June 15, 2021

20,000 Vinyl LPs 295: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Alles Ist Gut

 ~   
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Alles Ist Gut
 vinyl LP back cover
cover photo by Sheila Rock 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
Today is the birthday of New Wave musician Robert Görl who, with Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López, was a member of the German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band formed in 1978, from Düsseldorf, Germany, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF).         
 
cover photo by Sheila Rock 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
Although this is their third studio album, it is the first one of theirs I heard and it blew me away! Sato Sato kicks it all off and I remember so well my hearing it for the first time! Funny how so many songs have "Remember where I was?" attachments.   
       
 

 
The album was released in 1981 and was the band's first album on Virgin Records. It includes the hit single Der Mussolini. The album was a massive hit in Germany, where it charted for 46 weeks.          

I loved Der Mussolini as well. The deep vocal by Delgado-López is wonderfully sinister and the percussion by Görl is so much fun to watch. For sound, I go with the sax; for motion, I've always enjoyed watching the drummer in a group more than the other members. As opposed to the jerky, erratic movements of the other musicians, the repetitive, graceful and dynamic motions of the drummer is like a dance and a joy to behold.           
 
Giorgio Moroder did a re-mix of the song and the video for it is SO much fun to watch (link below)! You have to pay close attention, though, as the visuals are VERY subtle but brilliant! However, electrifying Delgado-López's vocal waters it down so it's almost sterile and it doesn't have the raw sound of his vocal that I love in the original.         
  



Rote Lippen is a REAL doozy! After figuring out it meant "Red Lips" I was expecting something erotically tinged but I was not ready for this! It is really NASTY sounding! But then the vocal with an almost disgusting guttural clearing of the throat and sinister overtones whirles around you and it becomes the height of romanticism! Punk/New Wave at its best!!!!       
 
Dein kleid ist so rot. dein mund ist so rot. mein
Schatz. deine lippen sind so rot. mein schatz
Die ganze welt ist rot fuer mich. ich sehe deinen
Mund. mein schatz

(Red Lips Your dress so red. your mouth so red. mein
Schatz. your lips so read. mein schatz. the whole
World is red. i see your mouth. mein schatz
("mein Schatz" means literally "my treasure", 
i.e Something like "my precious" or "dear".)


 
setail photo by Styrous®

 

Robert Görl was born on June 15, 1955, in Munich, Germany and started his life in an orphanage. At the age of 18, Görl got drum lessons from the jazz musician Freddie Brocksieper. In 1974 he started a classical music education at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg and in 1976 at the University of Graz, also devoting himself to jazz. In 1978, he interrupted his studies, went to London and became interested in punk rock. In the same year, he met Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López in Düsseldorf and formed DAF. Görl also played in other bands such as Der Plan.            
 



In 1984, Robert Görl recorded his first solo album Night Full of Tension (Mute Rec), working with New Wave Diva Annie Lennox.            
 
   


Görl also played drums on the 1981 Eurythmics (Annie Lennox, David Stewart) album, In the Garden.        


date & photographer unknown


Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Alles Ist Gut
vinyl LP record sleeve, side 2 detail
photo by Styrous®


The album Alles ist gut (all is good) received the German Schallplattenpreis award by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (The German Phono-Academy), an association of the German recording industry in 1982.     
 
The D.A.F. track Alle Gegen Alle was remade by Laibach in 1994. Der Mussolini was remade by Atrocity in 1997 and by KMFDM in 2006. The Patrik Sampler 2017 novel The Ocean Container makes reference to Greif Nach Den Sternen.         


setail photo by Styrous®
 
  

setail photo by Styrous®
 
 
 
     
         
         
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Sato-Sato = Sato-Sato - 2:49
A2 - Der Mussolini = The Mussolini - 3:54
A3 - Rote Lippen = Red Lips - 2:42
A4 - Mein Herz Macht Bum = My Heart Goes Boom - 4:28
A5 - Der Räuber Und Der Prinz = The Robber And The Prince - 3:29

Side 2:

B1 - Ich Und Die Wirklichkeit = Me And Reality - 3:05
B2 - Als Wär's Das Letzte Mal = As If It Were The Last Time - 3:23
B3 - Verlier Nicht Den Kopf = Don't Lose Your Head - 3:17
B4 - Alle Gegen Alle = Everybody Fights Everybody - 3:56
B5 - Alles Ist Gut = Everything Is Good - 3:26

Companies, etc.

    Distributed By – Ariola
    Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH
    Recorded At – Conny's Studio
    Published By – Wintrup Musikverlag
    Lacquer Cut At – The Town House
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Conny Plank GmbH
    Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
    Pressed By – Sonopress

Credits:

    Cover [Cover Idea] – Gabi*
    Photography By [Cover Photographs] – Sheila Rock
    Producer – Conny Plank
    Songwriter, Music By – Robert Görl
    Words By – Gabi Delgado-Lopez*

Notes:

℗ 1981 Virgin Records Ltd./Conny Plank GmbH.
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., München

Recorded December 80 / January 81 in Conny's Studio.

Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH, Gütersloh

Artists credits are abbreviated on the inner sleeve, and full name on the labels (Robert Görl is misspelled Robert Gorl on the labels). Where appropiate, the latter is entered here.
Cat# is 203 644 on the record, 203 644-320 on the back sleeve and spine, 203 644/96 980 on the inner sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Rights Society: GEMA
    Label Code: LC 3098
    Price Code: -320
    Matrix / Runout (Label A): S 203 644 A
    Matrix / Runout (Label B): S 203 644 B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): 020 203 644 A-1 TOWN HOUSE LONDON Made in Germany
    Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): 020 203 644 B-1 TOWN HOUSE LONDON Made in Germany
    Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): 020 203 644 A-2 TOWN HOUSE LONDON Made in Germany
    Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): 020 203 644 B-2 TOWN HOUSE LONDON Made in Germany
    Other (Inner sleeve): 203 644/96 980
    Pressing Plant ID (Label side B, embossed): Bass clef

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft ‎– Alles Ist Gut
Label: Virgin ‎– 203 644, Virgin ‎– 203 644-320
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Electro, EBM
         
      


Viewfinder links:          
          
Eurythmics        
Robert Görl        
Giorgio Moroder         
Sheila Rock      
       
 Net links:          
           
Discography        
groenland ~ Robert Görl       
       
YouTube links:           
       
Der Mussolini          
Der Mussolini (live)         
Der Mussolini (Giorgio Moroder)        
Rote Lippen              
Sato Sato         


           





       
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, June 15, 2019
        



       
  

 







Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

PLEASE NOTE: comments are moderated BEFORE they are posted so DO NOT appear immediately.

Thank you.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)