Extra Extra (album)

Extra Extra
Studio album by
Tages
Released28 November 1966
RecordedNovember 1966
StudioEuropafilm Studios,
Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length33:22
LabelPlatina
Producer
  • Anders Henriksson
  • Tages
Tages chronology
Tages 2
(1966) 		Extra Extra
(1966) 		Contrast
(1967)
Singles from Extra Extra
  1. "Secret Room"
    Released: January 1967
  2. "Gone Too Far"
    Released: April 1967
  3. "One Red, One Yellow, One Blue"
    Released: July 1967
  4. "Mohair Sam"
    Released: December 1967

Extra Extra is the third studio album by the Swedish rock band Tages, released on 28 November 1966 by Platina Records.[2] Their third and final album on Platina, it was issued only four months after their second studio album Tages 2.[3] The album was largely recorded during a period in which the band had started evolving into a psychedelic rock group, something that became evident on their two final efforts, Contrast and Studio. The album was recorded during a period in which Tages underwent several lineup changes. It's their first effort not to feature drummer Freddie Skantze, who left following the recording of Tages 2, and is the second and final album with drummer and vocalist Tommy Tausis, who'd played on several tracks on Tages 2. He left following the recording of Extra Extra, and was replaced by Lasse Svensson (brother of Lill-Babs)[4][5]

The album yielded four singles, all of which were released the following year. None of them managed to chart on either Kvällstoppen or Tio I Topp.[6][7] However, the sessions managed to produce a non-album single, "Miss Mac Baren", backed with "Get Up An' Get Goin'", which was a slightly bigger success, reaching number one on Kvällstoppen and number four on Tio I Topp.[7][8] "Miss Mac Baren" became among their biggest hits and eventually their signature song (along with "Sleep Little Girl").[9][10] Just like all previous releases, Extra Extra was issued in 6000 copies, but failed to become a gold album, which both previous albums had been.[3][11] It did not chart on Kvällstoppen, but did however, reach number twenty on Norway's VG-lista in May 1967.[12]

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  10. ^ "Musikprofilen Anders Töpel har avlidit". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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