Tages was a Swedish

Sweden

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 rock and roll

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/psychedelic/folk band

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 formed in the early sixties near Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

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The band released a number of singles and LPs in their native Sweden to considerable success, making the Swedish Top Ten more than a dozen times. Though remembered as one of the finest non-English speaking bands of the 1960s, they failed to ever really break into the US or UK markets. The Tages also produced one of the world's first psychedelic albums, named "Extra Extra" in 1966. Their next goal was to create a style of pop music that was totally Swedish. To accomplish this they learned traditional Swedish folk music, and based their pop compositions on that. After this, they produced their fifth and last album, "Studio", in Abbey Road Studio 1967. This album is sometimes referred to as "The Sgt Pepper Of Sweden", not because it sounds like The Beatles

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but because it is a very original musical experiment. In 1968 the band released the single "Fantasy Island", which was followed up by their last single, "Halcyon Days". Several band members went on to form Blond, a short-lived pop band that released one LP in US before disbanding in 1970.

LPs

• Tages, Platina Palp - 1965
• 2, Platina Palp - 1966´
• Extra Extra, Platina Palp - 1966
• Contrast, Parlphone - 1967
• Studio, Parlphone - 1967

Singles

• Sleep Little Girl / Tell Me You're Mine, Platina
• I Should Be Glad / I Cry, Platina
• The One For You / I Got My Mojo Working, Platina
• Bloodhound / Whatcha Gonna Do About It, Platina
• So Many Girls / I'm Mad, Platina
• I'll Be Doggone / Hitch Hike, Platina
• In My Dreams / Leaving Here, Platina
• Crazy 'Bout My Baby / Go, Platina
• Miss Mac Baren / Get Up And Get Going, Platina
• Secret Room / Friday On My Mind, Platina
• Every Raindrop Means A Lot / Look What You Get, Parlophone
• Gone Too Far / Understanding, Platina
• I'm Going Out / Fuzzy Patterns, Parlophone
• She's Having A Baby Now / Sister's Got A Boyfriend, Parlophone
• One Red, One Yellow, One Blue / True Fine Woman, Platina
• Treat Her Like A Woman / Wanting, Parlophone
• Dancing In The Street / Those Rumours, Platina
• Mohair Sam / Ride Your Pony, Platina
• There's A Blind Man Playing Fiddle In The Street / Like A Woman, Parlophone
• Doctor Feel-Good / Dimples, Platina
• Fantasy Island / To be Free, Parlophone
• I Read You Like A Open Book / Halcyon Days, Parlophone

EPs

• Don't Turn Your Back / Forget Him / Donna / Hound Dog, Platina
• Sleep Little Girl /Tell Me Your Mine / I Should Be Glad / I Cry, Platina
• HITS VOL 1, Platina
• HITS VOL 2, Platina
• HITS VOL 3, Platina