Whoopy Kat brings a collection of the Experience's Swedish performances together with this release, Lost In Sweden. My personal opinion on this release, is it's an attempt at improving and expanding the UniVibes EXP Over Sweden release.
And as a 2 CD set, it does expand on it. Many rare or hard to find tracks, including the ONLY live versions of EXP, and Up From The Skies, from the Axis: Bold As Love release (out only about a month at the time of this concert).
While the quality of these two tracks alone is very rough, the sheer rarity of them makes them a must have. The Experience had an album under their belt (2 for the January 8/68 shows), had been touring a while, and were pretty tight, but still new enough to want to impress.
You tend to get some repeats from the 4 concerts here, but they're all quite good. A friend of mine really enjoys the Swedish performances and while they are quite good, my preference at the moment is Berkeley. But don't let that stop you from picking this set up if you see it.
Quality on this set varies, from poor to average, but what is lacks in the quaility is more than made up for by the rarity of some of the tracks. Overall rating? Another must-have, and another winner by Whoopy Kat!
Disc 1
- Foxy Lady
- The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
- Fire
- Catfish Blues
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
Recorded September 11/67 Stora Scenen, Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
- Foxy Lady
- Rock Me Baby
- Hey Joe
- Can You See Me
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
Recorded May 24/67 Stora Scenen, Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Disc 2
- Sgt. Pepper
- EXP
- Up From The Skies
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Foxy Lady
- Little Wing
- Fire
- Catfish Blues
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Purple Haze
Recorded January 8/68 Stora Salen, Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sgt. Pepper
- Rock Me Baby
- Catfish Blues
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
Recorded September 4/67 Stora Scenen, Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Catalog #: Whoopy Kat
