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

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.