After work today, I decided to stop by one of the many Salvation Army shops dotted around where I live (btw we call them Salvos down here). I walk into the store, swiftly locate the record bin and proceed to sift through the usual crap found in the aforementioned pile. I have to say that I have a soft spot for bargain bin 7"s. They always seem to grab my attention more than the LPs. Maybe it's because they're easier to handle, who knows? Or maybe it's because I've had better scores with 7" in op-shops. And besides, for 50 cents a pop, what have you got to lose, huh? Anyhow, after sorting a few of these babies I stumble across this mildly psychedelic picture sleeve 7". I flip it and read the blurb at the back about this Swedish lads who call themselves the Nilsmen. They're the best thing since slice bread or so it seems. It grabs my attention although the record looks more and more like a cigarette commercial as I examine it (There's a lady smoking Camels on the sleeve, There are
camels on the sleeve, the lettering is clearly modelled on the Camel cigarettes logo, the B-side is called
Le Winston...). I pull out the record and it's a mono issue on a German label...looks too cool to dismiss. I start thinking how this could possibly be a nugget of epic proportions. I get home, put it on the turntable and it so delivers! The record is an organ-drenched freakbeat-ish number with a couple of KILLER BREAKBEATS. The B-side is just as danceable. This is what crate-digging is all about folks. The simple pleasure of finding something totally obscure and totally awesome.
Here's the tune in full
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