Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Tracklist

1. Paint It Black 3:19
2. Bus Stop 2:37
3. Bend It 2:44
4. I Put a Spell on You 3:20
5. Little Man 3:09
6. What now My Love 3:30
7. Sunny 2:26
8. No Milk today 2:53
9. Nem új a nap alatt semmi (Nothing Is New Under the Sun) 3:03
10. Nem szeretlek (I Don’t Love You) 3:06
11. Azért, mert a faterod góré (Just because Your Dad Is the Boss) 2:09
12. Megbántottál (You Hurt Me) 2:37
13. Nem vagy szép (You Are not Pretty) 2:14
14. Azt mondta az anyukám (My Mom Said) 2:31
15. Rózsafák (Rose Trees) 2:37
16. Ismertem egy lányt (I Knew a Girl) 2:54
17. Szeretnék visszamenni hozzád (I Want to Go back to You) 1:50
18. Halott virágok (Dead Flowers) 1:54
19. Volt egy bohóc (There Was a Clown) 4:08
20. Nem tilthatom meg (I Can’t Stop It) 4:14
21. Kiabálj, énekelj! (Shout, Sing!) 2:43

20 songs at at YouTube
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GrundRecords Release Information

Following their initial attempts, the first line-up that could be described as stable took shape by the middle of the decade. They did not yet have any original songs at that time, but they still fit well into the record label’s practice of having Hungarian beat bands or dance singers record current foreign hits as singles.

The band recorded eight covers, which were released as four singles. In the spring of 1967, with Tamás Mihály joining the band and Illés releasing their own Hungarian-language beat songs, the need arose within Omega to write first original compositions, too.

Later, with the arrival of Gábor Presser, the band gained a permanent songwriter, and the Omega machine was set in motion. Single recordings and festival performances followed one after another; they occasionally accompanied solo singers, but in the meantime, the first invitations from abroad also began to arrive.

This publication commemorates that exciting period.

Line-up from 1966 to 1968:

János Kóbor: vocals, guitar (1-21)
Mária Wittek: vocals (1-8)
András Kovacsics: guitar (1-13)
György Molnár: lead guitar (14-21)
László Benkő: keyboards, other instruments, vocals (1-21)
Gábor Presser: keyboards (9, 10, 12-21)
István Varsányi: bass guitar (1-8)
Tamás Somló: vocals, saxophone, harmonica (1-11, 14)
Tamás Mihály: bass guitar, vocals (9-21)
József Laux: drums, percussion (1-21)

Featuring:

Sarolta Zalatnay: backing vocals (14)