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June 15, 2021

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

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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
        



       
  

 







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May 26, 2021

Harry Partch articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Gray Loft Gallery ~ Other Music & Crime  
Pamela Z ~ A Secret Code        
      
     
          
     
      
Harry Partch - 1944    
photographer unknown     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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January 25, 2021

George Harrison articles/mentions

 
 
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mentions:      
The Beatles ~  
A Hard Day's Night      
Magical Mystery Tour       
Revolver      
Rubber Soul             
"White Album"           
      
George Harrison      
photo by Robert Whitaker     
     
      
     
     
     
     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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June 13, 2020

Julee Cruise articles/mentions

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date & photographer unknown. 

     
   
   
  
     







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June 12, 2020

Corona Virus isolation ~ Day 89: pink stargazer lillies

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pink stargazer lillies, citrus
photo by Styrous®


Lilium 'Stargazer' (the 'Stargazer lily') is a hybrid lily of the 'Oriental group'. Oriental lilies are known for their fragrant perfume, blooming mid-to-late summer.        

Stargazers are easy to grow and do best in full sunlight. They have a fast growth rate and should be planted in full sun in well-drained loamy or sandy soil. When mature, 'Stargazers' can grow to a height of 36 inches with a spread of 10 to 14 inches with 2 to 8 flowers per stem.       

Stargazer lilies are often incorrectly called "Rubrum" lilies. Rubrums were a predecessor commercial lily to the 'Stargazers' whose flowers pointed down to the ground. Ergo:, consumers thought the Rubrums' downward-facing flowers looked wilted. The 'Stargazer' lily was created in 1974 by Leslie Woodriff, a lily breeder in California, to overcome this downward look. Woodriff called the new cross 'Stargazer', because the blooms faced towards the sky.         

The ASPCA reports this plant as being toxic to cats. They are said to cause vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy, kidney failure, and even death. Cats are the only species known to be affected.    

There is a music group called The Stargazer Lillies; they are a mix of New Age, New Wave and Heavy metal music and similar to This Mortal Coil, Julee Cruise and Laibach (links below).   
     
            
            
Viewfinder links:           
            
Corona Virus articles          
Julee Cruise       
Laibach          
This Mortal Coil        
       
Net link:           
            
Lilium 'Stargazer'           
      
YouTube links:           
           
Stargazer Lily time lapse          
Stargazer Lilies ~ What you need to know (3:10)   
          
Music:            
            
Julee Cruise ~             
            Falling      
            Floating         
            Mysteries of Love       
Laibach ~    
            Anglia (Volk)  
            Slovania (Volk)      
            TI, KI IZZIVAŠ        
            Vor Sonnen-Aufgang   
The Stargazer Lilies ~ (music videos)      
            Ahh                
            Fukitol        
            Golden Key       
            Icarus Sun    
            Summer's Gone   
            When With You     
                 
        
            
            
Styrous® ~ June 12, 2020     
         












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February 29, 2020

Ringo Starr articles/mentions

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all things Beatles    
Candy soundtrack       
A Hard Day's Night      
Magical Mystery Tour       
Revolver      
Rubber Soul             
Stephen Stills 2 reel to reel tape     
"White Album"                    
   
Ringo Starr
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December 6, 2018

20,000 Vinyl LPs 159: The Rolling Stones ~ Beggar's Banquet

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vinyl LP, front cover 
photo by Styrous®


The seventh British and ninth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet, was released 40 years ago on December 6, 1968, by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States.          



Of all the great songs on this album, my absolute favorite is Sympathy For The Devil. No song before or since has had the pathos yet horror of atrocities this song details. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and is the opening track of the album. Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 32 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". I would have put it higher but then, who the hell am I?       
                 

vinyl LP, back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®


Jagger sings in first person narrative as the Devil, boasting his role in each of several historical violent atrocities. The singer then ironically demands our courtesy towards him, implicitly chastising the listener for our collective culpability in the listed killings and crimes. In the 2012 documentary Crossfire Hurricane, Jagger stated that his influence for the song came from Baudelaire and from the novel, The Master and Margarita (which had just appeared in English translation in 1967) by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. The book was given to him by Marianne Faithfull.      

Jagger originally wrote it as a folk song but Richards suggested changing the tempo and using additional percussion, turning the folk song into a samba.           


vinyl LP, back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®


The lyrics focus on atrocities in the history of mankind from Satan's point of view including the trial and death of Jesus Christ ("Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands to seal his fate"), European wars of religion ("I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made"), the violence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the 1918 shooting of the Romanov family during World War I ("I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change/Killed the Tsar and his ministers/Anastasia screamed in vain"), and World War II ("I rode a tank, held a general's rank when the blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank"). The song was originally written with the line "I shouted out 'Who killed Kennedy?'" After the Robert F. Kennedy death on 6 June 1968, the line was changed to "Who killed the Kennedys?". And the answer is "when after all it was you and me", which is a way of saying that "the devil is not the other one, but eventually each one of us."   


vinyl LP, back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®


The recording of Sympathy For The Devil began at the Olympic Sound Studios in London on June 4, 1968, and continued into the next day; overdubs were done on 8, 9 and 10 June. Personnel included on the recording include Nicky Hopkins on piano, Rocky Dijon on congas and Bill Wyman on maracas. Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman and Richards performed backup vocals, singing the "woo woos". Richards plays bass on the original recording, and also electric guitar. Brian Jones plays a mostly mixed out acoustic guitar, although in isolated tracks of the studio cut, it is audible playing along with the piano.       


vinyl LP, back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®


Jagger said, "It has a very hypnotic groove, a samba, which has a tremendous hypnotic power, rather like good dance music. It doesn't speed up or slow down. It keeps this constant groove. Plus, the actual samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it is also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being primitive—because it is a primitive African, South American, Afro-whatever-you-call-that rhythm (candomblé). So to white people, it has a very sinister thing about it. But forgetting the cultural colors, it is a very good vehicle for producing a powerful piece. It becomes less pretentious because it is a very unpretentious groove. If it had been done as a ballad, it wouldn't have been as good."   

photo by Styrous®


In an interview with Creem, Jagger said, "[When people started taking us as devil worshippers], I thought it was a really odd thing, because it was only one song, after all. It wasn't like it was a whole album, with lots of occult signs on the back. People seemed to embrace the image so readily, [and] it has carried all the way over into heavy metal bands today. Some people have made a living out of doing this; for example, Jimmy Page."         


vinyl LP, gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®


Of the change in public perception the band experienced after the song's release, Richards said in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, "Before, we were just innocent kids out for a good time, they're saying, 'They're evil, they're evil.' Oh, I'm evil, really? So that makes you start thinking about evil... What is evil? Half of it, I don't know how much people think of Mick as the devil or as just a good rock performer or what? There are black magicians who think we are acting as unknown agents of Lucifer and others who think we are Lucifer. Everybody's Lucifer."        


vinyl LP, gatefold interior detail
detail photo by Styrous®


Contrary to a widespread misconception, it was Under My Thumb and not Sympathy For The Devil that the Rolling Stones were performing when Meredith Hunter was killed at the Altamont Free Concert. Rolling Stone magazine's early articles on the incident misreported that the killing took place during Sympathy For The Devil but the Stones in fact played Sympathy earlier in the concert; it was interrupted by a fight and restarted, Jagger commenting, "We're always having—something very funny happens when we start that number." Several other songs were performed before Hunter was killed.      


vinyl LP, gatefold interior detail
detail photo by Styrous®


Guns N' Roses recorded a cover in 1994 which reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was featured in the closing credits of the Neil Jordan film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire (except the 4K cut of the film) by Anne Rice, and was included on their Greatest Hits album. This cover is noteworthy for causing an incident involving incoming guitarist, Paul "Huge" Tobias, that was partially responsible for guitarist Slash departing from the band in 1996. Slash has described the Guns N' Roses version of the song as "the sound of the band breaking up".         

The Slovenian avant-garde, Goth/heavy-metal group, Laibach, did a sensational cover of Sympathy For The Devil that raises goose bumps on your arms.     
         

vinyl LP, side 1
photo by Styrous®




vinyl LP label, side 1
photo by Styrous®





vinyl LP, side 2
photo by Styrous®








Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Sympathy For The Devil - 6:14
A2 - No Expectations - 3:52
A3 - Dear Doctor - 3:19
A4 - Parachute Woman - 2:17
A5 - Jig-Saw Puzzle - 6:07

Side 2:

B1 - Street Fighting Man - 3:10
B2 - Prodigal Son, written by Rev. Wilkins* - 2:47
B3 - Stray Cat Blues - 4:32
B4 - Factory Girl - 2:06
B5 - Salt Of The Earth - 4:43

Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – Olympic Studios
    Mastered At – Audio Matrix, Inc.
    Pressed By – Bestway Products Inc.

Credits:   

    Engineer – Eddie*, Gene (3), Glyn Johns
    Producer – Jimmy Miller
    Written-By – Jagger; Richard* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)

Notes:    

Pressing Variation: Bestway Products Inc..

Does not include Credit for track B2 "Prodigal Son" to Rev. Wilkins on the label.
Include the text "Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards" on the back cover. See Picture
It comes in a gold-bordered gatefold cover.

Cat # PS-539 appears on the label.
Cat # PS 539 spine and rear sleeve, bottom-middle.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): ZAL-8476-BW
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): ZAL-8477-BW
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched): XZAL-8476A AM_
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched): XZAL-8477-B W 8-19-68
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 & 2 Stamped): AUDIOMATRIX Bestway
    Pressing Plant ID (at the end of label matrix): BW

The Rolling Stones ‎– Beggars Banquet
Label: London Records ‎– PS-539, London Records ‎– PS 539
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Bestway Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Classic Rock
     
      
    
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Styrous® ~  Thursday, December 6. 2018      










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