''Tombstone Valentine'' is a studio

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released by

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in 1970. While the previous album '' Hard 'n' Horny'' was more of a

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influenced album, ''Tombstone Valentine'' in one of their more pop-ish albums. The album sounds more like the records of the "Deep Pop" era ('' Nuclear Nightclub'', '' Lucky Golden Stripes and Starpose'') than the records of the progressive rock era (''Hard 'n' Horny'', '' Fairyport'' and ''

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''). This is the first album with

Pekka Pohjola Jussi Pekka Pohjola (13 January 1952 – 27 November 2008) was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist. Pohjola rose to fame as the bas ...

in the band, replacing bassist Mats Huldén. Guitarist Nikke Nikamo also left after ''Hard 'n' Horny'', but a permanent replacement for him couldn't be found, so

Jukka Tolonen Jukka Jorma Tolonen (born 16 April 1952) is a Finnish jazz guitarist.Lönnqvist, Niclas.Jukka Tolonen är musikern av Guds nåde (in Swedish), Hufvudstadsbladet, August 3, 2018. Tolonen became famous as guitarist for the progressive rock band Tas ...

Tasavallan Presidentti Tasavallan Presidentti (in English '' President of the Republic'') is a Finnish progressive rock band. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Jukka Tolonen and drummer Vesa Aaltonen. Other founder members were Måns Groundstroem (bass) and F ...

plays guitar on some of the tracks. ''Tombstone Valentine'' represents the sound they forsook for the next two progressive albums, ''Fairyport'' and ''Being''. Unlike the other Wigwam albums, this was produced by "non-Finnish" producer, the American

Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in the 1970s. He has been ...

. The track "The Dance of the Anthropoids" is not a Wigwam track, but an experimental electronic piece by

Erkki Kurenniemi Erkki Juhani Kurenniemi (10 July 1941, Hämeenlinna, Finland – 1 May 2017,Elektronisen ...

, recorded in 1968 originally. Kim Fowley thought it was so brilliant that it had to be on the album.

Track listing

# "Tombstone Valentine" - 3:03 # "In Gratitude" - 3:44 # "The Dance of the Anthropoids - 1:07 # "Frederick & Bill" - 4:23 # "Wishful Thinker" - 3:44 # "Autograph" - 2:36 # "1936 Lost in the Snow" - 2:09 # "Let the World Ramble On" - 3:19 # "For America" - 4:19 # "Captain Supernatural" - 3:01 # "End" - 3:36

Personnel

;Wigwam * Jukka Gustavson - vocals, organ, piano *

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- vocals *

- bass, violin * Ronnie Österberg - drums {{Authority control Wigwam (Finnish band) albums 1970 albums albums produced by Kim Fowley Love Records albums Verve Forecast Records albums