RUNNING IN THE SUMMER NIGHT
MECKI MARK MEN
1969 , SWEDEN - EURO 17.50
Label: UNIVERSAL
ALBUM REVIEW
While I was searching for the master tape of Mecki Mark Men´s 2nd album titled "Running in the Summer Night" I discovered the original master which was ment to be the Swedish version. Mecki Mark Men was contracted by Philips in Sweden but it was Limelight records in the USA who released it 1969. I compared the Limelight tapes and the newly discovered Philips tapes. Basically it was the same album but soundwise it was two different ones. Musically it is still brain melting Heavy Acid Space Rock driven by the fury of demons, but now with pure and dynamic sound! Mecki Mark Men was (together with Hansson and Karlsson) Jimi Hendrix favourite Swedish band. When Jimi came back from his Swedish tours he probably told the tales about the wild Swedish Organ tormentor Mecki Bodemark who did the same things with his grinding Organ as Jimi did with his guitar. For those of you who have not heard MMM I can tell that they sounds like a mix of Teargas, High Tide and Jimi Hendrix but with a wild organ player in glittering space costume. The mighty guitar wizard Kenny Håkansson has never been more psychedelic than this!!! The CD includes the album plus bonus material from the US version as well as short conversations from the studio. Detailed biography by Reine Fiske and Tommy Dahlén!!!
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