| Artist: | Tages |
| Studio: | 6 |
| Compilation: | 7 |
| Ep: | 6 |
| Singles: | 27 |
| Option Name: | Blond |
| Video: | 1 |
Tages formed in May 1963 as a duo and quickly expanded into quintet, though no music by them would be released until more than a year later, when their debut single "Sleep Little Girl" was released in October 1964. Up until October 1968, 23 singles by the group were released, though six of those were unauthorized. Out of these singles, 13 managed to reach both Kvällstoppen and Tio i Topp while two further singles only reached Tio I Topp.[1] [2] In 1969, the band changed their name to Blond and three further singles were released between July 1969 and July 1970, out of which one reached Tio i Topp. Combined under both names, the band released in total 27 singles between October 1964 and July 1970.
Between September 1964 and January 1967, the group was signed to Platina Records, an independent record label run by Evert Jakobsson. With the label, the group released three studio albums. Dissatisfied with the label's economical status, they waited until their contract expired, which it did on New Year's Day 1967. They then promptly signed with Parlophone Records, who, with a bigger budget, could afford to give the group more time in the studio. This resulted in another two albums, Contrast and Studio, both released in 1967. The group's final album The Lilac Years was issued under the name Blond after they had received a contract with Fontana Records in 1969. In the UK, the group had releases on four different labels, His Master's Voice, Columbia Records, Parlophone and MGM Records.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications(sales thresholds) | ||
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| NOR [3] | |||||
| As Tages | |||||
| Tages |
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| Tages 2 |
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| Extra Extra |
| 20 | |||
| Contrast |
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| Studio |
| — | |||
| As Blond | |||||
| The Lilac Years |
| — | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| SWE [10] | ||||
| The Best Of Tages |
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| Forget Him |
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| Good Old Tages |
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| Tages, 1964–68 |
| — | ||
| This One's For You |
| — | ||
| Original Album Serien |
| 53 | ||
| Go | – The Complete Singles |
| — |
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kvällstoppen | |||
| Tages |
| 2 | |
| Sleep Little Girl |
| — | |
| Hits Volym 1 |
| — | |
| Hits Volym 2 |
| — | |
| Hits Volym 3 |
| — | |
| Live And Jealous | — |
| Year | Song | B-side | Chart positions | EP / Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kvällstoppen | Tio i Topp | |||||
| As Tages | ||||||
| 1964 | "Sleep Little Girl" | "Tell Me You're Mine" | 3 | 1 | A: Tages (album)B: non-album | |
| 1965 | "I Should Be Glad" | "I Cry" | 2 | 2 | A: non-albumB: non-album | |
| "Don't Turn Your Back" | "Hound Dog" | 2 | 2 | A: Tages (EP)B: Tages (EP) | ||
| "The One for You" | "I Got My Mojo Working" | 6 | 2 | A: Tages (album)B: Tages (album) | ||
| "Bloodhound" | "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" | 3 | 6 | A: Tages (album)B: non-album | ||
| 1966 | "So Many Girls" | "I'm Mad" | 5 | 4 | A: non-albumB: non-album | |
| "I'll Be Doggone" | "Hitch Hike" | 10 | 7 | |||
| "In My Dreams" | "Leaving Here" | 1 | 1 | A: Tages 2B: Tages 2 | ||
| "Crazy 'Bout My Baby" | "Go" | 16 | 15 | |||
| "Miss Mac Baren" | "Get Up an' Get Goin'" | 1 | 4 | A: non-albumB: Extra Extra | ||
| 1967 | "Secret Room" | "Friday on My Mind" | — | — | A: Extra ExtraB: Extra Extra | |
| "Every Raindrop Means A Lot" | "Look What You Get" | 4 | 2 | A: ContrastB: non-album | ||
| "Gone Too Far" | "Understanding" | — | — | A: Extra ExtraB: Extra Extra | ||
| "I'm Going Out" | "Fuzzy Patterns" | 3 | 2 | A: ContrastB: Contrast | ||
| "She's Having a Baby Now" | "Sister's Got a Boyfriend" | — | — | A: StudioB: Contrast | ||
| "One Red, One Yellow, One Blue" | "True Fine Woman" | — | — | A: Extra ExtraB: Extra Extra | ||
| "Treat Her Like a Lady" | "Wanting" | 7 | 3 | A: non-albumB: Contrast | ||
| "Dancing in the Street" | "Those Rumours" | — | 15 | A: Tages 2B: Tages 2 | ||
| "Mohair Sam" | "Ride Your Pony" | — | — | A: Extra ExtraB: Extra Extra | ||
| 1968 | "There's a Blind Man Playin' Fiddle in the Street" | "Like a Woman" | — | 10 | A: non-albumB: Studio | |
| "Doctor Feel-Good" | "Dimples" | — | — | A: Tages (album)B: Tages (album) | ||
| "Fantasy Island" | "To Be Free" | — | 14 | A: non-albumB: non-album | ||
| "I Read You Like an Open Book" | "Halcyon Days" | — | — | |||
| As Blond | ||||||
| 1969 | "I Wake Up and Call" | "The Girl I Once | — | 14 | The Lilac Years | |
| "The Lilac Years (De Sålde Sina Hemman)" | "Six White Horses" | — | — | |||
| 1970 | "Lost Child" | "How Can I Pray When I Don't Believe (The Elephant)" | — | — | non-album | |
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| Year | Song | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Hey Mama" | Written by Anders Töpel and Göran Lagerberg. Single song 7-inch flexi disc released for Värnamo Confection in August 1965. |
| 1966 | "The Man You'll Be Looking For" | Written by Lagerberg. Featured on a three-song flexi disc given out by Swedish magazine Bildjournalen number 9, released on 2 March 1966.The other two tracks featured are Ola and the Janglers "My Mean Memory" and the Strangers "I'll Never Cry Again". |
| "Long Tall Shorty" | Written by Don Covay. Issued on Expressen's April 1966 five-track EP Expressens Drömband following a nationwide contest.The other artists included on the EP are Streaplers, the Shanes, Sven-Ingvars and the Spotnicks. | |
| 1967 | "My Home Town" | Written by Töpel and Tommy Blom. Released on Sveriges Radio's compilation Popligan För FN och Flykting-67 on 1 March 1967. |
| "En present till alla trogna fans från Tommy, Danne, Göran, Anders, Lasse". | Christmas record sent out to members of Tages fan club. Contains studio chatter by the band members along with a short rendition of "Down by the Riverside". |
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