Album Covers: More catastrophic ones...

Do you ever get tired of catastrophic album covers? I know I don't - especially not the crazy ones for Swedish dance bands of the 70s with their super-crazy-ugly-ass costumes. So here's another Swedish blog dedicated to the subject: Katastrofala omslag (yes, you guessed it: Catastrophic Covers). It's in Swedish but it's still the pictures that counts. Enjoy!

Via PCL Link Dump

By the way, I heard one (part) explanation to why the costumes got to be so outrageous. It had to do with tax reduction for working clothes/uniforms. If they could be worn outside of work reduction was invalid. I guess there is some truth to it, but it can not account for all of the craziness! Be that how it may; let's give our thanks to the Swedish IRS!

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Exhibition coming up

The Swedish Post Museum in Stockholm announces a coming exhibition:

Dance-band cards from the 1970's
12 October – 4 December 2005
A colorful collection of postcards from Swedish dance-orchestras.

Hålligång med bussarong och polisong
12 oktober – 4 december 2005

"Visst var det på skoj eller menade de verkligen allvar? Det undrar Johan, en 35-årig gävlekrögare som blir glad av dansbandsmusik från 1970-talet. Han fascineras av glädjen och lekfullheten i dansbandens kostymer och låtarnas texter. Postmuseum visar en del av hans roliga vykortssamling."

I guess someone has been surfing the web seeing how popular these cards has become the last couple of years. Nice going. I'm looking forward to this!

A link to more dance orchestra cards



Less important, of course, is the fact that the Post Museum has
a Garbo exhibition right now.

Hälsningar Greta Garbo
16 september 2005 - 26 mars 2006

Sincerely Greta Garbo
16 September 2005 – 26 March 2006

Fina dansband

Ludgos stolthet

Fina dansband från www.omodern.com