 Using the same team, along with guitarist Kenny Håkansson, the new recordings benefitted from the superior equipment and "Ur Trollkarlens Hatt" was released on Silence Records in late 1972, and on Charisma in the UK as "Magician's Hat" in October 1973.Although critically acclaimed, it failed to reach the popularity of the earlier work, and did not chart in the UK.Popularity in Sweden, however, put pressure on Hansson to tour, and a touring band was hastily assembled.