Danny - Seitsemän kertaa seitsemän

DANNY

Seitsemän kertaa seitsemän / Tukholma

Scandia KS 765
1968
7"






A-side song Seitsemän kertaa seitsemän is a italo-western style soundtrack song from a Finnish Robin Hood parody Noin seitsemän veljestä. It's written and arranged by Jaakko Salo, as are most soundtrack songs in Spede Pasanen's movies. B-side song Tukholma is a cover of Bobby Bare's country hit Detroit City from 1962. It's however more uptempo and funkier than the original with arrangements made by Paroni Paakkunainen and backed by Danny's band Islanders.


Seitsemän kertaa seitsemän


Tukholma

Check out also the over 8 minutes long extended version from the movie.

Unisono - Unisono

UNISONO

Unisono

Hi-Hat HILP 106
1975
LP






Unisono was a Finnish jazz-fusion group that was founded 1973 by saxophist/flautist Paroni Paakkunainen, trumpetist Mike Koskinen, pianist Olli Ahvenlahti, guitarist Hasse Walli, bassist Make Lievonen ja drummer Reiska Laine. They recorded their only album in Stockholm in 1975 with Nono Söderberg on guitar and Pekka Pohjola on bass among Paakkunainen, Ahvenlahti and Laine. The band was disbanded few months after the album release and the players continued with their other projects. The music itself is quite strict jazz-rock fusion on a Chick Corea and Miles Davis manner. The grooviest track on this album is the opening track TVL, a nice funky fusion jam that goes smoothly the whole six minutes. This record though is hard to find for a reasonable price.

Soulset - Ahdistus

SOULSET

Ahdistus / Nyt on tie sulle avoin

Sonet T 6519
1968
7"






First of the three singles released by Soulset, a Finnish soul band formed in 1968 by Paroni Paakkunainen, Pekka Laitinen, Juhani Aaltonen, Ilpo Saastamoinen, Jori Auvinen, Edward Vesala and Harri Saksala. Band was disbanded already 1969 after the three singles and two split albums. Ahdistus (anxiety in English) on side a is a downtempo soul-funk song with heart-rending lyrics. Nyt on tie sulle avoin instead is an uptempo soul song with a beat influence. This 45 is hard to find, as are all the releases by this band.


Ahdistus


Nyt on tie sulle avoin

Jouko ja Kosti - Salapoliisin tytär

JOUKO JA KOSTI

Menee mikä menee / Salapoliisin tytär

Polydor NH 59516
1969
7"






Brothers Jouko and Kosti Saari formed this duo and started their recording career in 1968. Salapoliisin tytär is from their second 45 release in 1969. The song is a cover of Dusty Springfield classic Son of a preacher man, although in this case the lyrics are about the daughter of a private eye. As it was normal back then, the arrangements made by Paroni Paakkunainen are pretty conventional and follow the original all the way. That don't matter of course, because the original is also pretty damn good song. Menee mikä menee on the b-side is a cover of A good thing going by Engelbert Humperdinck. The 45 is pretty easy to find for a reasonable price and the song also appears on the duo's self titled album Jouko ja Kosti (Finnlevy 1969) and the Toivekonsertti 37 compilation (Rytmi 1969).