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December 17, 2023
June 15, 2021
20,000 Vinyl LPs 295: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Alles Ist Gut
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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).
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.
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.
photo by Styrous®
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
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",
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.
photo by Styrous®
In 1984, Robert Görl recorded his first solo album Night Full of Tension (Mute Rec), working with New Wave Diva Annie Lennox.
date & photographer unknown
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
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
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Net links:
groenland ~ Robert Görl
YouTube links:
Der Mussolini (live)
Der Mussolini (Giorgio Moroder)
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, June 15, 2019
June 22, 2019
Giorgio Moroder articles/mentions
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Berlin & Top Gun @ 30
John Heard & Cat People
DAF ~ Alles Ist Gut
Giorgio Moroder
date & photographer unknown
February 14, 2018
Casablanca Records ~ Disco Daze 3
Casablanca record sleeve
photo by Styrous®
Casablanca Records was an American recording label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. It was
founded in 1973 by former Buddah Records executive Neil Bogart, who named the label in homage to the classic film, Casablanca, and was based in Los Angeles in Southern California, The label became most successful as a disco label in the 1970s and
currently operates as an electronic dance music label under the
direction of Tommy Mottola.
The Casablanca Label launched the careers of KISS, Donna Summer*†, Meco*†, Parliament, The Funkadelics*†, Angel and the Village People. It also recorded Cher, The Sylvers, Buddy Miles, Giorgio Moroder*†, Santa Esmeralda*† and many others.
Kiss was the first group to be signed by Casablanca. It released three albums by the group: Kiss (1974), Hotter Than Hell (1974), and Dressed to Kill (1975), but all failed to make an impact on the charts, however, the glam rock band did amass a following. However, it was NOT a disco album.
Although the band's studio albums had not been strong sellers, the band had a reputation for performing exciting live shows. Casablanca decided to try to capitalize on that reputation by releasing the double-live Alive! (1975) album. It became both Casablanca's and Kiss's first top ten album, being certified gold.
vinyl LP cover
cover photo by Joel Brodsky
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Although the band's studio albums had not been strong sellers, the band had a reputation for performing exciting live shows. Casablanca decided to try to capitalize on that reputation by releasing the double-live Alive! (1975) album. It became both Casablanca's and Kiss's first top ten album, being certified gold.
The Kiss follow-up studio albums to Alive! were better sellers than its previous studio albums. Destroyer (1976), Rock and Roll Over (1976), and Love Gun
(1977) were all certified platinum in the United States. The band would
release several more albums, with its last studio album on Casablanca
being Creatures of the Night (1982).
In 1975, Casablanca signed a new artist named Donna Summer and released her album entitled Love to Love You Baby which was certified gold. I will never forget this song; it was my introduction to the world of DISCO!
The title song, written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, is over 17 minutes long, and Casablanca released the song in
its entirety as a single (a shorter version was also promoted for
radio). In releasing the 17 minute version as a single, Casablanca would
help make popular a format that would become known as the 12 inch.
The song, featured Summer seductively moaning and groaning, it was banned by some American radio stations (as it was in Europe)
but made its way to #2 on the US Hot 100. Summer had several gold and platinum albums on Casablanca from 1975–1979, and
became the label's most successful act on the singles chart. At one
point, she scored eight US top 5 singles within a 19-month period.
Summer had 10 gold singles (1 million), 2 went platinum (2 million) and a
gold maxi-single while with Casablanca.
In 1979 Lipps Inc., with Steven Greenberg as writer, producer, and musician, and Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals, signed with Casablanca. Soon the single Rock It was released, followed by the album Mouth to Mouth. The album included the #1 smash hit Funkytown. A totally bubble-gum tune, it's one of my all-time favorite hits.
Lipps Inc. - Mouth To Mouth
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Parliament with group leader George Clinton was signed to the Casablanca label in late 1973.
Their first official release for the label was in 1974 with the album Up for the Down Stroke.
The title song from the album gave Parliament its first top ten R&B hit. Their next album, Chocolate City sold approximately 150,000 albums in the Washington, D.C. area alone. But it would be their next release, Mothership Connection,
that would give the group its first gold and, eventually, platinum
album. Parliament would achieve either gold or platinum status with each
album release up until 1980, as well as scoring hit singles with Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker), Flash Light (Casablanca's first R&B #1 hit) and Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop). The success of Parliament allowed George Clinton to develop another P-Funk spin off act known as Parlet.
vinyl LP cover
cover photo by Leandro Correa
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Casablanca also financed the various extravagant P-Funk stage shows, including the "Mothership Connection/P-Funk Earth Tour" of 1976-77; as well as the Motor Booty Affair underwater tour of 1979. Parliament were later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Parliament also gave Casablanca Records a much needed presence in the R&B/Soul market.
The Casablanca film division produced the films, The Deep, Midnight Express*†, Foxes and The Hollywood Knights. Casablanca Records was purchased by PolyGram after which the label went into decline. Visit the Casablanca website to see more Casablanca Records videos. Be warned, however, it takes forever to get the pages to open.
KISS
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Santa Esmeralda
Donna Summer
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Styrous® ~ Wednesday, February 14, 2018
July 22, 2017
45 RPMs 17: Cat People & John Heard
detail photo by Styrous®
John Matthew Heard Jr. died yesterday, July 21, 2017. The list of the films he starred in and
the actors with whom he performed is astounding. It was difficult to
decide which of his films to feature for this blog; I settled on Cat People as it is my favorite of his films. And I could have used the soundtrack album, which I have, but I settled on the 12" single by David Bowie, Putting Out Fire, because I love this song.
David Bowie ~ Putting Out Fire
title song from Cat People
photo by Styrous®
Putting Out Fire
is a great piece that rocks out. It has a quiet start then goes into a
driving dance beat that worked extremely well in discos. The beat of
the song is sustained by a fantastically complicated drum. The video for
the song features stylized scenes from the film (link below).
title song from Cat People
photo by Styrous®
John Heard was born on March 7, 1945 in Washington, D.C. His mother was involved in the arts and appeared in community theater; his father, worked for the office of the Secretary of Defense. He attended Gonzaga College High School, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.
He appeared on the stage, television, film and off-Broadway. He won Obie Awards for his performances in Othello and Split in 1979–80.
He appeared on the stage, television, film and off-Broadway. He won Obie Awards for his performances in Othello and Split in 1979–80.
In 1982 he played the lover of Nastassja Kinski in the film, Cat People, which was a remake of the 1942 film, Cat People, a horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Cat People - 1942
Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell; John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley, Jr., Scott Paulin, and Frankie Faison play supporting roles. Jerry Bruckheimer served as executive producer. Alan Ormsby wrote the screenplay, basing it loosely on the story by DeWitt Bodeen, the screenwriter for the original Cat People (1942). Giorgio Moroder composed the film's score, including the theme song, which features lyrics and vocals by David Bowie. A re-recorded version of the song appears on the album by Bowie, Let's Dance.
photo by Styrous®
Giorgio Moroder composed the film's score, including the theme song. The lyrics were written by David Bowie who also sang the song.
Giorgio was born Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒordʒo moˈrɔːder] on the 26th of April, 1940. He is an Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Moroder is frequently credited with pioneering Italo disco and electronic dance music.
Giorgio Moroder ~ Paul's Theme
song from Cat People
photo by Styrous®
John Heard married actress Margot Kidder in 1979. On July 21, 2017, he was found dead in a hotel in Palo Alto, California, where he was reportedly recovering after undergoing back
surgery. He was 71 years old.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
David Bowie ~ Cat People (Putting Out Fire), written by Bowie* - 6:41
Side 2:
Giorgio Moroder - Paul's Theme (Jogging Chase), written by G. Moroder*
Credits:
Producer, Written-By – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – David Bowie
Notes:
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Side 1 (Etched)): MCA-2971 AZ1 [flower]
Barcode (Side 2 (Etched)): MCA-2972 AZ1 [flower]
Barcode (Both Sides (Stamped)): MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF.
David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Label: Backstreet Records – L33-1759
Format: Vinyl, 12", Promo
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Viewfinder Link:
David Bowie
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Filmography
Variety obit
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New York Daily News obit BBC News obit
ABC News obit
CNN obit
NBC news obit
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David Bowie ~ Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
John Heard - 1949 - 2017
photo by Jeff Vespa
"If Martin Scorsese thinks you stink, you stink."
Styrous® ~ Saturday, July 22, 2017
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