Various Artists
Big Beat Line 1965-1968

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Various Artists
  • Title: Big Beat Line 1965-1968
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: Beat
  • Rating: 4
  • Release Year: 2017
  • Recording Year: 1965-1968
  • Production Year: 2017
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6357-2
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  • Edition:
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  • EAN: 099925635725
  • Weight: 119 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new
The Beatmen (6 x); Crystal (4 x); Flamengo (9 x); Juventus (5 x); The Matadors (11 x); Mefisto (6 x); Olympic (10 x); Synkopa OB Přerov (3 x); Vulkán (6 x)

Supraphon Release Information



Another piece of looking back at our legendary big beat music of the sixties! After last year’s successful Beatline compilation, mapping the time around two Czechoslovak beat festivals, we offer a time travel back a few years. It was then that big beat fundamentally changed from late rock and roll and solo singers to Beatles-esque band-ness.

Using the example of nine important Czechoslovak ensembles, presented in several song mini-profiles, you can follow the development from lilting instrumentals through the first multi-voiced attempts to finding their own way. The initial English has often already turned into Czech, the original few chords into more complex compositions, using rapidly growing musicianship and new sonic possibilities.

Bands from Prague, Brno, Přerov and Bratislava represent the most substantial of the then officially recorded offerings. You will find extraordinary beat vocalists (K. Černoch, K. Kahovec, Pavel and Petr Novák, V. Mišík, P. Sedláček, V. Sodoma or Hana and Petr Ulrych), proficient soloing instrumentalists (R. Hladík, F. Francl, O. Jahn, J. F. Obermayer or K. Svoboda) and consistent line-ups of bands whose importance and quality are still valid today (The Beatmen, The Matadors or Olympic).

Almost 160 minutes of music, a textbook of big beat history and an enjoyable listen for both veterans and newcomers. As many tracks as possible have been newly remastered from the original tapes. This 2CD is accompanied by a comprehensive booklet with many documentary photographs.

Nine famous big beat bands and a total of 60 of their songs!

Tracklist



CD 1


Olympic:


1. Olympic: Orange Blossom Special – ℗ 1965 1:54
2. Olympic, Miki Volek: Roll over Beethoven – Recorded 1965, ℗ 2008 3:18
3. Olympic, Pavel Bobek: Rave on – ℗ 1965 1:53
4. Olympic, Yvonne Přenosilová: Měsíc – ℗ 1965 2:42
5. Olympic: Mary (I Must Play) – ℗ 1965 1:59
6. Olympic, Miki Volek: Smutný holič z Liverpoolu – ℗ 1966 2:59
7. Olympic: Dej mi víc své lásky – ℗ 1965 2:51
8. Olympic: Snad jsem to zavinil já – ℗ 1967 3:01
9. Olympic: Nejím a nespím – ℗ 1967 1:42
10. Olympic: Nebezpečná postava – ℗ 1968 1:42

The Beatmen:


11. Break It – ℗ 1965 2:45
12. Let’s Make a Summer – ℗ 1965 3:04
13. Safely Arrived – ℗ 1965 2:00
14. The Enchanted Lie – ℗ 1965 2:09
15. Walkin’ Home – ℗ 1965 2:03
16. Schôdzka – ℗ 1965 2:01

Mefisto:


17. Mefisto: Monika – ℗ 1965 2:03
18. Mefisto: Yakety Yak – ℗ 1966 1:53
19. Mefisto, Pete Kaplan: Johnny B. Goode – ℗ 1966 2:51
20. Mefisto, Pavel Sedláček: Hippy Hippy Shake – ℗ 1965 1:40
21. Mefisto: Návrat gemini – ℗ 1966 2:03
22. Mefisto, Zdeňka Rytíře: Keep on Running – ℗ 1967 2:36

Vulkán:


23. Píseň skleněné báně – Recorded 1965, ℗ 1998 2:59
24. Zlatá střední – ℗ 1967 2:34
25. Kouzelná lampa – Recorded 1966, ℗ 1998 2:28
26. Tvé město – ℗ 1967 2:30
27. Sen – ℗ 1967 2:59
28. Musím táhnout svůj vůz dál – ℗ 1968 3:08

Crystal:


29. Tenhle kluk (Just One Look) – ℗ 1966 2:02
30. The Game of Love – ℗ 1967 1:53
31. She’s the One – ℗ 1967 2:07
32. Can’t You See that She’s Mine – ℗ 1967 2:22

CD 2


The Matadors:


1. The Matadors, Karel Kahovec: Farmer John – ℗ 1966 1:50
2. The Matadors: Locomotion with You – ℗ 1966 1:36
3. The Matadors: Pay, Pay Twist – ℗ 1966 2:12
4. The Matadors, Karel Kahovec: Sing a Song of Sixpence – ℗ 1966 1:53
5. The Matadors, Karel Kahovec: Snad jednou ti dám – ℗ 1966 2:28
6. The Matadors, Vladimír Mišík: Malej zvon, co mám – ℗ 1966 3:50
7. The Matadors, Vladimír Mišík: Don’t Bother Me – ℗ 1967 2:34
8. The Matadors, Vladimír Mišík: Old Mother Hubbard – ℗ 1967 2:07
9. The Matadors, Viktor Sodoma: I Think It’s Gonna Work out Fine – ℗ 1967 3:08
10. The Matadors, Viktor Sodoma: Indolence – ℗ 1967 3:51
11. The Matadors, Viktor Sodoma: Zlatý důl (Hate everything except of Hatter) – ℗ 1968 3:28

Flamengo:


12. Flamengo, Viktor Sodoma: Black Is Black – Recorded 1966, ℗ 2003 2:48
13. Flamengo, Petr Novák: Já budu chodit po špičkách – ℗ 1967 2:16
14. Flamengo, Petr Novák: Povídej – ℗ 1967 2:03
15. Flamengo, Karel Kahovec: Vyber si palác – ℗ 1967 3:01
16. Flamengo, Karel Kahovec: Svou lásku jsem rozdal – ℗ 1967 3:08
17. Flamengo, Pavel Sedláček, Karel Kahovec: Džbán – ℗ 1967 2:58
18. Flamengo, Karel Kahovec: Poprava blond holky – ℗ 1967 4:33
19. Flamengo, Karel Kahovec: Co skrýváš v očích – ℗ 1968 3:59
20. Flamengo, Karel Kahovec: Zavraždil jsem lásku – ℗ 1968 3:23

Synkopa OB Přerov:


21. Vyznání – ℗ 1967 2:46
22. Jaký jsem (Rock and Roll Music) – ℗ 1968 2:21
23. Nesmíš mi lhát (If You Gotta Go, Go now) – ℗ 1967 2:30

Juventus:


24. Chrám – ℗ 1968 2:20
25. Nářek převozníka – ℗ 1967 3:17
26. Ona se brání – ℗ 1968 2:43
27. Stůj, občane! – ℗ 1968 2:02
28. 18 minut – ℗ 1968 2:43