Released 1981 Length 35:46 Producer Michael B. Tretow Active from 1980 | Recorded 1981 Label Trash Records TRASLP 1 Active until 1983 Genres Dance/electronic, Pop | |
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Members Ted Gärdestad, Michael B. Tretow Albums Zo alleen, Vurig, Tambien Sos Vos, Caramba, Licht, Stroom, Serenade Similar Joris Linssen & Caramba, Kenneth Gärdestad, Janne Schaffer, One More Time, Ainbusk | ||
Caramba aitho
Caramba was a Swedish music group. They released one self-titled album in 1981. The album is chiefly notable due to the entire album being recorded in nonsense language. Songs which imitate certain regional styles of music generally imitate the phonemic structure of languages from the appropriate regions. It was produced by Michael B. Tretow, who is primarily famous for engineering ABBA's records, and featured vocals by another Polar Music artist, Ted Gärdestad. While a number of other noted Swedish musicians and singers are rumoured to have taken part in the Caramba recordings, Tretow and Gärdestad are the only ones that have actually been named.
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- Caramba aitho
- Caramba productions llc 813 817 8178
- Members of the Group
- Production
- Track listing
- Influences on culture
- Songs
- References
The track "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" has been re-issued as part of Michael B. Tretow's 1999 album Greatest Hits, the Ted Gärdestad 4-CD box set Solregn in 2001, and a number of other compilations of 1980s hits and Swedish novelty recordings, and the Caramba album was released on CD in 2011.
Caramba productions llc 813 817 8178
Members of the Group
The artists of Caramba all used pseudonyms. This is how they were credited on the album sleeve:
Production
Track listing
Blaztah 1 (Side 1)
- "Ali Baba" - 3:51
- "Spottnjik" - 3:51
- "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" - 3:23
- "Eine Feine" - 3:43
- "Fido" - 3:47
Blaztah A (Side A)
- "Aitho" - 3:28
- "Anna Kapoe" - 4:17
- "Donna Maya" - 3:07
- "Ahllo" - 2:42
- "Carhumba" - 3:37
Influences on culture
The Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot track was parodied in the UK on a Quakers Harvest Crunch cereal ad, with the tag line of Hubba Hubba Yum Yum.
The track "Fido" was slightly reworked by Caramba, named "Fedora" and used in an advertising campaign for Kia-Ora throughout the early 1980s. This version was released as a single on the "Billco" label (BILL 101) in 1983 titled "Fedora (I'll be your dawg)" - Caramba (B side "Ralph and Rolph")
Songs
Hubba hubba zoot-zootCaramba · 1981
AithoCaramba · 1981
Donna MayaCaramba · 1981