Thursday, August 1, 2024

Tasavallan Presidentti - Tasavallan Presidentti II (1971)

The second album from this band from Finland.

The band was quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, organ, saxophones, flute and vocals.

The follow up to their self-titled 1969 debut album.

The band continued with their mix of brass rock, fusion and progressive rock. References are early King Crimson, Procol Harum and early Chicago.

The band included some pretty outstanding musicians and they delivered some great solos here. The vocalist Frank Robson was from England and he gave the band some really good, professional vocals.

Jukka Tolonen's guitar solos is something special here too. No wonder he is regarded as the best guitarist ever to come out of Finland. The saxophones is also good.

The short songs here is decent enough and the band just adds quality to them in their vocals and solos. This is an album well worth checking out, indeed. It is an old charmer.

2.5 points

 

 

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