Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

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Long-playing Prague debut of a great Ostrava singer

Věra Špinarová had to wait until 1972 for her first album. The little lady with the big voice had already had a few hits, but as was the custom at the time, without a strict genre focus, the turn of the sixties and seventies sounded like this. Her energetic delivery was given some excellent opportunities, but it also helped the songs she covered to be at times more vital than the original.

This album is similarly conceived. In her search for the best, Špinarová retained Ivo Pavlík’s band, but she was suitably supported by radio big bands at some of the recordings. Among the authors are D. Volejníček, P. Hannig, B. Ondráček, V. Popelka or Olympic P. Janda. Lyricists V. Čort, E. Krečmar, Z. Borovec, M. Prostějovský, V. Poštulka, Z. Rytíř or the exceptional J. Werich (“Summertime”) undoubtedly benefited.

The opening medley, led by Music-box, was joined by songs from domestic sources of the quality of “Mý ádié”, but also by the imports “Máme máj” (Wight Is Wight), Den a noc (She’s not there) and Volej, volej (Soley, soley). There was a considerable stylistic range from fine pop to rock pieces to insistent bubble-gum. Together with the nine bonus songs of the CD, this reissue forms a whole that complements the original seventies with more recent evidence of the singer’s vocal sovereignty. She would have been only 70 in December...

Tracklist

1. Směs hitů Pantonu 7:22
a) Music-box (Surround Yourself with Sorrow)
b) Domů mířím, venku svítá
c) Máme máj (Wight Is Wight)
d) Mý ádié
e) V zahradě roste kmín
2. Den a noc (She’s not there) 2:51
3. Poste restante 2:39
4. Andromeda 5:23
5. Doktor Faust 2:56
6. První sníh (Požalej) 2:00
7. Alchymista 3:01
8. Letní ukolébavka (Summertime) 6:46
9. Jedeš k nám 2:58
10. Blues včerejší lásky (I Smell Trouble) 4:08
11. Volej, volej (Soley, Soley) 2:59
Bonus:
12. Jsem ženská (I Am Woman) – Recorded 1975, ℗ 1976 3:21
13. Tak nic neříkej – Recorded 1978, ℗ 1979 3:15
14. Holubí pírko – Recorded 1981, ℗ 1982 3:17
15. Oči – Recorded 1992, ℗ 1993 3:09
16. Měj mě rád – Recorded 1984, ℗ 1985 3:33
17. Já tě znám – ℗ 1986 3:14
18. I milenci jednou zestárnou – Recorded 1992, ℗ 1993 4:00
19. Já si broukám – ℗ 1994 3:47
20. Kouzlo bílejch čar – ℗ 2001 3:51