Jukka Kuoppamäki - Sä kanssain leikit vaan

JUKKA KUOPPAMÄKI

Rakkaus on sininen / Sä kanssain leikit vaan

Blue master BLU 677
1968
7"






I have never been too big fan of Jukka Kuoppamäki's voice, but I have to bring this 45 up anyways. While the side a song "Rakkaus on sininen" is a pretty basic but quite powerful schlager ballad, the better one is on side b. "Sä kanssain leikit vaan" is a cover of the big Supremes hit "You keep me hanging on" originally written by the legendary songwriting and producing team Holland–Dozier–Holland. It's a very nice uptempo soul song although the vibrating vocals of Jukka Kuoppamäki disturb me a little.

Night train - Pyörä pyörii

NIGHT TRAIN

Pyörä pyörii / Voit yksin kaiken muuttaa

Blue Master 45-BLU 725
1969
7"






A nice double sider with really big beats. Night train was a short lived band from late 60s with possibly only two 45 releases. Here's the better one with a cover of Blood, Sweat & Tears classic Spinning wheel on the a-side. On the b-side you will find cover of You've made me so very happy as recorded by Brenda Holloway and later made famous by Blood, Sweat & Tears. The arrangements for both songs are made by Esa Helasvuo. There's even a nice break on the Spinning wheel cover Pyörä pyörii. Unfortunately this is a scarce 45 and quite hard to find.


Pyörä Pyörii


Voit yksin kaiken muuttaa

Cumulus - Noustaan perhosilla lentämään

CUMULUS

Noustaan perhosilla lentämään / Voin rakkauden antaa

Top Voice TOP 70
1973
7"





Cumulus was a Finnish folk group formed in 1969 by Anki Lindqvist, Cay Karlsson, Hector and Sakari Lehtinen. Mostly their music was typical folk, but occasionally they had a really good groove going on. Like in this one, a Eurovision Song Contest national nominee from 1973, they really hit it. Too bad they didn't win the Finnish trials and didn't get to the contest. Noustaan perhosilla lentämään is a really groovy uptempo percussion driven folk-funk song that you can listen again and again. Both tracks in this 45 are composed by Valto Laitinen and arranged by Jörgen Petersen. Again, this song is only released on this 45 and on a compilation, Kootut Teokset 7 (Blue Master 1973). The 45 is pretty scarce nowadays but the compilation LP is much easier to find.



Cumulus in Eurovision Song Contest Finnish trials 1973.

Paula Koivuniemi - Sä et suurennella saa

PAULA KOIVUNIEMI

Sä et suurennella saa / Laulun sain matkallein

Blue Master MPS 540
1974
7"






What we have here is a Finnish cover of Stevie Wonder's Don't you worry 'bout a thing performed by Paula Koivuniemi. The song is quite similar to the original, a strong latin groover with the arrangements done by Matti and Pirjo Bergström. As it was usual in those days, it's a 45 only release for the artist, but also compiled on the Kootut teokset 12 - Kuuma kesä kanssain jaa compilation (Blue Master 1974). The b-side song is a cover of Born with a smile on my face by Simon May. Not too hard to find for a quite cheap price.