20 years since Swedish ANC gala, DVD out soon
STOCKHOLM - Mikael Wiehe, Tomas Ledin, Eva Dahlgren, Thåström and Per Gessle. Together in 1985 they collected 13 million kronor for ANC in a Live Aid-inspired gala. Next week, the concert will be relased on DVD.
"A lot of good music and very funny hairdos" Mikael Wiehe says.
Twenty years ago the entire Swedish rock elite gathered in support of ANC, an organization working against the apartheid system in South Africa. The result were two magical concerts, that were released as an album and shown on Swedish TV. It was said that the participating artists outdid themselves, performing both their hits and also in new exciting constellations.
The concert was shown on Swedish TV in December 1985. Thirteen million kronor was collected for the ANC and Swedish prime minister Olof Palme delivered a speech and an additional five million kronor from the Swedish government.
Per and Marie performed together with Lasse Lindbom and MP Persson as the group "Spännade Ostar" ("Thrilling Cheeses"), and as far as Per remembers they performed four songs, among them "Love the One You're With" and "Tända en sticka till." "We weren't featured on the poster or the album…" Per recalls.
- Aftonbladet article (in Swedish)
- Playground Music Scandinavia
Reading from the artist roster is more than enough: Tomas Ledin, Eva Dahlgren, Mikael Rickfors, Björn Afzelius, Per Gessle & Marie Fredriksson, Totta's Bluesband, Jerry Williams, Peps Persson, Sanne Salomonsen, Dan Hylander, Mats Ronander, Anders Glenmark, Anne-Lie Rydé, Robert Broberg, Imperiet, Hansson de Wolfe United, Mikael Wiehe, Tommy Körberg and Py Bäckman plus many many more performed.
The track listing:
- ANC choir: When Freedom We Have Won
- Totta's Bluesband: Ain't Your Business
- Totta's Bluesband: Too Late
- Peps Persson: En del och andra
- Peps Persson: Djupt i mitt trötta hjärta
- Jerry Williams: Let It Rock
- Jerry Williams: Don't You Lie To Me
- Totta's Bluesband: Sail Away
- Totta's Bluesband: Going Down
- Mats Ronander: En hederlig man
- Sanne Salomonsen: Out Of Darkness
- Mats Ronander: Kött och blod
- Mikael Rickfors: Amazing Grace
- Mikael Rickfors: We May Be Wrong
- Eva Dahlgren: Vill inte se
- Eva Dahlgren & Anders Glenmark: The Long And Winding Road
- Lasse Lindbom, Marie Fredriksson & Per Gessle: Love The One You're With
- Tomas Ledin: Take Good Care Of Your Children
- Tomas Ledin: Don't Touch That Dial
- Ledin, Rickfors, Dahlgren & Salomonsen: It's Never To Late
- Anne-Lie Ryde: Alltid blå
- Anne-Lie Ryde: All For The Love Rock & Roll
- Hansson de Wolfe United: Oberoende vad fursten säger
- Dan Hylander: Hymn till en snubblande vandrare
- Py Bäckman: Concordelia
- Py Bäckman: Jag lever
- Dan Hylander: Skuggor i skymningen
- Hylander, Bäckman & co: Låt julen förkunna (Frid på jorden)
- Robert Broberg: Målet är ingenting, Vägen är allt
- Rolf Börjlind: Nyttiga idioter
- Tommy Körberg: Som en bro över mörka vatten
- Tommy Körberg: Likgiltigheten
- Strube, Wiehe, Salomonsen & Afzelius: Håll om mig
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Europa
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Folkets kamp är folkets hopp
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Det räcker nu
- Olof Palme: Speech
- Imperiet: C.C. Cowboys
- Imperiet: Blå himlen blues
- Imperiet, Afzelius, Wiehe & co: Fred
- Svensk Rock Mot Apartheid: Soweto
- Svensk Rock Mot Apartheid: Berg är till för att flyttas
- Bonus: Hos ANC i Afrika (a film by Tomas Ledin 1986)
- Bonus: Ledin & Wiehe (interview)
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November 26th, 2005
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