MOST WANTED SCANDI – AOR SINGLES EVER! Vol. 1 & 2

With the recent post of “Rock Of Norway presents: Melodic Hard Rock and AOR / Rare Singles” featured in exclusive at , many of you asked for more rare / hard to find singles from the genre, mostly released in the ’80s.

MOST WANTED SCANDI-AOR SINGLES EVER! includes not only Norwegian bands but also from Sweden, and while some of these tracks later appeared as bonus tracks on reissues of the few acts that were able to release at least one full length LP, most of these never see a proper digital reissue.
All the songs included into this Vol.1 & Vol. are taken from 7″ vinyl / 45 RPM, but the sound quality is very good.
Among the pearls here we find Swedes LION’S SHARE, whom reformed in the 90s releasing high-quality albums but in a hard rock style. Few know that in ’88 they produced this magnificent Scandi- AOR single with a completely different line-up. Other Swedes, VON ROSEN, left some very good singles, with interesting arrangements and great vocals.

BORDERLINE plays classic Scandi AOR strongly influenced by hard rock, a very good combination with nice Eighties sound. It’s rumored that they recorded a full length, which remains unpublished to date.
CHERIE was a great Swedish promise, unfortunately only recorded this single, extremely melodic, with great choruses. RETURN released several singles in Norway prior to their first full lenght, this is the first of all and only has one song, a harbinger of great things to come.

Featuring talented PEO Pettersson on lead vocals, AXIA used to play catchy and well crafted scandi AOR, contagious. Here’s the one-sided single, a track not included in the LP (recorded one year later).
MAEDAY released one LP, only on vinyl, with very good songs following the typical swedish Scandi – AOR mould. Here’s the promo-only 7” single, not for sale.
And we get the great JIM JIDHED. Before joining Alien, the stupendous singer released several singles in Sweden, this one contains two great tracks beautifully performed.
Pure ’80s AOR for fans of that glorious era / scene.

MOST WANTED SCANDI-AOR SINGLES EVER! Vol.1
01 – Dalton (SWE) – Breakin’ Away
02 – Dalton (SWE) – Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
03 – Dalton (SWE) – The Race Is On
04 – Lion’s Share (SWE) – Ghost Town Queen
05 – Lion’s Share (SWE) – I’m On A Roll
06 – Cheri (SWE) – She Looked The Other Way
07 – Cheri (SWE) – Queen Of Heart
08 – Return (NOR) – More More More
09 – Axia (SWE) – One Night
10 – Jim (SWE) – Woman Is The Hunter
11 – Jim (SWE) – Miss Your Lovin’

MOST WANTED SCANDI-AOR SINGLES EVER! Vol.2
01 – Quolio (SWE) – Girls On My Mind
02 – Quolio (SWE) – Waiting For You
03 – Jump (NOR) – Loved And Lost
04 – Jump (NOR) – Dreamin’
05 – Borderline (SWE) – Can’t Live Without Your Love
06 – Borderline (SWE) – Let Me Rest In Your Arms
07 – Maeday (SWE) – Dangerous
08 – Maeday (SWE) – Jealousy
09 – Von Rosen (SWE) – Like A Dream
10 – Von Rosen (SWE) – You Are The Queen
11 – Da Vinci (NOR) – Ain’t No Goodbyes
12 – Da Vinci (NOR) – Blame It On The Radio

Link for download MOST WANTED SCANDI – AOR SINGLES EVER! Vol. 1 : turbo

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