vinyl issue too, then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    perhaps there'll even be a vinyl issue too, then.
    There is.
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    As Steve said yes, double LP and a 7" for the 2 bonus tracks

    I have the CD edition and yes very nice
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    Who has the CD for sale?
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    Quote Originally Posted by begnagrad View Post
    The Group released one album in 1978 and later evolved to the Pekka Pohjola Group.
    Double digipak CD. The 2nd disc features an extended studio session of unreleased material with the Sibelius academy orchestra plus two studio outtakes from the original album. An early version of Try to Remember recorded by The Group as well, the song appears in Pohjola's The Visitation album.

    CD 1 Tracklist (The Original Album):
    01. Thai
    02. Ripple Marks
    03. Berenice's Hair
    04. Gado-Gado
    05. Annapurna



    CD 2 Tracklist (The Group with Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Esko Linnavalli):
    01. Try to Remember
    02. Armoton Idylli
    03. Berenice's Hair
    04. A Latin Snack
    05. Interlude
    06. Annapurna
    07. Pieces of the Picture

    Outtakes From The Album Sessions
    08. Love Is Back
    09. Nite Sprite
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    I have this! Only $12 at Svart. Need to get it open!
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    I've never heard an album by Pekka I didn't like
    Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
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    *gasp*

    My Pohjola collection is incomplete without this. And is “Nite Sprite” a Chick Corea cover?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Progbear View Post
    *gasp*

    My Pohjola collection is incomplete without this. And is “Nite Sprite” a Chick Corea cover?
    Yes it is.

    There is another cover, "Love is back" composed by Wlodek Gulgowski who was the KB player in Made in Sweden while Pohjola played there, the composition appears in Gulgowski's amazing solo album "Sound Check"
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    Just finished listening. A nice addition to the library, but the studio album fares much better than the studio session with the orchestra imo. At least that's my first impression.
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    Bollocks. Just put in an order at Svart (Jukka Gustavson's Valon Vuoksi on vinyl and the Pop-Liiisa 9/10 CD with Jukka Tolonen band featuring Pekka Poyry). Would have added this if I knew about it.

    Ah well, next time. Thanks for the heads up, anyway.
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