Lite Grand i örat (Programme 2)


 

Filmed Thursday 20 August 1981
Location Hall of Mirrors, Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcast Friday 25 September 1981
Released The performances "Let's Get This Show On The Road" (very brief snippet however), "Fire & Ice" (in full) and "Cry Me A River" (snippet) were included in the Frida Box Set released on 5 December 2005.
Notes Frida and Claes af Geijerstam presented four variety shows which were screened from 18 September 1981.  Claes and Frida started each show with the song "Let's Get This Show On The Road." "Lite Grand i örat" was a play on words as the show was taped at The Grand Hotel and loosely translated is "A Little Something For The Ear"

Guests: Tomas Ledin, Mats Ronander, Py Bäckman, Torinis (acrobat troupe) and Lasse Lindbom Band

Musical Director: Anders Eljas.   Choreography: Graham Tainton

Musicians: Lasse Wellander, Chino Mariano, Rutger Gunnarsson, Per Lindvall, Åke Sundqvist, Nils Landgren, Jan Kohlin, Ulf Andersson, Hans Arktoft and Stefan Nilsson.

Songs you can hear Frida on :
- "Let's Get This Show on The Road" (with Claes af Geijerstam);
- "Kom lite närmare" (backing vocals for Tomas Ledin, this song ended up on his 1985 album "En galen kväll")
- "Se dagen vakna" by Py Bäckman (backing vocals, this song ended up on her 1982 album Belle De Jour")
- "Hollywood Nights" by Tomas Ledin and Py Bäckman (backing vocals)
- "Fire & Ice" (lead vocals)
- introduction to Tomas Ledin
- "Sensuella Isabella" (Tomas Ledin) (backing vocals)
- "Cry Me A River" (backing vocals)

See what Frida said about the shows here

Duration 60 minutes
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Related Links Lite Grand i örat 1, 1981; Lite Grand i örat 3, 1981; Lite Grand i örat 4, 1981
Credits Thanks to Ian Cole for clarification of Pat Benatar information. Extra thanks to Jason Swan.  Thanks to Grant Whittingham c/o ABBAMAIL for the song information (which song from which show).
Some info from Bright Lights, Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm and Alexandre Carvalho.
Some info from International ABBA Magazine No.2