Added: 13 October 2024
Rhapsody (Swe)
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Band Info
Members
Benny Ahlkvist - Vocals ( Gallery, Ambra, Cheap Thrill)
Kjell-Åke Norén - Guitar, Keyboard (Pasqual, Thor-Eriks, Hasse Andersson, Peter & Sofia (guest), Elisabeth Andreassen (guest), Karin Green (guest), Towe Jaarnek (guest), Fia Nyström (guest), Fredrik Swahn (guest)) Peter Åhs - Bass, Keyboard ( Extasy, Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester, Stefan Borsch, Peter & Sofia (guest), Fredrik Willstrand (guest), Leif Bloms (guest), Suzzies Orkester (guest)) Thorbjörn "Tobbe" Persson - Drums ( Extasy, Peter & Sofia (guest))
Former / Past Members
Mats Johansson - Guitar Rudolf Janszky - Bass
Info from Janne Stark's Encyclopedia
Rhapsody are in the vein of Deep Purple or Uriah Heep with great organ/guitar parts. In 1977-1978 they made a 25-gig tour in Hungary, some recorded by radio and TV. Rudolf left and Peter took over the bass. The band split in 1980. Peter and Thorbjörn later formed the excellent AOR/pomp-band Extasy. Benny joined the symphonic Ambra, who changed their style into AOR and the name to Gallery. They recorded three singles. Kjell-Åke joined "dansband" Thor-Eriks and Peter was later found in female dance/popsinger Lotta Engbergs backing group.
The album was remixed for Japan, but it was never released there. A rarity worth spending your hard-earned cash on. In 2004 MTM reissued the album, as 'Strange Vibrations', with two new songs, recorded by the reunited band, featuring Ahlqvist, Norén, Åhs and Persson. However, the band name had to be changed due to the Italian namesakes.
Info from Official Facebook Group
Rhapsody Sweden was formed as a 4-piece band back in 1974: Kjell-Åke Noren, Benny Ahlkvist, Rudolf Janszky, Torbjörn Persson. 1977 the band was joined by Peter Åhs ..board and the same year was fairly successful for the band and they were booked on tons of gigs in Sweden and Scandinavia. Later the same year they were also booked on a tour in Hungary for a month with over 25 gigs. They did TV-shows and a radio show for the national Hungarian radio and TV. When they came back from Hungary they continued to play concerts in Sweden and the album became a hit on the chart and the album is still cult-rated for the Swedish hardrock/pomp/aor - audience. Now after all these years we're very proud that MTM wants to re-release our album again, and that we could get hold of the mastertapes. We have remastered the old songs carefully and we have also recorded two brand new songs as bonus tracks for this re-release. When we recorded these new songs, " It..s gotta be tonight " and "Sweet Rock ..n Roll " our old chemistry was back and it almost felt like if there were 4 teenagers back in the studio. It was great fun and we decided to record new songs for an album right away.
Info from Janne Stark's Encyclopedia
Rhapsody are in the vein of Deep Purple or Uriah Heep with great organ/guitar parts. In 1977-1978 they made a 25-gig tour in Hungary, some recorded by radio and TV. Rudolf left and Peter took over the bass. The band split in 1980. Peter and Thorbjörn later formed the excellent AOR/pomp-band Extasy. Benny joined the symphonic Ambra, who changed their style into AOR and the name to Gallery. They recorded three singles. Kjell-Åke joined "dansband" Thor-Eriks and Peter was later found in female dance/popsinger Lotta Engbergs backing group.
The album was remixed for Japan, but it was never released there. A rarity worth spending your hard-earned cash on. In 2004 MTM reissued the album, as 'Strange Vibrations', with two new songs, recorded by the reunited band, featuring Ahlqvist, Norén, Åhs and Persson. However, the band name had to be changed due to the Italian namesakes.
Info from Official Facebook Group
Rhapsody Sweden was formed as a 4-piece band back in 1974: Kjell-Åke Noren, Benny Ahlkvist, Rudolf Janszky, Torbjörn Persson. 1977 the band was joined by Peter Åhs ..board and the same year was fairly successful for the band and they were booked on tons of gigs in Sweden and Scandinavia. Later the same year they were also booked on a tour in Hungary for a month with over 25 gigs. They did TV-shows and a radio show for the national Hungarian radio and TV. When they came back from Hungary they continued to play concerts in Sweden and the album became a hit on the chart and the album is still cult-rated for the Swedish hardrock/pomp/aor - audience. Now after all these years we're very proud that MTM wants to re-release our album again, and that we could get hold of the mastertapes. We have remastered the old songs carefully and we have also recorded two brand new songs as bonus tracks for this re-release. When we recorded these new songs, " It..s gotta be tonight " and "Sweet Rock ..n Roll " our old chemistry was back and it almost felt like if there were 4 teenagers back in the studio. It was great fun and we decided to record new songs for an album right away.
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