TRUE CONFESSION / HELSINKI

This single is really a rare obscurity in Wigwam´s discography! Released only in US as promotional purposes I think it was Kim Fowley who managed to release this through Imperial records just before he came to Finland to produce Wigwam´s second album. He´s interest to Wigwam woke, when he read from Rolling Stone that Wigwam will follow the steps of "Abbey Road" by the Beatles and "Tommy" by the Who in their first album. Not sure was it also Lester Bangs who said next Beatles will come from Scandinavia (he wasn´t totally wrong when thinking how big Abba became). Haven´t heard anywhere, why Fowley didn´t got any Wigwam-material to release this single. I have heard he was very impulsive guy, so I guess he thought the material of former Blues Section will be fine.

True Confession really is "End Of the Poem" from the first Blues Section album and Helsinki is "East Is Red" from the same album. Blues Section was the same kind of originator of Finnish prog scene as Wilde Flowers was to Canterbury scene, members of Blues Section will become to Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti. Although "True Confession" is composed by BS guitarist Hasse Walli, it´s very near of the beauty of Pembroke´s compositions. String arrangement made by Otto Donner really fulfill the greatness of this piece! "Helsinki" is originally short, Chinese trad song so it´s typical B-side of that time. Although A-side is not true Wigwam, it´s just so genius piece that I have to give it four stars!