SOGENANNTES LINKSRADIKALES BLASORCHESTER ‎– Hört, Hört! (1977) / Mit Gelben Birnen (1980) - 2CD-Trikont

Label: Trikont – CD 0258-2

Format: 2 × CD, Compilation; Country: Germany - Released: 1999

Style: Brass Band, Big Band, Political

Mixed By – Heinz Weihe (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16), Ute Schatz (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)

Recorded By – Clemenz Müller (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-2 to 2-4, 2-6), Dietram Köster (tracks: 2-7, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13), Franco Fabbri (tracks: 2-10, 2-11), Heinz Weihe (tracks: 2-1, 2-5), Helmut Fritz (2)(tracks: 2-14), Ute Schatz (tracks: 2-1, 2-5)

Recorded By [Vocals] – Rainer Hecht (tracks: 2-3)

SOGENANNTES LINKSRADIKALES BLASORCHESTER was a brass band formed in 1976, in Frankfurt, by HEINER GOEBBELS, ALFRED HARTH, CHRISTOPH ANDERS... in an attempt to reinforce artistically the left student movement demonstrations of that period. The band, designed mostly for live appearances, was consisting of about twenty musicians and played on stage, at the streets and in diverse political activities.

In spite of the circumstances of its birth, The So-Called Left Radical Brass Orchestra never was a preacher of left dogmatism. Their repertoire crossed the music history from baroque & classical period, early twentieth century to free-jazz and avant-garde, including original pieces, traditonal themes, covers of Hans Eisler, Frank Zappa etc.

Their interpretations were imaginative, inventive, uncompromised but not snobbish, eclectic, intellectual and yet very amusing - a channel for direct communication with the people.

SLB discography comprises the albums: "HÖRT HÖRT" (1977) and "MIT GELBEN BIRNEN" (1980)

 ''Hört, Hört!'' – Recorded july 1977. – (Trikont US-36)

1-1,3,5 and 1-14 are live recordings from a concert in 'dem Frankfurter Stadtteilkino 'Harmonie'', 11-07-1977.

1-1 Vorspiel und "Gedanken über die rote Fahne" (by Hanns Eisler)  2:52

1-2 Begleitung (by Rolf Riehm)  2:07

1-3 Tagesschau (by Alfred Harth, Heiner Goebbels, Rolf Riehm)  7:32

1-4 Ich bin halt die Kotze aus Deiner Glotze (''I'm the Slime'' by Frank Zappa)  2:37

1-5 Chickmatch-Blues (by Alfred Harth)   3:12

1-6 Die Fabriken und Stück (by Hanns Eisler, Rolf Riehm)  3:16

1-7 Circa  (by Heiner Goebbels)  5:17

1-8 Rote Sonne  (by Trad. Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)   2:23

1-9 Der Anwalt des Schreckens  (by Rolf Riehm, Lyrics by Peter Paul Zahl)   2:30

1-10 Ya no somos nosotros  (by Karaxu, Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)  1:37

1-11 La resistencia se organisa  (by Karaxu, Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)  4:54

1-12 Homesick-Blues  (by Rolf Riehm, Lyrics by Peter Paul Zahl)  3:28

1-13 Lied von der Gedankenfreiheit  (by Walter Mossmann)   1:50

1-14 Tschüs  (by Walter Kubiczek, Lyrics by Dieter Lietz)  1:33

''Mit Gelben Birnen'' – Recorded Sept. 1979 and August 1980. – (Trikont US-63)

2-1 Trotzalledem  (by Trad. Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)  3:47

2-2 Die Hügel von Ca'n Geroni  (by Rolf Riehm)   2:53

2-3 Hälfte des Lebens  (by Heiner Goebbels, Words by Friedrich Hölderlin)  2:36

2-4 Poema para el despertar de un niño  (by Johannes Eisenberg, Written by Cumbo, Rubio)   3:07

2-5 Ohne dass ich sagen würde, ich bin der neue Führer  (Arr.by Goebbels, Comp. by Hübner) 7:50

2-6 Präludium  (by Johann Sebastian Bach, Arranged by Rolf Riehm)  2:10

2-7 Einzugsmarsch  (''Enlightenment'' by Sun Ra, Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)  2:24

2-8 Zirkus  (by Rolf Riehm)   3:53

2-9 Baderkatalog   3:30

2-10 Großvater Stöffel  (by Hanns Eisler, Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht)   0:37

2-11 Trauermarsch  (by Willem Breuker)   3:11

2-12 O'Guarracino  (by Trad. Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)   4:52

2-13 Maschine   3:42

2-14 Kommet Ihr Hirten  (Composed by Trad.)  1:14

Bonus

2-15 Verstandsaufnahme  (by Heiner Goebbels, Words by Erich Fried)   3:04

2-16 Poltergeist  (by Trad. Arranged by Heiner Goebbels)   2:33

SLB musicians:

Christoph Anders, Alfred Harth, Heiner Goebbels – tenor saxes

Henning Wiese, Rolph Riem, Barbara Muller-Rendtorff – alto saxes

Thomas Jahn, Gudrun Stocker, Cora Stefan – flutes

Volker Haas, Reinhard Bussmann, Herwig Heise, Walter Ybema – clarinets

Klaus Becker, Johannes Eisenberg, Gunther Lohr – trumpets

Michael Hoehler, Peter Lieser – trombones

Uwe Schriefer, Jorn Stuckrath – tubas

Ernst Stotzner – voice

This post has prepared my friend Herr -Otto- and here are some of his interesting notes:

Just in case you wonder about the titles of the original LPs: “Hört, hört!” is not equivalent to the (approving) “hear, hear!” used in US and British English but quite the opposite, more like an expression of outrage, as in: “I can’t believe what I just heard!” or, in John McEnroe’s words: “You can’t be serious, man!”

…and “mit gelben Birnen” is the first line of Hölderlin’s poem “Hälfte des Lebens” which was published in 1805 when Friedrich was 35. Apparently a full life span back then was considered 70 years (with some luck). Hölderlin himself exceeded that by 3 years, although most of his later years (after 1807) he spent in a psychologically unstable state in the town of Tübingen in a tower by the Neckar river. This tower is still now referred to as “der Hölderlinturm”.

Enjoy!

posted by -Otto-

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