Pražský Výběr
Straka v hrsti

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Pražský Výběr
  • Title: Straka v hrsti
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: progressive Rock - Underground
  • Rating: 3
  • Release Year: 2012
  • Recording Year: 1982
  • Production Year: 1988/2012
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6057-2
  • Color of the Label:
  • Edition:
  • Extras: digipak
  • EAN: 099925605728
  • Weight: 88 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



One would be hard pressed indeed to name a recording with a more turbulent fate. Straka v hrsti (A Magpie in the Hand) served to show the great talent of the Pražský Výběr musicians, and the stupidity of the Communist regime. Despite the various stories around the enormous success, subsequent restrictions, violent police raids at the band’s eccentric concerts, the most substantial aspect of the album is the music itself. Music undoubtedly influenced by many perhaps “new wave” things, yet above all based on surprising ideas, marked compositional invention and instrumental skills, as well as lyrics with an unexpectedly Dadaistic impact.

Although Messrs Čok, Hrubeš, Kocáb and Pavlíček + Tomek would appear on stage in strange attire and masks, they certainly didn’t gain their extreme popularity owing solely to the image. Songs like Hrabě X, Na václavským Václaváku, Pražákům je hej, Zubatá, Proč jen já nebo Tango Ropotámo… (secretly listened to by the band’s fans on cassette players) are still a great testimony to (thankfully) bygone times. Something cleverly provocative took place, which partially gave rise to the notorious “liquidation” article titled “New wave with old content”, launching yet another crusade against freedom in music.

Straka v hrsti 2012: every Czech knows it inside-out but still alive and kicking.

A sonically remastered re-edition of the cult Czech rock album!


Tracklist



1. Hrabě X 5:12
2. Na václavskym Václaváku 2:21
3. Straka v hrsti 4:19
4. Pražákům je hej 5:04
5. Můj koníček 3:49
6. Bangabasava 2:28
7. S.O.S. 4:37
8. Zubatá 2:48
9. Tango Ropotámo 1:24
10. Proč jen já 5:52
11. Nádraží 3:35