Band: Lea Riders Group

Album: The Singles 1966-68

Release: 2018

Genre: Beat, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock

Country: Sweden

Quality: FLAC | lossless

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation



The Lea Rider Group's original instruments were replaced rather quickly to the more typical guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano/keyboards and harmonica. Despite this change, the band still occasionally played the accordion as the unusual instrument was well-liked by Franzén. The band had a broad song catalog and mixed many different styles of music during its relatively short career. They became famous in Sweden and abroad, as a "raw, gritty and authentic blues and R&B group" in the style of similar blues-oriented British Invasion bands and American garage bands such as The Chocolate Watchband. The band's music also had psychedelic elements, pop influences and more melodic pieces.



Compilation with Lea Riders Group who released five 7" singles on the Philips label in the years 1966 - 1968.

The collection consists of A and B sides from all 7" singles, remastered from the original tapes. The album is packaged in a standard LP cover with printed inner sleeve containing the front and back sides of the single covers, 7" labels, pictures of all the original tape boxes, as well as a couple of old photos from Hawkey Franzén's private image archive and Universal Music archive.



Tracklist:

A1. Lost Love - 2:15

A2. Tryin' - 3:02

A3. Got No Woman! - 2:55

A4. But I Am, And Who Cares? - 2:36

A5. Ain't It Strange - 3:24

B1. Beloved Baby - 3:27

B2. The Situation's Rare - 2:27

B3. Key To The Riddle - 3:33

B4. The Forgotten Generation - 3:12

B5. Dom Kallar Oss Mods - 4:00