RAGNAROCK LIVE '74

This festival was an annual event in the Holmenkollen ski-jumping arena in the early 1970s. Other bands who also played was PRUDENCE and I believe THEM. The arena is perfect for rock concerts and I cannot understand why nobody has done it again.

Over to the record. The band goes on the full attack from the first note. The music is hard rock with some references to space rock and southern boogie. The music is mostly driven by solo guitars and saxophone. The result is hard & heavy. Not much breathing spaces here. I would say this music has little or nothing to do with progressive rock. I found some references to RAINBOW and BAD COMPANY. But the annoying saxophone makes references hard to make. The saxophone and some of the stuff reminds me a lot about the type of music you get at the beer-festivals in Germany. That is not a compliment, btw. I am not particular impressed by this live album. I hope their studio albums is better than this.

2 stars.