LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• black vinyl
• 400 pcs limited edition on black vinyl and 300 on green vinyl

Svart Records is proud to reissue Olli Ahvenlahti’s first three LPs. This is his third and most difficult to find album, Based on a Novel.

Olli Ahvenlahti’s first albums were issued by the independent company Love Records which then went bankrupt in 1979. Otto Donner, one of the founders of Love Records and the power behind the scenes of Bandstand and The Poet, decided to form a new recording company, Ponsi. The doors were once again open for Olli Ahvenlahti to enter the studio. Ponsi was, however, a very short-lived endeavour, and the album was largely unmarketed and then disappeared.

The Svart reissue is the first time after 1981 this interesting album is back in print. The lineup features Juhani Aaltonen instead of the Ahvenlahti regular Pekka Pöyry, who had passed away a few months earlier. To accompany him are Pekka Sarmanto, Esko Rosnell and Markku Johansson.

Track Listing:

• A1 Blues In The Country 5:45
• A2 Memories 5:26
• A3 Hotel Piccolo 4:05
• A4 Chorale 1:59
• B1 Ballata 5:28
• B2 Nelli's Snowballsong 4:58
• B3 Based On A Novel 5:02
• B4 Visa Från Rattvik 2:48