Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Guerilla Records Release Information

One of the most legendary recordings of the Czechoslovakian alternative scene, recorded in 1980/81, finally reappears in the quality it deserves. The new recording, featuring the original members of the line-up at the time (Chadima, Simon, Radechovský), is rounded out by the current members of Chadima’s band (Jandourek, Chaluš, Jirucha) and was recorded in 2017 at the renowned 3bees studio and, in Chadima’s own words, finally sounds the way he always has imagined.

The current release brings a comprehensive, bilingual booklet, Chadima’s accompanying text and a portion of proper music that, at the time of its creation, almost forty years ago, amazed the listeners and laid the foundations of the Czechoslovakian punk and new wave scene. However, it is only this new studio treatment that brings out all the nuances and subtle tweaks thanks to the absolutely great studio sound, making listening a real musical treat!

Tracklist

1. Thema I. – Ráno / Morning 6:18
2. Thema II – Varování darebáků ředitelem výzkumného ústavu / Naughty Boys Warned by the Head of the Research Institute 6:58
3. Thema III. – Asi, asi, asi, asi, asi, asi… / Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps… 5:06
4. Thema IV. – Rozhovor neznámých cizinců / The Unknown Foreigners’s Dialog 5:52
Thema V. – Sny obyvatele velkoměsta / The Dreams of the Metropolitan Inhabitant
5. V obchodě oz / At the Greengrocer’s 3:41
6. Co?! / What?! 2:57
7. Chlap a opice / The Man and the Monkey 3:32
8. Pod tramvají / Under the Tram 3:57
9. Zabi’ ho! / Kill Him! 1:32
10. Závody ve skoku z Nuselského mostu / The Jump from Nusle Bridge Competition 3:15
11. Ho vezou / They’re Taking Him away 2:06
12. Zakáza-li! / Banned-It! 1:53
13. Lezem horem, lezem, dolem / We Crawl up, We Crawl down 0:37
14. Každej se musí rozhodnout / Everyone Must Decide 3:05
15. Libouchec / Libouchec Village 1:18
16. Boty vzala / She Stole a Pair of Shoes 2:14
17. Ne! / No! 3:34