Trad Gras Och Stenar Live 1972

First TGochS in my life: John Rockit Scientist back during his Venus Records days: Rock för Kropp Och Själ on his reco around 1993? Fucking LOVED it—the border on the front cover, the insert art, the killer performances. If it weren’t for the existence of the record in the subject line, Rock för Kropp Och Själ— an underrated artwork if there ever was one—this mag slice of life essence would be in its place. But before we stroll to 2001:

There's maybe six-eight months through 1994 of asking/begging (Paul Major tried to help too), and I finally cop a copy of the debut LP. (Yeah yeah Rockit Jon did it again.) Liked it a LOT, cmon now of course!!, side 1 is mind-fryin’ and atom-crying’, but, for me, it still didn't top the what-the-fuckness of Rock för Kropp. (And that’s okay! It doesn't hafta.)

In 1996 the holy and sacrosanct Subliminal label released Gärdet 12.6.1970, and it was as if a distant God heard the pleas of these hungry TradGrasians. Sweden's greatest vibration magicians could transport souls from one show in the year 1970 into infinityyy with a release like this, and lo my soul was transported countless times with repeated spins of this album. 

And now we find ourselves in 2001—m'self specifically in a beautiful Brooklyn location in year 12 of what would be a total of 20 straight: The year where so much amazing music is released, a dawn of possibilities for many that thus turns toward dust for all, but . . . before the horrors we are blessed with the release of Live 1972, on the 1/2 Special Skivor & Trams label (which I always just assumed was Anthology being cheeky/fun). When I bought mine at the storefront and got back to my apartment, it was a Saturday late afternoon where the windows are wide open and your life feels wide open . . . 

(FF to 2003 and Anthology gifts us with CDs of albums 3 + 4 in the discography [I nevah sniffed an OG of either and I've sniffed a LOT of rare shit]. I do deeply adore those two pieces of god-art, but . . . see above and below.)