It all began in the early/mid Sixties when I was listening to my parent's LP's. Jazz and Classical Music AND to my brother's records like: The Shadows/The Tornados/The Searchers.. and...The Hollies / Herman's Hermits / The Manfred Mann / The Animals / The Spencer Davis Group / The Kinks / The Small Faces / The Troggs AND The Beatles / The Rolling Stones / The Who / etc.

My first real encounter with the Pop Gods was an evening back in 1963 and a TV program called Drop-In. I can still remember it all, 4 guys playing popsongs and my brother and father arguing loudly about the length of their hair, the 4 guys was the Beatles!
My first own record was a single with the swedish band Ola & the Janglers and the song 'Alex is the Man' back in 1966.
The Beatles on TV continued 1967 on June 25th, when they performed "All You Need Is Love", during the first global telecast. It was a stunning moment to see them, at the same time as other 'people' across the Universe, and about 1967 what a year, the records 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and the 'Magical Mystery Tour'  was released.

Other 'Pop Gods':
The Hollies with songs like 'Bus Stop', 'Suspicious Look in Your Eyes', 'Stop, Stop, Stop'
Manfred Mann with : '5-4-3-2-1', 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', 'Pretty Flamingo'
Herman's Hermits : 'Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter', 'No Milk Today'
..Herman's with session musicians Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones!!
The Monkees : with 'their' TV Show and songs like : 'Last Train to Clarksville', 'I'm a Believer'.
Dionne Warwick(Burt Bacharach) : 'Walk on By', 'I Say a Little Prayer', 'Do You Know the Way to San Jose?'
The Mamas & the Papas : 'Monday, Monday', 'California Dreamin'
and lots of other artists

In the first half of the seventies there were a lot of partying going on.

A normal seventies saturday
The Tube to the south parts of the city(15 minutes): -visiting all second hand record stores -carambole or/and flipper(pinball) -get the booze.
Then Home: -a fast shower-a meal-booze and heavy music-the tube to the city-disco-hopefully some nice girls-home.
The Sunday: -hangover

At this moment in my life I began to listen to the 'soul' music, with artists like:
Marvin Gaye - 'What´s Going On'(1971)/'Let's Get It On'(1973) and my favourite 'I Want You' from 1976
Isaac Hayes - 'Shaft'(1971)
Curtis Mayfield - 'Superfly'(1972)
Isley Brothers - '3 + 3'(1973, with fuzz guitar!)
Temptations - Masterpiece (1973)

..and 'The Philadelphia Sound' with artists/songs like:
The O'Jays - 'I Love Music'/'Love Train'/'Back Stabbers'
MFSB - 'TSOP/Family Affai'
The Trammps - 'Hold Back the Night'
Billy Paul - 'Me and Mrs. Jones'
The Tymes - 'Ms. Grace'
The Stylistics - 'You Are Everything'
McFadden & Whitehead - 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now'
..and Four Tops, Stevie Wonder and Barry White when home from the disco with a girl..

My first encounter with the Heavy Gods was when my brother bought Jimi Hendrix(Are You Experienced ) and specially the track 'Third Stone from the Sun' ...
'Are You Experienced' is a milestone in the Hard/Heavy Blues Rock history.

My second contact with the Gods of  Heavy Music was a day in 1969 when I came home and heard some wonderful heavy sounds spread through the air, it was 'Dazed and Confused' with  Led Zeppelin which my brother had borrowed.
From that day my heart was left in Led Zeppelin and I found my Stairway to the Hard/Heavy Blues Rock, still climbing.

My third musical experience with the Heavy Gods was when I heard 'In Rock' with Deep Purple for the first time. It was a stunning moment when 'Speed King ' jumped out of the speakers and hit my ear. 'In Rock'  is an Hard/Heavy Masterpiece, both in production(Martin Birch) and tracks. My favourite track is 'Flight of the Rat '

My fourth was 'the meeting' with the Heavy Metal Gods Black Sabbath when listening to the opening track on their first album, still one of my favourites.

Other highlights from the 70's: Budgie first album, Groundhogs Split, Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdome Come, ...