Midnight Sun - Midnight Dream. 1974 Denmark

I'd wondered why I kept this LP all these years. That thought continued as I listened to the first 5 tracks on display here. Sounding very much like the North American commercial rock style of the day, it's a chore to sit through. In fact the album sounds like Blood, Sweat, and Tears without the horn section. Then comes 'Batum'. Well now, OK, this is what I'm looking for. It's a psychedelic interpretation of a traditional Swedish folk song and sounds every bit like Kebnekaise and Flasket Brinner. The exact type of psychedelia that modern bands like Agusa are mining today. Flip over the record only to completely lose momentum for the worst track on the album 'The Same Dream'. 'When You Sleep Alone' is quite good though, and that leads us to 'Where Ever You Are'. Bad start, like most of the above. And then comes... one of those irresistible Danish jams that just slays. We're talking primo debut album era Culpeper's Orchard type jamming. Brilliant really. And then for the album closer... it blows. A true pisser of an album. One I can't let go of mind you.

Personal collection
LP: 1974 Sonet

Yea, I'm keeping it.