Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Luboš Andršt Blues Band (2 x); ASPM (2 x); The Blue Effect (3 x); Blues Five (2 x); Bluesberry (2 x); The Bluesmen (2 x); Flamengo (3 x); Jaromír Löffler & Flamingo; Framus Five (3 x); Michal Prokop & Framus Five (3 x); Ivan Hlas & Nahlas; Hlava B; Jazz Q (2 x); Komety; Martin Kratochvíl & Tony Ackerman; Krausberry; The Matadors (3 x); Vladimír Mišík & Etc… (3 x); The Soulmen (2 x); Jan Spálený; Ondřej Hejma & Žlutý Pes

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150 minutes of blues in 40 ways

The tenth anniversary compilation in the 2CD series on the history of Czechoslovakian rock music goes back in time. The range of years when the recordings were released is significant: the first ones date back to 1968, the last ones to 1989, i.e. from the brief cultural revival at the end of the 1960s to the year when the policy of “normalization” came to an end. For various reasons, not everything that could be heard at the time was recorded.

After the great gramophone boom, a gloomy publishing silence descended, fortunately interrupted by singles and albums by Framus Five, Jazz Q, Flamengo, and others. The founding fathers of domestic blues rock from The Matadors and Blue Effect partly emigrated and partly hid in art rock, jazz rock, or fusion groups, often welcome and unprovocatively instrumental.

Blues echoes continued to resonate in the work of Vladimír Mišík and Michal Prokop, while Luboš Andršt and Peter Lipa’s Blues Band and ASPM with Jan Spálený and Petr Kalandra were absolute certainties. A younger generation of musicians emerged from Prague’s Hanspaulka neighborhood, originally playing in a central pub and continuing to offer blues in various forms to this day.

A total of 150 minutes of music and 40 songs is certainly not everything that was produced in our country over the past twenty years, but as a symbol of the times and a reminder of important names, it can serve as entertainment for those who remember and as a refresher course for their children and even grandchildren.

Blues is the foundation of everything, whether acoustically folk-style or accompanied by extravagant electric solos: see for yourself!

Tracklist

CD 1

1. The Matadors: Shotgun – ℗ 1968 2:55
2. The Matadors: You’ll Be Mine – ℗ 1968 2:27
3. The Matadors: Out of Reach – ℗ 1968 4:16
4. Komety: Chain of Fools – ℗ 1968 2:59
5. The Soulmen: Wake up! – ℗ 1968 3:27
6. The Soulmen: Baby, Do not Cry – ℗ 1968 4:01
7. Jaromír Löffler & Flamingo: Stvoř ženu z mých přání (It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World) – ℗ 1968 2:17
8. Framus Five: Work Song – ℗ 1969 2:49
9. Framus Five: My Days Are Numbered – ℗ 1969 3:04
10. Framus Five: Some Day Baby – ℗ 1969 3:23
11. Blues Five: I Don’t Need no Doctor – ℗ 1969 2:31
12. Blues Five: The House of the Rising Sun – ℗ 1969 4:32
13. The Bluesmen: Mám smutek ve tvářích – ℗ 1969 4:09
14. The Bluesmen: The House Full of Blues – ℗ 1970 4:04
15. Flamengo: No Reply – ℗ 1969 2:42
16. Flamengo: Summertime – ℗ 1969 3:58
17. Flamengo: Vím, že pláčem to skončí – ℗ 1970 5:32
18. The Blue Effect: I’ve Got My Mojo Working – ℗ 1969 3:43
19. The Blue Effect: Little Girl – ℗ 1970 3:52
20. The Blue Effect: Blues about Stone – ℗ 1970 7:56

CD 2

1. Jazz Q: Lost Soul – ℗ 1974 6:03
2. Jazz Q: Blues podzimního odpoledne – ℗ 1979 4:14
3. Vladimír Mišík & Etc…: U kiosku – ℗ 1987 4:59
4. Vladimír Mišík & Etc…: Sladké je žít – ℗ 1980 4:37
5. Vladimír Mišík & Etc…: Špejchar blues – ℗ 1989 2:56
6. Michal Prokop & Framus Five: Blues pro poštovní doručovatelku – ℗ 1984 3:24
7. Michal Prokop & Framus Five: Cokoli – ℗ 1987 5:39
8. Michal Prokop & Framus Five: Yetti blues – ℗ 1987 4:04
9. Luboš Andršt Blues Band: Lednový blues – ℗ 1984 5:02
10. Luboš Andršt Blues Band: Blues o stáří – ℗ 1984 5:10
11. Amatérské Sdružení Profesionálních Muzikantů / ASPM: Špitál u sv. Jakuba (Saint James Infirmary Blues) – ℗ 1983 3:57
12. Jan Spálený: Aceton Blues – ℗ 1985 2:18
13. ASPM: San Francisco Bay Blues – ℗ 1985 3:06
14. Ivan Hlas & Nahlas: Přátelé – ℗ 1988 2:30
15. Bluesberry: Co je to blues – ℗ 1985 3:01
16. Bluesberry: Blues mokrejch bot – ℗ 1985 2:45
17. Krausberry: Camp – ℗ 1987 2:49
18. Hlava B: Na cestě – ℗ 1987 2:54
19. Ondřej Hejma & Žlutý Pes: Believe Me Darlin’ (Miláčku, vrať se) – ℗ 1987 3:02
20. Martin Kratochvíl & Tony Ackerman: Blues jako řemen (krátký) – ℗ 1989 1:14