''BAO på turné'' is the first live album by Benny Anderssons Orkester, released in spring 2006.

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After two studio albums, Benny Anderssons Orkester, current group of former

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, released its first live album in May 2006. Recording for the album took place during the group's summer tour the previous year in the towns of

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and

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. As Benny Anderssons Orkester did not tour in 2006, this live album was seen as a kind of compensation for the otherwise missing concert experience. Ever since the start of the group in 2001, Benny Anderssons Orkester were famous for their mini-tours of Sweden each summer. Though only including about ten dates each year, these tours and the group itself are considered an important part of the Swedish summer. Whereas the two previous studio albums included nothing but new and original compositions by

, their concert set-list offers a much wider range of musical contributions. Normally lasting up to three hours, these concerts also include compositions by other members of Benny Anderssons Orkester, mainly by the members of Orsa Spelmän, traditional Swedish folk music, international classics (like

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or Moon River), classical tunes by the likes of

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( Badinerie) and vene some old

compositions. ''"BAO på turné"'', which only includes parts of what a whole concert would normally offer, therefore concentrates more on these unusual numbers, with the famous original BAO tunes being interspersed. ''"BAO på turné"'' includes the biggest hits from '' Benny Anderssons Orkester'' and ''

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'', the band's two previous studio albums. Amongst them also ''" Du är min man"'', which at that time (summer 2006) was still in the middle of its 278-week run on

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.Svensktoppen, Archiv. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2023&artikel=454888. Retrieved on 6 June 2011. Besides that, also two tunes from Benny's first solo album '' Klinga mina klockor'' in 1987 are included: the title tune, in the version of the album's opening number ''"Inledningsvisa"'', and ''"Födelsedagsvals till Mona"'', a birthday-song for Benny's wife Mona Nörklit, written for her 40th birthday in the 1980s. The album also offers two new compositions, ''"För dig''" and ''"Det är vi ändå"''. Both are duets with vocals by

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and

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. ''"För dig"'' ("For You") was later recorded in the studio for the group's next album in 2007, ''

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'', and again in 2009 with English lyrics (this time called ''"The Stars"'') for the compilation album ''

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''. ''"Det är vi ändå"'', on the other hand, was released on single (in its live version) and eventually became a big hit on the

chart, which it topped for 15 weeks.

Track listing

Personnel

The live version of Benny Anderssons Orkester contains the same musicians as heard on their studio recordings. The only exception being

, who makes his album debut for Benny Anderssons Orkester on this release (however, he can be heard on both of Benny's solo LPs from the 1980s, '' Klinga mina klockor'' and ''November 1989''). *

: accordion,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, synclavier *Göran Arnberg: organ,

spinet A spinet is a smaller type of harpsichord or other keyboard instrument, such as a piano or organ. Harpsichords When the term ''spinet'' is used to designate a harpsichord, typically what is meant is the ''bentside spinet'', described in this ...

*Janne Bengtsson: flute, piccola,

crumhorns The crumhorn is a double reed instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period. In modern times, particularly since the 1960s, there has been a revival of interest in early music, and crumhorns are being pl ...

, barytonsax *Pär Grebacken:

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

, clarinet, flute *Leif Göras:

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

, mandolin *(Nils-Erik) Nicke Göthe: violin, mandolin *(Jan-Erik) Jogga Ernlund: contrabass *Calle Jacobsson:

tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

valve trombone A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically fittings ...

*Tommy Körberg:

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, guitars *Leif Lindvall:

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Kalle Moraeus: violin,

zither Zithers (; , from the Greek word ''cithara'') are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, banjo, solomandolin,

*Olle Moraeus: violin, viola, mandolin *(Pererik) Perra Moraeus: violin, circus-saxophone, mandolin *Lars Rudolfsson: accordion *

*Jörgen Stenberg: drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

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Chart

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