For those who desire background on Bo : In the 60s Bo Hasson started as a guitarist and later organ player. His duo with drummer Janne Carlsson had jammed with Jimi Hendrix in the late 60s . They gave Hendrix one of their songs "Tax Free" which he then recorded. There are a couple uploads on YT of their jam session. 'Hansson & Karlsson' as they were known on posters etc put out at least one album and then split. After this Bo went off on his own to write having been intrigued by Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, he rented a small cottage on an island north of Stockholm where he settled in and started writing and recording basic tracks based on LOTR. That icy cold winter setting was key to his composing such surreal and hypnotic tracks that take one's mind to the Tolkien created lands. There are a few photos online of this cottage, sacred ground for the hardcore Bo Hansson fan. His friend Anders Lind offered to help with the recording. Anders had a connection at the Swedish Nat Radio station and managed to 'borrow' the only 8 track tape machine in Sweden from them on the premise that he was thinking of buying one and wanted to try it out before ordering. He kept it for months and the rest is history ! Throughout the winter of 1969, Hansson and Lind worked on the tracks at the cottage with the help of a handful of fantastic local musicians and friends. Much of Bo's basic tracks remain as is, They were complimented by Sax, Congas, Flute, various percussion and Drums of Lind's friends. The Guitar, Bass and Keyboards were all played by Bo . Once all the tracks were recorded they relocated to Studio Decibel in Stockholm to complete the album in early 1970. When it was released later that year it was widely played on air and became very popular. There are multiple different pressings of this album. The first "Sagan om Ringen" is the original 1970 release on Sweden's Silence Records. Its hard to find being an expensive collectors item. Buy it, if you do find it. This first release mix sounds very different than the later Charisma pressings that had different mixes and mastering done in those later releases. There are bonus tracks included in later releases that were left off of the original album -due to time constrictions- and those are excellent. Silence continues as a small record company run by studio owner Anders Lind. Silence Studios was where Bo recorded his subsequent albums. He had a long friendship with Anders who went on to make Silence Studios a well known albeit small studio for up 'n coming Scandinavian bands and artists. The out in the country studio is still in operation today with digital and analog available. However it moved years ago from its original location where Bo did all his recordings. Since those days Bo settled into a sort of obscurity. He didnt like playing live and was known to be very shy introverted, yet humble and cordial if you got a chance to speak with him. He rarely played and only came out for brief performance cameos with organist Eric Malmberg who has followed in Bo's path per playing technique. Scandinavian musicians still hold Bo in high regard for he broke new musical ground and will be forever remembered.
I have an original LP from when I lived in Sweden. Didn't like the cover and a friend made a plain black one with white lettering on it. "Sagan Om Ringen" and nothing more. ought a CD and it is nowhere near as engaging as the original recording.
Bought the Album in 1972 which I still own (in perfect condition) after reading Lord of the Rings and several other JRR Tolkien's books. Moved to New Zealand in 1978 where the Lord of the Rings was eventually filmed and strangely ended up living close to the Hobbiton set in Morrinsville. New Zealand truly is Middle Earth...
These songs make me want to read the books again so badly...I don't understand why people find the first book (up to Rivendell) 'boring' - it is so magical! The Old Forest, Tom Bombadil, the Barrow Wights...
+Claire Robertson I used to find it boring when I was younger, or, at least when I just thought about it, but I've realized that's my favorite part almost, especially when listening to this music. It's so.. cozy.
+Claire Robertson They now-a-days get beefed up by the movie, which of course led a great many non-readers into the "realm" of LOTR...we, of course, from way back, who actually read the books (over and over, I'm sure, and who used our Minds to fantasize) could only conjure in our thoughts what it must've been like...I remember when I first saw the "spoilers" of an actual Movie about LOTR, I was So Amazed!!!...(finally here was someone putting this Greatest Epic onto film)...but the best, was to Read The Books First!!...else it's "boring" because there isn't the magical "fantastic scenes" there, as in the movie..(some of them get Ridiculous, IMHO)...
Twas in the winter while driving down Boulder canyon listening to this album and Tubular bells that I got addicted to synthesizer music. We all listened while drinking a beer or doin a dobbie and maybe just straight driving up and down the canyons in Colorado 1970's! I salute you Bo! Memories of snow and winter in the Rockies...............
Wonderful music. A real good entertainer and a great organist. What a fine atmosphere in this songs. Reminds me of my childhood. Far far away in the woods. Scandinavian masterpiece.
It's understandable that some people find the first book boring,personally it's my favourite. It's the transition from innocence to darkness,it portrays the beauty of what exists, and gradually the reader (and the Hobbits) understand what is at stake,and what will be lost forever.
I bought this album in the early 70s and was blown away by it. I was always surprised that I had never heard more of Bo Hansson? The album went missing a few decades ago - doubtless someone else coveted it! Just glad to be able to listen to the music again. Totally concur with barney's comments below... Thanks for the upload Ladysonja
Loved this from the first time I heared it, as I was 15 or 16 and reading Lord of the Rings... as all my friends were.... This evening, after watching The Two Towers on Netflix, I suddenly remembered the name Hansson. And there it is 😁And yes you made my day as well!!!! Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you so much. I haven't heard this in over 40 years. Bo Hansson was a leading light in electronic folk music until a chap named Oldfield came along.
Wow. I actually discovered this by coming across it by chance at a Salvation Army store back in 1992 when I was 18. (at the time and for many years I assumed it was something 'lost' and that no one remembered..imagine my joy years later when I found, thanks to the internet, that that was not the case...) :)
Same thing happened to me.Fresh out of the army in 1972, i was reading The Hobbit and LOTR for the second time.. One day i was going thru the remainder bins of a local discount department store, came across this, put it in my stack of three for a dollar albums just because of the artwork took it home and fell in love.
Wow ich habe seit Jahrzehnten alles verdrängt und die music nicht mehr gehört. Bin grad auf Pappe und hui echt geil....... Ich werd alle wieder sehen ich bin mir sicher... . Fein Time
i recall this album every time i travel from Lyttelton Marina to near Oxford and i see the Oxford dragon. so darn true to type. thanks for this, so very much.
Hey heard this first as part of a drama class at seacombe high school now Seaview high school in the mid seventies still have all four Bo Hansson albums big thanks to the teacher who introduced me to this
I tell you, I'm wired right into this. LOTR is one of thee classic prog albums of all time and out on its own. Absolutely brilliant, timeless, evocative, moving and glorious. You know how to listen to this.
I grew up having listened to this with my dad perhaps thousands of times, and having read the hobbit many, many times as well, before I even read Lord of the Rings. I remember the fact that somehow, it took me until I was about fifteen to read LOTR, but when I did, it was amazing, as I had had over a decade of this as a primer, which worked really well for me. It made for one of the best experiences of reading I have yet had. Definitely a favourite album.
Besides he didnt failed, the band Hansson & Karlsson had a big impact on Swedish music. They also sold the song Tax free to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix himself always wanted Hansson & Karlsson to be opening act and if that wouldnt be possible he always made sure that he could jam with them.
Thanks for the upload. He was so original, produced true prog masterpieces. I have this CD. Despite of the facility thats internet these days I hope people go buy the album as gratefulness of his legate, in benefit of his family today, even more for a not well know artist and definetely underrated. R.I.P. Hansson
I found this album in a record Store in Petaluma, California in 1985. I had no idea kind of music at all it was. I bought it based on the title alone. Was pleasantly surprised when i took it home and put it on the turntable.
I never find these wax discs with good sleeves anywhere anymore! You have found a collectors item my friend! This cover is a work of art and many are gone forever. There was a record store in Tucson that sold scratched albums and their almost perfect sleeves. Before I could buy them up a gang from Japan bought up over 500 of the best! Tears.....
I got this album in 1975 and still have it and on the back it says he recorded it on a borrowed 8 track on an island off stockholm inside was a picture of JRR Tolkien who lived at that time in my home town of Bournemouth, after listening to the album I read the book and now read it at least once a year I must buy this on cd
One of the best thing I discovered by starting to buy vinyl. This has become one of my favorite albums. I love listening to it while I'm working on my indie computer games! :) I think I want to make a game inspired by these early 70's psych/prog albums! :) MUZBOZ
Every year, ever since I was a child, my father has and continues to put on this music on a loudspeaker for Halloween trick or treaters who come to our house. Strangely-fitting music for this holiday.
according to my dad (who i imagine bought it when it was 1st released as well .. ) he locked himself up while making it, to the dismay of the neighbours, and wouldn't come out of his .. basement apartment if I remember correctly till it was finished. though its been some years since i heard the story last...
Ah, Bo Hansson, a Swedish musician who tried his way at the 80's strange electronic nonsense, but failed and honestly I don't think I would ever hear of him if I hadn't had to do a project to find a song on the book I read for the project. I think Hansson was underestimated and did deserve some success on the part of some of these songs. Like this video!
He didnt want to, he was a very eccentric person and didnt care about labels or doing the same thing again and again. He moved on to different inspired albums : Magicians Hat where he put together a more modern sound and improved on that with Attic Thoughts. Bo expanded his composing with some of Scandanvia's excellent muscians. So if you dont have those two go find them, they are also uploaded here on Y Tube. In addition and in a completely different realm Bo later did Watership Downs inspiried by the novel. The album is also awesome. Finally his last recording was Mitt I Livet in 1985 Save this till you have listened to everything else.
Deskription from another site. "" Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (1970) Swedish multi-instrumentalist Hansson recorded a whole album paying tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, long before there were proper movies to have their own soundtrack. It's all moody, twinkly, sparkly instrumentals, dominated by jazzy keyboards and some edgy guitar work. It gets downright jumpy and nervy with the danceable "Black Riders." ""
Cut in the 1970's a great LP, my mother has a collection of these old LPs. I am a fan of Bo Hannson the music is generally created on the moog synthesizer, or another syn, brand. I wondered why Peter Jackson didn't use some of these is parts the LoR Trilogy...I think the music is moody and hauntingly apt, perhaps to apt, for PJ,s liking.
The music on this album was not included in the epic Lord of the Rings of Peter Jackson. However, you will find it in a lesser known, but very fun, movie around the same time (2001), Together (from Sweden). This film focused on the epic trials of a mid-70's Swedish commune and Bo Hansson was the kind of music they would naturally have listened to.
For those who desire background on Bo : In the 60s Bo Hasson started as a guitarist and later organ player. His duo with drummer Janne Carlsson had jammed with Jimi Hendrix in the late 60s . They gave Hendrix one of their songs "Tax Free" which he then recorded. There are a couple uploads on YT of their jam session. 'Hansson & Karlsson' as they were known on posters etc put out at least one album and then split. After this Bo went off on his own to write having been intrigued by Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, he rented a small cottage on an island north of Stockholm where he settled in and started writing and recording basic tracks based on LOTR. That icy cold winter setting was key to his composing such surreal and hypnotic tracks that take one's mind to the Tolkien created lands. There are a few photos online of this cottage, sacred ground for the hardcore Bo Hansson fan.
His friend Anders Lind offered to help with the recording. Anders had a connection at the Swedish Nat Radio station and managed to 'borrow' the only 8 track tape machine in Sweden from them on the premise that he was thinking of buying one and wanted to try it out before ordering. He kept it for months and the rest is history ! Throughout the winter of 1969, Hansson and Lind worked on the tracks at the cottage with the help of a handful of fantastic local musicians and friends. Much of Bo's basic tracks remain as is, They were complimented by Sax, Congas, Flute, various percussion and Drums of Lind's friends. The Guitar, Bass and Keyboards were all played by Bo . Once all the tracks were recorded they relocated to Studio Decibel in Stockholm to complete the album in early 1970. When it was released later that year it was widely played on air and became very popular.
There are multiple different pressings of this album. The first "Sagan om Ringen" is the original 1970 release on Sweden's Silence Records. Its hard to find being an expensive collectors item. Buy it, if you do find it. This first release mix sounds very different than the later Charisma pressings that had different mixes and mastering done in those later releases. There are bonus tracks included in later releases that were left off of the original album -due to time constrictions- and those are excellent. Silence continues as a small record company run by studio owner Anders Lind. Silence Studios was where Bo recorded his subsequent albums. He had a long friendship with Anders who went on to make Silence Studios a well known albeit small studio for up 'n coming Scandinavian bands and artists. The out in the country studio is still in operation today with digital and analog available. However it moved years ago from its original location where Bo did all his recordings.
Since those days Bo settled into a sort of obscurity. He didnt like playing live and was known to be very shy introverted, yet humble and cordial if you got a chance to speak with him. He rarely played and only came out for brief performance cameos with organist Eric Malmberg who has followed in Bo's path per playing technique. Scandinavian musicians still hold Bo in high regard for he broke new musical ground and will be forever remembered.
I have an original LP from when I lived in Sweden. Didn't like the cover and a friend made a plain black one with white lettering on it. "Sagan Om Ringen" and nothing more.
ought a CD and it is nowhere near as engaging as the original recording.
Beautifully early '70s. Super mellow.
Bought the Album in 1972 which I still own (in perfect condition) after reading Lord of the Rings and several other JRR Tolkien's books. Moved to New Zealand in 1978 where the Lord of the Rings was eventually filmed and strangely ended up living close to the Hobbiton set in Morrinsville. New Zealand truly is Middle Earth...
This is where my two favourite things come together, Lord of the Rings and psychedelic music
Robin Page check out the bands "Gandalf" and "The Hobbits"
Couldn't have said that better myself. LOTR and psych!
I used to fall asleep to a cassette tape of this and have been looking for this music for 25years. You just made my day.
These songs make me want to read the books again so badly...I don't understand why people find the first book (up to Rivendell) 'boring' - it is so magical! The Old Forest, Tom Bombadil, the Barrow Wights...
+Claire Robertson ikr? i loved the bit set in buckland
+Claire Robertson I used to find it boring when I was younger, or, at least when I just thought about it, but I've realized that's my favorite part almost, especially when listening to this music. It's so.. cozy.
+Claire Robertson They now-a-days get beefed up by the movie, which of course led a great many non-readers into the "realm" of LOTR...we, of course, from way back, who actually read the books (over and over, I'm sure, and who used our Minds to fantasize) could only conjure in our thoughts what it must've been like...I remember when I first saw the "spoilers" of an actual Movie about LOTR, I was So Amazed!!!...(finally here was someone putting this Greatest Epic onto film)...but the best, was to Read The Books First!!...else it's "boring" because there isn't the magical "fantastic scenes" there, as in the movie..(some of them get Ridiculous, IMHO)...
can never read much past when they leave bree. The first part is to me literally harmony in-of-itself, the later parts get a bit too fantasy for me.
shadow of the past is one of Tolkiens best chapters ever...that or "the battle of unnumbered tears"
Holy damn, I bought this album on some flea market and had no idea what to expect.. Turned out to be the best lp I bought that day
Same with me today :) 2 Euros very well spend
We use this as the theme for the Stonehenge Radio Show on 91.1fm in Atlanta. 35 years and going strong! Our thanks to Bo: RIP Mr. Hansson!
Barely anything beats a late night smoke by yourself to Bo Hansson's The Lord of the Rings
Or a late night smoke to this: ruclips.net/video/lKGbCFRlVR8/видео.html
@@timjonesvideos followed that link and its utterly brilliant. Thanks for sharing
@@timjonesvideos This is beautiful!
Takes you right there doesn't it.
@@georgeh3604 What link?
Twas in the winter while driving down Boulder canyon listening to this album and Tubular bells that I got addicted to synthesizer music. We all listened while drinking a beer or doin a dobbie and maybe just straight driving up and down the canyons in Colorado 1970's! I salute you Bo!
Memories of snow and winter in the Rockies...............
I feel you my dude
first time i heard this song i was 12 years old, never got tired of it
I have over 10,000 recordings in my collection, This album is in the Top 5! I Love this!
This 70's psychedelic song speaks to the generations LOTR touched.
Wow, how easily this music drifts in and out of your mind and soul. This music is the breath of a mystical forest.
Wonderful music. A real good entertainer and a great organist. What a fine atmosphere in this songs. Reminds me of my childhood. Far far away in the woods. Scandinavian masterpiece.
inri
It's understandable that some people find the first book boring,personally it's my favourite. It's the transition from innocence to darkness,it portrays the beauty of what exists, and gradually the reader (and the Hobbits) understand what is at stake,and what will be lost forever.
Magic and very beautiful. Thinking of Sweden and its beautiful nature makes it nostalgic for me.
epic, timeless... I consider 'Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings' his masterpiece... this whole work actually tells a story
This whole album IS the LOTR.
It captures the magic of books to perfection.
I bought this album in the early 70s and was blown away by it. I was always surprised that I had never heard more of Bo Hansson? The album went missing a few decades ago - doubtless someone else coveted it! Just glad to be able to listen to the music again. Totally concur with barney's comments below... Thanks for the upload Ladysonja
WOW !! Can't believe I found this here ! I LOVED this LP ! I have not heard this since 1972 !!
Loved this from the first time I heared it, as I was 15 or 16 and reading Lord of the Rings... as all my friends were.... This evening, after watching The Two Towers on Netflix, I suddenly remembered the name Hansson. And there it is 😁And yes you made my day as well!!!! Thank you very much for sharing.
Enchanting journey back in the middle ages. Truly mesmerising.
I'm 16 and in love...all over again. Thanks for the memories. Still in love (with the same girl) and still listening to this...all these years later.
Bo really caught the mood I found in LotR - the tension, the anxiousness, the uncertain outcome, the resolve - the faith.
Have my vinyl still, fantastic.
Thank you so much. I haven't heard this in over 40 years. Bo Hansson was a leading light in electronic folk music until a chap named Oldfield came along.
this is truly amazing music, really takes you to a different place
This Album made me read the book, when I was 18.
By that time time I had read it five times....
Wow. I actually discovered this by coming across it by chance at a Salvation Army store back in 1992 when I was 18. (at the time and for many years I assumed it was something 'lost' and that no one remembered..imagine my joy years later when I found, thanks to the internet, that that was not the case...) :)
Thank you Ladysonja. May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks🙂
Came for the artwork, stayed for the music.
Same thing happened to me.Fresh out of the army in 1972, i was reading The Hobbit and LOTR for the second time.. One day i was going thru the remainder bins of a local discount department store, came across this, put it in my stack of three for a dollar albums just because of the artwork took it home and fell in love.
Wow ich habe seit Jahrzehnten alles verdrängt und die music nicht mehr gehört.
Bin grad auf Pappe und hui echt geil.......
Ich werd alle wieder sehen ich bin mir sicher...
. Fein Time
Gruß von mir. Geht mir so ähnlich. Mann, war ich noch jung, als diese Klänge das letzte mal gehört habe.🥲
I FINALLY FOUND THE FRASYER BOY SAMPLE! YES!!!!!!
THIS SONG IS AMAZING! WHAT A AMAZING ARTISTS.
PERFECT FOR RELAXING OR CHILLIN!
i recall this album every time i travel from Lyttelton Marina to near Oxford and i see the Oxford dragon. so darn true to type. thanks for this, so very much.
Haven’t heard this since the 80s. ❤it
Hey heard this first as part of a drama class at seacombe high school now Seaview high school in the mid seventies still have all four Bo Hansson albums big thanks to the teacher who introduced me to this
I read the book in the early 70's and my brother found the lp - I have it on vinyl and cd, as well as the Watership Down music - I lived near there
Smoke,Snow & Bo
Everything is alright
I tell you, I'm wired right into this. LOTR is one of thee classic prog albums of all time and out on its own. Absolutely brilliant, timeless, evocative, moving and glorious. You know how to listen to this.
barney63dog which are the other two?
agreed
Yes. You said it. Evocative and glorious!
@@kaushalyaporwal2660 Zodiac Cosmic Sounds from the same era might be one.
I have this on vinyl, but keep it locked away to preserve it. Thanks for posting this beautiful music !
I grew up having listened to this with my dad perhaps thousands of times, and having read the hobbit many, many times as well, before I even read Lord of the Rings. I remember the fact that somehow, it took me until I was about fifteen to read LOTR, but when I did, it was amazing, as I had had over a decade of this as a primer, which worked really well for me. It made for one of the best experiences of reading I have yet had. Definitely a favourite album.
I bought this album in 1973. Got left in the car on a hot Hawaii day and warped. So cool that it's on RUclips. Thank you for posting it!
THIS IS GOOD ASS HELL
yes, nigga, we know
Besides he didnt failed, the band Hansson & Karlsson had a big impact on Swedish music. They also sold the song Tax free to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix himself always wanted Hansson & Karlsson to be opening act and if that wouldnt be possible he always made sure that he could jam with them.
And there are some recordings...
I Love this album! I have still got the vinyl from my army days.
I had this album long BEFORE I got round to reading the books. Genius.
Yes, I believe Bo a rare , brilliant artist.
Thanks for the upload. He was so original, produced true prog masterpieces. I have this CD. Despite of the facility thats internet these days I hope people go buy the album as gratefulness of his legate, in benefit of his family today, even more for a not well know artist and definetely underrated. R.I.P. Hansson
found a vinyl copy of this at a salvation army today. so glad i did.
I love this album so much ...
a gem from the past,,,,
A gem for eternitiy!!!
Takes me back to a time 'before time' in Ulster's mystic land
I’ve got all 4 of Bo’s albums. Just got through listening to the last today. Such beautiful music.
Used to have this album..memories are flooding back!
I found this album in a record Store in Petaluma, California in 1985. I had no idea kind of music at all it was. I bought it based on the title alone. Was pleasantly surprised when i took it home and put it on the turntable.
I think this is one of my top 5 favorite records. Thank you for posting this!
I never find these wax discs with good sleeves anywhere anymore! You have found a collectors item my friend! This cover is a work of art and many are gone forever. There was a record store in Tucson that sold scratched albums and their almost perfect sleeves. Before I could buy them up a gang from Japan bought up over 500 of the best! Tears.....
Love it Perfect for a film, of course with clearance
I got this album in 1975 and still have it and on the back it says he recorded it on a borrowed 8 track on an island off stockholm inside was a picture of JRR Tolkien who lived at that time in my home town of Bournemouth, after listening to the album I read the book and now read it at least once a year I must buy this on cd
wow
This album is one of my all time favorites.
I found this album in a used records store in 1973, west Texas. I was 10 and was into The Two Towers by that point. I love this album.
fantastic.
Dope 🐾🐱
Still got this...
Good stuff!
One of the best thing I discovered by starting to buy vinyl. This has become one of my favorite albums. I love listening to it while I'm working on my indie computer games! :) I think I want to make a game inspired by these early 70's psych/prog albums! :)
MUZBOZ
Best LP ever.
Wow i was a kid & i remember this playing on our old progressive station in the early to mid 70s, WOWI in Hampton Roads VA.
My parents had this record back then.
I loved it - and it's still ok
So fitting a song for Frodo, Sam, and Pippen in the Old Forest, which was aware of them.
Underbar musik från min barndom. Brukade sitta med hörlurar på Skanörs bibliotek med denna skiva i öronen och drömma mej bort från mobbarna.
Great to hear this again! In my memory it was all much slower, weird.
Every year, ever since I was a child, my father has and continues to put on this music on a loudspeaker for Halloween trick or treaters who come to our house. Strangely-fitting music for this holiday.
fast schon ein gebet . grosses lied !
I had this album, wish I still did (except my phonograph player is currently inoperative.) This is vivid, beautifully dreamy music.
according to my dad (who i imagine bought it when it was 1st released as well .. ) he locked himself up while making it, to the dismay of the neighbours, and wouldn't come out of his .. basement apartment if I remember correctly till it was finished. though its been some years since i heard the story last...
that entire day? siiiiiiiick :D
love you for this.
predivno svaka ti čast devojko da slušaš ovaj stil muzike,malo tko sluša ovo i od muškaraca ali devojke?
Svaka ti čast!
Nostalgia!
THE SWEET LULLABY OF LIFE
They shoulda used this music for the movie...this is SO much better, makes us "old-timers" who were into LOTR long ago, remember....
Marvelous!
Magic❤❤❤
Oh to have discovered this at 18... :)
Holy Shit SAMPLES GALORE!
Zachary Crawford fr
pretty sure Westside gunn has a track sampling this, I guess derringer made it
2024 !! ❤🎵🎶
Ah, Bo Hansson, a Swedish musician who tried his way at the 80's strange electronic nonsense, but failed and honestly I don't think I would ever hear of him if I hadn't had to do a project to find a song on the book I read for the project. I think Hansson was underestimated and did deserve some success on the part of some of these songs. Like this video!
Except he did it in 1970.
I have this album on vinyl with completely different cover art.
I have this vinyl too with this cover:
2warpstoneptune.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/lotr-matthews-1977.jpg
The album was first released in Sweden with Swedish titles and a different cover art
The greatest prog album ever made. Unfortunately, Bosse couldn't repeat the trick, but what a trick.
Totally agree...he never repeated it...but this album is wonderful.
He didnt want to, he was a very eccentric person and didnt care about labels or doing the same thing again and again. He moved on to different inspired albums : Magicians Hat where he put together a more modern sound and improved on that with Attic Thoughts. Bo expanded his composing with some of Scandanvia's excellent muscians. So if you dont have those two go find them, they are also uploaded here on Y Tube. In addition and in a completely different realm Bo later did Watership Downs inspiried by the novel. The album is also awesome. Finally his last recording was Mitt I Livet in 1985 Save this till you have listened to everything else.
Progressive psych
atmospheric is greatful!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this so much..........
Deskription from another site. "" Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (1970)
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Hansson recorded a whole album paying tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, long before there were proper movies to have their own soundtrack. It's all moody, twinkly, sparkly instrumentals, dominated by jazzy keyboards and some edgy guitar work. It gets downright jumpy and nervy with the danceable "Black Riders." ""
Wow...
I discovered this not long after it came out.. Loved it ever since. To me some of it sounds like pagan church music
Cut in the 1970's a great LP, my mother has a collection of these old LPs. I am a fan of Bo Hannson the music is generally created on the moog synthesizer, or another syn, brand. I wondered why Peter Jackson didn't use some of these is parts the LoR Trilogy...I think the music is moody and hauntingly apt, perhaps to apt, for PJ,s liking.
The music on this album was not included in the epic Lord of the Rings of Peter Jackson. However, you will find it in a lesser known, but very fun, movie around the same time (2001), Together (from Sweden). This film focused on the epic trials of a mid-70's Swedish commune and Bo Hansson was the kind of music they would naturally have listened to.
Actually, there’s very little synth on these, which I think makes them that much more amazing.
@@32powerof3 Can you post a link to it@
@@wjb270 ruclips.net/video/WZ2qhlPR5ds/видео.html
BASED GOD!
El Jimmy Hendrix del órgano, lo llamaban allá por el 73 en Holanda, dónde conocí su música y, finalmente el libro de Tolkien
Holy Shit...
I can hear how intensely this inspired Dungen.
WESTSIDE GUNN BLAZED THIS INTO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL PEACE TO THE FLYGOD "