Friday, October 17, 2014

Record #0580: Bop With Beaver Jeans / Twenty Flight Rock – TEDDY & THE TIGERS

Beavers BB 001 (original) Finland, Mar. 21, 1978
Words & Music bySide A – Johnny Flight (Kari Heimonen); Side BNed Fairchild, Eddie Cochran
Musicians: Aikka "Teddy Guitar" Hakala (vocals, guitars), Antti-Pekka "AP" Niemi (bass), Pauli "Pale" Martikainen (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Kari Heimonen at Microwox Studios, Lahti, Finland, Feb. 12, 1978
Highest chart positions:  unknown  (probably none)

Teddy & The Tigers was the leading band in the Finnish rockabilly revival boom in the late 70's and early 80's.  I think they had better moments than the A-side of this record.

This record was distributed as a freebie to advertise Finnish "Beavers" brand of jeans.

List price
:  Not listed - with a picture sleeve this would be about 15 EUR in the web.

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