Nerez
Masopust

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Nerez
  • Title: Masopust
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: Folk, male & female vocals
  • Rating: 3
  • Release Year: 2019
  • Recording Year: 1982-1986
  • Production Year: 1986/2019
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6571-2
  • Color of the Label:
  • Edition:
  • Extras: digipak
  • EAN: 099925657123
  • Weight: 70 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



CD reissue of the cult album from 1986

It would certainly be much more joyful to commemorate Zuzana Navarová’s 60th birthday in June without a sad sip of “not lived”. Fate has unfortunately decided otherwise, but the splendour of the songs she left behind is enduring. This new release of the band’s debut album, “Masopust” (Carnival), proves it.

There, Navarová, together with her colleagues Zdeněk Vřešt'ál, Vitek Sázavský, Vladimír Vytiska and guests, presented themselves for the first time on long-playing vinyl. The strong author-performer association was successful at folk festivals such as Porta, but clearly transcended genre limitations. Not just by using rhythms imported by Zuzana from Cuba, but by their overall freshness and uniqueness on the (not only) contemporary scene.

The current CD and LP reissue has been remastered from the original tapes. The vinyl is pressed in a “heavy” 180 gram weight. The cover art has been reconstructed to be as close as possible graphically and colour-wise to the non-existent production master and the unfound title image. Compared to the original release, all song lyrics are complete. The inner sleeve and booklet also contain photographs and memories.

The greatest treat, however, is the music itself: with melodic ideas and clever lyrics still contemporary, the three unique solo voices and together perfectly “glued” vocals consistently enchanting!

Tracklist



1. Tisíc dnů mezi námi – Recorded 1983 4:33
2. Samba v dešti – Recorded 1983 3:13
3. Javor – Recorded 1985 3:19
4. Kolovrátek – Recorded 1985 4:02
5. Pozdě na večeři – Recorded 1985 3:29
6. Masopust – Recorded 1985 3:08
7. Deštíček – Recorded 1983 1:50
8. Kočky – Recorded 1985 4:19
9. Hlava v krupobití – Recorded 1983 4:15
10. Písmenka – Recorded 1982 2:42
11. Do posledního dechu – Recorded 1986 4:06