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VARIOUS ARTISTS
FESTEN PÅ GÄRDET
Vinyl Double Album

Item no. :CG172348LP Barcode :7393210051263 Artist :VARIOUS ARTISTS Product type :Vinyl Double Album Label :SILENCE RECORDS Release Date :12 December 2025
 
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Silence present a reissue of legendary live album from Sweden's own Woodstock, Gärdesfesterna, the start of the Swedish alternative music movement.

It's hard to imagine an album with a greater symbolic significance than the 2LP set "Festen på Gärdet", recorded at the second of the two festivals held at the Gärdet field in Stockholm in 1970, with Träd Gräs Och Stenar and especially Bo Anders Persson as the driving force behind them both. Those festivals are often regarded as the starting point of the music movement.

It's convenient having a fixed date of course, but as with any historical event, it was the product of a process, with one thing evolving into something else. So while the date isn't historically valid, the Gärdet festivals' importance to the music movement is unquestionable. This was the first time that several of the soon to be most important bands presented themselves to a larger audience. Most bands didn't have a record contact at the time, and some of them would never get one, such as Det Europeiska Missnöjets Grunder and Låt Tredje Örat Lyssna In & Tredje Benet Stampa Takten.

2 x 180 gram black vinyl, Gatefold cover, printed inner bags, 6-page booklet in LP format. Sound restored by Anders Lind.

DISC #1:
1. HOMESICK BAND - SADDLE UP THE GREY 
2. ÖSTAN SOL, VÄSTAN MANE - HERRARNA I HAGEN 
3. FIRE - NU ÄR DET SOMMAR 
4. STOCKHOLMS SPELMANSGILLE - LÂNGBACKA-JANS POLSKA 
5. LOVE EXPLOSION - LJUSNE 
6. LAT TREDJE ÖRAT LYSSNA IN & TREDJE BENET STAMPA TAKTEN - GÄRDET 1970
7. 2.000 SPENAR - JAN JAN DAGOBERT
8. DET EUROPEISKA MISSNÖJETS GRUNDER - MISSNÖJET 
9. TURID - CHILDREN PLAYING 
10. SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA - TRIPP HARLEY 
11. GRÖNSAKSLANDET - VAR FÖRSIKTIG 
12. SOLEN SKINER - MILITÄR 
13. NO ARTIST - UTE BLAND FOLKET 

DISC #2: 
1. CHARLIE & ESDOR - DAGEN ÄR ÖVER 
2. FLÄSKET BRINNER - BOSSES LÂT 
3. GUDIBRALLAN - T-DOJA 
4. BROWNSVILLE JUG BAND - TAKE YOUR FINGERS OFF IT 
5. NO ARTIST - UTE BLAND FOLKET 
6. SÖDRA BERGENS BALALAJKOR - POLYANKA 
7. OLD TIMEY STRINGBAND - IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY 
8. NJA-GRUPPEN - MINNS DU FÖRRA ÂRET 
9. HANDGJORT - FARMER JACK 
10. TRÄD, GRÄS OCH STENAR - GÖR SOM DU VILL 
11. NO ARTIST - UTE BLAND FOLKET