KAIPA: The DECCA Years 1975-1978 (LIMITED EDITION 5CD-BOXSET - 3 STUDIO ALBUMS + 2 BONUS DISCS) Sweden / 2005

Kaipa is definitely the best Sweden progressive band ever and one of the most phenomenal from the 70s. Their first three albums are highly and deservedly praised, therefore that's why Revisited Records just did the obvious: they released this limited edition box with the first three albums accompanied by some bonus tracks plus two bonus CDs, one with some live recordings and the other with pre-debut album studio recordings. Besides, there's also a 56-page booklet fulfilled with pictures and text written by Roine Stolt himself. Impossible to be better than this! Run and download it right away!

Kaipa (1975)

 Tracklist:
01 Musiken är ljuset (7:04)
02 Saker har två sidor (4:34)
03 Ankaret (8:40)
04 Skogspromenad (3:40)
05 Allting har en början (3:12)
06 Se var morgon gry (8:53)
07 Förlorad i Istanbul (2:24)
08 Oceaner föder liv (9:28)
Bonus Tracks
09 Från det ena till det andra (2:49)
10 Karavan (2:54)
Line-up:
Roine Stolt - electric and acoustic guitars, vocal
Ingemar Bergman - drums, percussion, vocal
Tomas Eriksson - bass, vocal
Hans Lundin - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Grand piano, Yamaha SY1 Synthesizer, Harpsichord, Logan String-machine, Glockenspiel, lead vocal

Originally released as Grammophon AB Electra/Decca SKL 5221

Inget nytt uner solen (1976)

Tracklist:
01 Skenet bedrar (21:41)
a) Uppvaknandet (2:43)
b) Bitterheten (3:10)
c) Hoppfullheten (4:44)
d) Överheten (8:12)
e) Vilseledd (2:52)
02 Ömsom sken (3:17)
03 Korståg (5:19)
04 Stengrodornas parad (0:56)
05 Dagens port (2:34)
06 Inget nytt under solen (6:10)
Bonus Tracks
07 Awakening/Bitterness (6:10)
08 How might I say out clearly (3:38)
09 The gate of day (2:26)
10 Blow hard all tradewinds (6:18)
Line-up:
Roine Stolt - electric guitar, 6 and 12-string acoustic guitar and rattle
Ingemar Bergman - drums, temple blocks, rattle & vocals
Tomas Eriksson - bass, synth-bass & voice of the Almighty
Hans Lundin - Hammond organ, Grand piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Mellotron, Yamaha & Korg synthesizers, Logan string machine, Hohner Clavinet, vibes, marimba, prepared piano & lead vocal
Lars Hoflund - lead vocal on tracks 7, 9 & 10

Originally released as Decca SKL 5260

Solo (1978)

Tracklist:
01 Den skrattande grevinnan (4:46)
02 Sen repris (3:22)
03 Flytet (2:46)
04 Anar dig (4:05)
05 Frog funk (3:35)
06 Visan i sommaren (3:35)
07 Tajgan (3:25)
08 Respektera min värld (6:16)
09 En igelkotts död (3:40)
10 Total förvirring (7:25)
11 Sist på plan (7:38)
Line-up:
Roine Stolt - 6 and 12-string electric guitars, acoustic guitars, guitar-synthesizer, percussion, vocal
Ingemar Bergman - drums, percussion, laughing
Mats Lindberg - bass, Moog Taurus pedals, percussion
Hans Lundin - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, grand piano, Mellotron, Mini and polymoog synths, Korg String 2000, Hohner Clavinet, vocal
Mats Löfgren - lead vocal, percussion

Originally released as Decca SKL SKL 5293

Kaipa Live

Tracklist:
01 Total förvirring (8:42)
02 Skenet bedrar (16:29)
03 Visan i sommaren (3:23)
04 En igelkotts död/Ömsom sken (4:35)
05 Inget nytt under solen (8:02)
06 Copenhagen House-jam (5:48)
07 Flytet (2:54)
08 Musiken är ljuset (7:30)
09 Se var morgon gry (9:13)
10 Noice-village-stone-frog (5:49)
11 Oceaner föder liv (End part) (7:05)

Line-up:
Tracks 1-7
Roine Stolt - electric guitar
Ingemar Bergman - drums
Mats Lindberg - bass, 12-string electric guitar, Moog Taurus pedals
Hans Lundin - Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Crumar organ, Korg String 2000, vocal
Mats Löfgren - vocal, electric guitar, percussion, glockenspiel Tracks 8-11
Roine Stolt - electric guitar, Talk-box
Ingemar Bergman - drums, vocal
Tomas Eriksson - bass, vocal
Hans Lundin - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha SY synthesizer, Logan string-machine, vocal

Tracks 1-7 recorded at Huset, Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 25th 1978
Tracks 8-9 recorded at Östanåskolan, Eksjö, Sweden on March 2nd 1976
Track 10 recorded at Bullerbyn, Stockholm, Sweden, on April 7th 1977
Track 11 recorded at Stenungsundsgymnasiet, Stenungsund, Sweden, on April 27th 1977

1974 Unedited Master Demo Recording

Tracklist:
01 Saker har två sidor (6:44)
02 Under stora gröna träd (3:01)
03 På färd (12:32)
04 Taktus (3:47)
05 Folke 2 (1:38)
06 Allting har sin början genom solen (5:07)
07 Cirrus (1:07)
08 Akrobaternas flykt (5:50)
09 Akrobaternas dans (2:31) (Homage to Samla Mammas Manna)
10 Nattens affär (4:06)
11 Karavan (2:51)
Line-up:
Roine Stolt - electric guitar & vocal
Ingemar Bergman - drums & vocal
Tomas Eriksson - bass & vocal
Hans Lundin - Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Davoli synthesizer & vocal

Artist: Kaipa

Album: The Decca Years 1975-1978

Genre: Symphonic Progressive Rock

Year: 2005

Country: Sweden

Label/Catalog: Revisited Records/SPV / SPV 48722 BOX

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