Wigwam – Nuclear Nightclub

It's Friday afternoon. I mean, yesterday it was. But because of yesterday it's now time to Saturday Nightclub Fever: Wigwam. What an earth they put in my coffee?

To me the Friday afternoon mostly means the usual case: fingering these hundreds of vinyl albums on the local second hand store. It has become a habbit — at least three cheap one will open the weekend nicely. And of course now and then some treasure one(s) drops in my backpack. Like (at last) this my-first-ever Wigwam album: Nuclear Nightclub [1975]

This album is surely The Big One. Many fans even consider it the best Finnish rock album ever. Not quite so on my list, but the third place ain't that bad either. Furthermore, in my youthood this vinyl record was to me nearly as important and effective as the Hurriganes album Roadrunner [1974].

And if I put here one album more — the grand old Juice Leskinen & Coitus Int's Per Vers, runoilija [1974] — then there is three major 1970's album that pretty much defined my musical passion and direction at the time. Killer albums each, forever.

Many great songs on the album. It's also nice unity but not perfect; unfortunately the closing instrumental number Pig Strom somehow don't fit the album. It's rather banal and useless. If they only could had replaced it, say, with Wardance...
Best one is Kite and good ones are the opening title Nuclear Nightclub and Do or Die. Cover art is nice and simple. 20 euro, I'm happy. :-)

However, there is this common problem with precious albums. How often can you play it? I'd say not more than once a year. And that time is not today — I will wait the right moment, comig in the near future.

Until then, thank you tent guys. Unforgottable and great piece of rock music.

Willow cast your silent souls /
I see them ride on every beam.
Spirit from the forest team /
And reassume their roles
- Kite

# Wigwam: Nuclear Nightclub