Artist MECKI MARK MEN Title Marathon Label Mellotronen Release 1970/2006 Cathegory Scandinavian Prog / Psych / Folk Type CD Quality New Price 140 SEK Comment This is the 3rd album by Mecki Mark Men. Recorded in the CHESS studio in Chicago while Mecki Mark Men was on tour 1970. Basically it is the same heavy acid space rock as on their previous "Running in the Summer Night " album. Perhaps with a little more bluesy flavour... but still very dynamic! Mecki Mark Men was (together with Hansson and Karlsson) Jimi Hendrix favourite Swedish band. When Jimi came back from his Swedish tours he probably told the tales about the wild Swedish Organ tormentor Mecki Bodemark who did the same things with his grinding Organ as Jimi did with his guitar. For those of you who have not heard MMM I can tell that they sounds like a mix of Teargas, High Tide and Jimi Hendrix but with a wild organ player and the mighty Kenny Håkansson on Lead Guitar and sitar! After this album Mecki quit and the band changed name to Kebnekajse. This CD includes their SONET album from 1970 plus a commercial jingle. Inside the nice Digipak one can find a complete giglist with all the 317 concerts that this line-up of MMM did during 1969-1970 as well as a detailed biography by Reine Fiske and Tommy Dahlén!!! The 27th of January will the debut by Mecki Mark Men be released on CD. This release will be celebrated with a concert. The following bands/artists will perform the very same night. MIKAEL RAMEL // MECKI MARK MEN // SOLID GROUND // ASOKA // NOVEMBER // MORTE MACABRE // LIFE // CHARLIE & ESDOR // FLÄSKET BRINNER // JOJJE WADENIUS ALL STAR TEAM // EMMA NORDENSTAM // OLD GOLD // SABU MARTINEZ TRIBUTE NIGHT feat. DJs from PEEKABOO