Machito - Madame George - Made in Sweden - Madness - Maggie Bell - Magyar

MACHITO

Kenya (1958)

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MADAME GEORGE

What's Happening?!! (1977)

MADE IN SWEDEN

Where Do We Begin (1976)

 

MADNESS

One Step Beyond... (1979)

Absolutely (1980)

7 (1981)

The Madness Presents The Rise & Fall (1982)

Keep Moving (1984)

Artikkeliskannaukset:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ce1H1BbB-q1CHbAuZS2dxeflePkq8Btu

MAGGIE BELL

Queen of the Night (1974)

Suicide Sal (1975)

MAGYAR

Petri & Pettersson Brass / Magyar: Pop Liisa 17 (1973 / 2018)

Uusiin maisemiin (1974)

FinnArctic-esittely:

In the early sixties, when the Beatles invasion reached Finland, a lot of boys wanted to have their own guitar, and a young boy in the small town of Varkaus, Kari Huttunen, was one of them. His parents bought him a wine-red acoustic Landola. Musician Svante Kosunen taught Huttunen how to play, and eventually he worked in local bands like Rockers and Blue Acid.

In Joroinen, near Varkaus, a guy named Renne Angelvuo had formed a band named Rainers. When that group started showing signs of disbanding, Renne met kiosk salesman Harry Gunaropulos, who turned out to be a music fan and a good singer. Angelvuo and Gunaropulos formed a band which they christened Magyar Fehérbor, after a brand of Hungarian wine.

Drummer Heikki Salmijärvi, who also sold musical instruments, informed the two about a group called Blue Acid and their guitarist Kari Huttunen, and soon after attending the gig, Angelvuo and Gunaropulos invited Huttunen to their band, whose name was shortened to simply Magyar.

The original lineup consisted of Kari Huttunen (guitar), Renne Angelvuo (bass), Heikki Salmijärvi (drums), Markku Heikkonen (woodwind), and Vesa Wahlman (keyboards). The first gig was most likely done in September 1968.

Huttunen gave poet and writer Jukka Itkonen the assignment of writing song lyrics for the band. In 1969 he translated songs by CCR, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan for Magyar to perform. Itkonen's duties as student in Varkauden Yhteislyseo were interrupted in 1970 when Magyar took him away to Helsinki, where he stayed.

So, Magyar won a band contest and travelled to Helsinki to cut their first record, the single "Elävien hauta / Saastepilkku", which was released by Love Records. After thus learning his craft as songwriter, Itkonen has since written hundreds of songs for various artists.

Magyar released two more vinyls: another single "Autiolla kadulla nimettömässä kaupungissa / Tänään iltapäivällä" (1973), and the LP "Uusiin maisemiin" (1974). Magyar was a rare accomplishment in the Finnish music world, as there were very few rock bands with self-penned songs in Finnish. They had many different kinds of gig assignments: in clubs, stage venues, even poetry evenings and literary matinées.

For some reason internal friction in the mid-70's caused Magyar to split, but their records remained fondly remembered, and were remastered and released on a single CD in 2001.

Magyar's music is environmentally-themed folk rock with progressive influences. The album "Uusiin maisemiin" carries a summerlike mood throughout, nature is present in almost all lyrics and the music is rich, melodic with organ and wind instruments adding colour to all songs.

Harry Gunaropulos, vocals, songwriting
Kari Pietikäinen, drums
Jouko Niiranen, vocals
Taito Kettunen, bass
Teuvo Bovellan, organ
Markku Heikkonen, alto sax, flute
Kari Huttunen, guitar, songwriting
Seppo Heikkonen, tenor sax, clarinet

Plus:

Renne Angelvuo, bass on tracks 1, 2
Heikki Salmijärvi, drums on 1, 2
Heikki Hakulinen, drums on 3, 4
Vesa Kurkela, organ on 3, 4
Esko Palmu, bass on 3, 4

Supporting musicians:

Jukka Heikkonen, oboe on 8, 10, 12, 13
Petri Juutilainen, trombone on 8, 10, 12, 13
Jim Pembroke, backing vocals on 2
Jukka Itkonen, lyrics

Produced by Måns Groundstroem
Tracks 1, 2 engineered by Erkki Hyvönen / Finnvox in 1970
Tracks 3-14 engineered by Pekka Nurmikallio / Microvox in 1973-74


Magyarin albumi on erinomaista, kesäistä, ekologista folkahtavaa rockia. Jukka Itkosen runolliset, syvälliset sanoitukset soveltuvat täydellisesti laulettavaksi ja piirtävät hyvin tunnelmakuvia. Jo nimikappale vie mukaan maaseudun rauhaan nauttimaan luonnon vehreydestä ja auringon lämmöstä. Jatkossa ollaan sitten enemmän kaupunkimaisemissa, voivotellen tehtaanpiippujen savupäästöjä ja kaupungin harmautta mutta nauttien myös oman rakkaan läheisyydestä ja yhteisistä romanttisista hetkistä.