Flying Norwegians - Wounded Bird (Norway, 1976)

This one originally came from mysteryposter a few years back. Rare psychedelic country-rock from Norway. A thorough write-up on the group is at Willems County:

The first real country-rock band from Norway was formed January 1974 in Bergen. They ended their carrier in the early 80s as a new wave band singing in Norwegian, but had a reunion in the 90s where they where back to the country-rock roots.
Guitarist Rune Walle and drummer Gunnar Bergstrøm had both been playing in the folk(-rock) band Hole in the Wall, and had just been playing with the band Saft when they grouped with Cato Sanden (vocals, guitar), Johannes Torkelson (bass) and Jarle Zimmerman (vocal, keyboards) to make a Norwegian country-rock act inspired by what had been going on in the US (eg. Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles, Poco etc). The quintet moved to Denmark, where they where living in the countryside making songs for their first LP, recorded in Oslo. ”New Day” was released in ’74 and ”Wounded Bird” in 1976.  A&M Records long considered a release of the second album in the states, but it never happened. 

Along with the aforementioned influences, I would cite the Byrds, CSNY, the Dead, other Scandinavian guitar-rock like Day of Phoenix, Anonymous, Oasis (the 70s Californian group), even Thin Lizzy (at times), or the Trevor Swadling I posted here last week. The most interesting songs are the ones that lace the well-built country-rock songs with proggy riffs, jangly guitar and cosmic synth lines.

Flying Norwegians - Wounded Bird
LP, Sonet, 1976

A1  Crazy Eyes Go Blind  
A2  Turn The Page    
A3  Taste Of The Money   
A4  Let's Walk To The River
A5  Evening Prayer
B1  Wounded Bird  
B2  Tangles  
B3  It's Over 
B4  Old Lady
B5  Absolutely Sweet Marie

Link