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INGE CHRISTOFERSEN – REFLECTIONS (1970).
In the 1960s he made three singles with the pop group Souls, in 1970 he released a critically acclaimed solo LP, in 1979 he wrote a Grand Prix song and in 1984 an ambitious album recorded in his hometown Krokstadelva was released. Inge Christofersen was born on April 27, 1947 and grew up on Krokstadjordet in Krokstadelva. He learned to play the piano at a young age, and in the late autumn of 1965 he formed the pop group Souls together with fellow students at Hokksund Gymnas. From 1966 they consisted of Stein Andersen from Vestfossen (drums) and Ingar Pedersen from Mjøndøy (guitar) and the Krokstadelva brothers Tor Horgen Ellingsen (bass) and Bjørn Horgen Ellingsen (organ). Inge was the vocalist, played a little guitar and organ, and wrote five of the six songs Souls recorded, divided into three singles. They came in 2nd place in the Norwegian Rock Championships in 1966 and were rewarded with a recording contract by Manu.
The debut single "Mother" entered VG's "The Best Norwegian" list on July 13, 1966 and stayed there for 18 weeks. It was the 4th most in 1966. The single reached 2nd place on September 14, when only The Vanguards' "Mot ukjent sted" was ahead. The single was the 11th most popular Norwegian single of the year, and Souls was the 8th most popular Norwegian artist of the year. It is said to have sold 15,000 copies, and was also released in Argentina, Sweden and West Germany. Inge wrote "Mother" after his mother died of cancer when he was 16. The B-side was "I feel better now". In 1967, the sequel "The Day is over"/"Monday-Friday" was released on Manu. The beautiful ballad "The Day Is Over" was recorded with Norwegian lyrics ("Dagen er over") on Inge's solo album. "Monday-Friday" was a cover song that Inge had heard on The Animals' 1966 album "Animalisms", then under the title "You're On My Mind". Arne Bendiksen's company Triola released the third and final single in 1968, "Money"/"An Oldfashioned Grandmother", which is advanced and sophisticated pop music of high quality. In the spring of 1969, Souls disbanded.
Inge moved to Hamar after high school to attend teacher training college, but after graduating in 1969 he had little desire to work as a teacher. He sent his special assignment from teacher training college to Arne Bendiksen and offered to work there as a producer in his studio. While the studio was not in use, Inge recorded a number of his songs for free. He played all instruments except drums (which were played by Stein Andersen) on the solo single "Ingen diskresjon"/"Liv og død" (Triola, 1969). And on the solo LP "Refleksjoner" (Triola, 1970) he was the producer and arranger, and played piano, organ, spinet, vibraphone, guitar, bass, flute and a little drums. Other musicians were Stein Andersen, sound engineer Nils B. Kvam (guitar) and Philip Kruse wind instruments. He also designed the cover. Several of the lyrics were political, and two of the songs were so controversial that NRK banned them from being played: "Du lot alle sammen få se", which ironized Julie Ege's nudity, and "Hurra for Mao", which Harald Are Lund refused to play because it criticized the AKP (ML). Inge received a letter of solidarity written on Christmas Day 1970 at a musician's party in Tromsø, signed by, among others, Friedel Brandt and Sverre Kjelsberg from The Pussycats.
Reflections
1 Coral
2 Reflections
Little Piglet
3 Little Piglet
4 Pig Prelude
5 Little Piglet Continued
6 A Day in Vietnam
7 You Ask If I Want You
I Say a Prayer
8 I Say a Prayer
9 Coral
You Let Everyone See
10 Interlude
11 Hooray For Mao
My Lai
12 You Let It Happen
13 We Are All Insane
14 Where Are You God?
The Day Is Over
15 Sonata
16 The Day Is Over
17 The Dream World