Prucel - 1975 - Easy Pieces

Prucel

1975

Easy Pieces

01. Speedy Judy

02. Tuesday's Not The Day

03. Will

04. Good Salvation Goodbye

05. Prima Ballerina

06. Terrible Terry

07. To You (Instrumental)

Bass Guitar – Terje Tollefsen

Drums, Percussion – Marius Ruud

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Tore Hauge Jensen

Organ, Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer – Peter Knutsen

When Prucel released their only album on Philips in 1975, VG (Verdens Gang - "The course of the world" -, commonly known by the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid) referred to them as "a rather undescribed magazine", though from the fact that the band started it all in 1968. The members of Prucel came from Nordstrand and Hauketo, in Oslo, and initially played in youth clubs in the vicinity. There were also several concerts at the legendary Club 7. Prucel was also honored to participate in the first Kalvøya Festival in 1971, alongside artists such as Finn Kalvik, Kristin Berglund, Snu, Jan Garbarek and Ruphus.

In June 1974, Prucel won a rock concert at the Great Hall of Chateau Neuf, competing with - among others - Høst, Flax, Shimmy and Nurk Twins. As a result, the band was selected to perform at the Ragnaröck Festival in Holmenkollen that same year, a rather scandalous event where neither Titanic, Prudence or Hawkwind were allowed on stage.

The album "Easy pieces" was produced by Nils B. Kvam and Prucel members themselves. Tabloid Verdens Gang called the result "very successful", despite the band's being in the studio for only a few days. Prucel also had one of his songs released on the compilation album "Heavy norsk" (Philips, 1976), but everyone decided to split up after his instruments and equipment were stolen. Tollefsen later stood out with The Rolling Stones' tribute band Wazoo.