Rin Tin Tin - Swazi-Beat

It's time to meet Tommi Läntinen again. Three years after Fabrics, and his very brief Tom Dozen disguise, he formed Rin Tin Tin. Commercial success seemed to elude the man again, and Rin Tin Tin folded after their first and only album "Swazi-Beat", released on the small label Cityboy (8 LP's, 18 singles). The title was misleading, because there's absolutely nothing African here. Instead it's pop/rock peppered with enough of originality and production tricks to make for a tasty little snack. Läntinen wrote all songs with the exception of Ari Lampinen's contribution on "The Edge" and "The Heat". The former was good enough to be covered by Läntinen's later band Boycott.

This time I'll let you judge the album, and form your own opinions why Läntinen didn't make it this time either.

Swazi-Beat (1984):

1. Wireless Love
2. Beast in Beauty
3. The Edge
4. Rendezvous (J.P.D.)
5. Playing the Fool
6. Songs of a Thousand Tears
7. The Call of the Wind
8. Daydream
9. Cat Eyes
10. The Heat


http://finnishrock.blogspot.com/2008/05/rin-tin-tin-swazi-beat-1984.html