''Upptåg'' is the third studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1974 on the

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label. It contains the hits "Fantomen", "Silver", "Eiffeltornet" and "Viking". The album was produced by

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and Ted, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features vocals by

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and

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. A non-album single followed in early 1975, the

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entry "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" (#7), backed with an English-language version of the track "Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel" from 1973 album '' Ted'', entitled "Gonna Make You My Angel". Both the English-language version of "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" and "Gonna Make You My Angel" remain unreleased on CD.

Track listing

''Music by Ted Gärdestad, lyrics by

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'' Side A: #"Silver" – 3:33 #"Öppna din himmel" – 2:43 #"Viking" – 3:37 #"Buffalo Bill" – 3:53 #"Love Comes" – 3:18 Side B: #"Eiffeltornet" – 3:04 #"Goliat från gat" – 3:54 #"Can't Stop The Train" – 3:18 #"Fantomen" – 3:02 #"Regnbågen" – 2:04

Personnel

* Ted Gärdestad –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

– honky-tonk piano,

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Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...

* Björn J:son Lindh – piano,

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

Janne Schaffer Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and To ...

–

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

* Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar * Mike Watson –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Johnny Gustafsson – bass * Ola Brunkert –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Bengt Belfrage –

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"Regnbågen" * Kenneth Arnström –

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

"Eiffeltornet",

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

"Silver" * Christer Eklund –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

"Buffalo Bill" * Jan Kling – tenor saxophone "Buffalo Bill" *

Malando Gassama Malando Gassama (born Malang Omar Gassam; 7 February 1946 – 25 January 1999) was a Gambian percussionist who spent most of his music career in Sweden. He recorded and performed with many notable Swedish and international artists such as AB ...

–

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s *

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

– backing vocals * Lena Karlsson-Ericsson – backing vocals * Liza Öhman – backing vocals * Kai Kjäll – backing vocals

Production

* Benny Andersson – producer * Björn Ulvaeus – producer * Ted Gärdestad – producer * Michael B. Tretow –

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

* Rune Persson – sound engineer * Åke Elmsäter – sound engineer * Björn J:son Lindh – strings and brass arrangements * Recorded at Metronome Studios, Stockholm * Originally released as Polar POLS 253, 1974.

Sources and external links

Official home page, The Ted Gärdestad Society
* Liner notes ''Upptåg'', Ted Gärdestad, Polar Music POLS 253, 1974. * Allmusic.com entry, ''Upptåg'', Ted Gärdestad, 1974 1974 albums Ted Gärdestad albums 1970s Swedish-language albums {{1970s-pop-album-stub