get dreamy (digi)

Label: Norske Albumklassikere

Dream, also known as The Dream, were a short-lived but important Norwegian rock group formed in 1967. Bringing together musicians from several leading Norwegian bands of the period, the group created one of the most distinctive Scandinavian psych-rock albums of the late 1960s.

Get Dreamy was their only album, originally released in 1967, and it captures a band moving quickly through the new musical language of the era: fuzz guitar, organ-led psych, bluesy rock drive, melodic pop touches and a playful, experimental studio mood. The presence of guitarist Terje Rypdal, already known from The Vanguards and later to become one of Norway’s most celebrated musicians, gives the record additional historical weight.

The album opens with the strange and colourful Green Things (From Outer Space), setting the scene for a record that is energetic, imaginative and slightly off-centre. Ain’t No Use stretches into heavier, more exploratory territory, while Driftin’ and I’m Counting On You show the group’s more melodic side. Elsewhere, Night Of The Lonely Organist And His Mysterious Pals brings a suitably eccentric title to match the album’s swirling keyboard character.

Later tracks such as You, You’re Right About Me, Hey Jimmy and Do You Dream keep the balance between 60s pop immediacy and psychedelic atmosphere. The result is a compact but highly enjoyable record that stands as a key early document of Norwegian rock moving into more adventurous territory.

This Norske Albumklassikere CD edition, catalogue number NACD122, makes Get Dreamy available again as part of the label’s series of Norwegian album classics, preserving an essential piece of Scandinavian 60s psych and beat history.

Track Listing

1. Green Things (From Outer Space)
2. Emptiness Gone
3. Ain’t No Use
4. Driftin’
5. I’m Counting On You
6. Night Of The Lonely Organist And His Mysterious Pals
7. You
8. You’re Right About Me
9. Hey Jimmy
10. Do You Dream