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Bo Hansson was born on the 10th of April 1943 and died on the 23rd of April 2010. He was a Swedish musician known for four instrumental progressive rock albums released in the 1970s. He first made his name as part of the Hammond organ duo Hansson & Karlsson before launching a solo career with albums inspired by works of fantasy literature.
Jimi Hendrix took time away from his tour to jam with Hansson & Karlsson at the Klub Filips in Stockholm in late 1967. He later recorded Hansson's composition "Tax Free," which appeared on the albums War Heroes and South Saturn Delta, as well as on various live bootleg recordings.
Hansson was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a copy he had taken from his girlfriend in 1969. After a period writing in a friend's apartment in Stockholm, he retreated to a remote cottage on an island off the city to complete the recording.
The album was recorded in the winter of 1969, initially using a borrowed four-track tape machine in a cottage on an island off Stockholm. Engineer Anders Lind secured additional time on Sweden's only eight-track recorder at the Swedish National Radio station by claiming he was interested in purchasing one.
Copies of the Swedish release found their way to Britain, where they caught the attention of Tony Stratton Smith. He issued the album on his Charisma Records label in September 1972, and it reached the Top 40 on the UK Album Chart.
Hansson died in Stockholm on the 23rd of April 2010. His 1970s albums were reissued through Silence Records and EMI in 2005, and Swedish DJs had earlier revived interest in his work by sampling his recordings. Among the Swedish independent music community, he had become a living legend.