hi records

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hallo records are a series of samplers that were released between 1972 and 1976 by the Amiga record label in the GDR . The styles ranged from progressive rock to folk rock to pop . In addition to bands from the GDR, numerous groups from " socialist foreign countries " were represented. One goal was to enable the broadest possible spectrum of the bands active at the time to release records.

Edition history

In 1972 the LPs hallo Nr. 1 to hallo Nr. 7 were released. Different emphases were set. On Hallo Nr. 1 there are two pieces each by the Red Guitars and Panta Rhei as well as other pieces. hello No. 2 has a special position. With the exception of one song by the Bayon group , all pieces are sung by Halina Franckowiak from Poland , accompanied by her band ABC .

On the LP hallo Nr. 4 , the Klaus Renft Combo groups are represented three times and the Puhdys twice. While the fifth LP - like hello No. 3 - shows no priorities, on hallo No. 6 the Klaus Renft Combo are represented three times again and the Czechoslovak group Prúdy twice. After all, hello No. 7 only contains recordings from Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

In 1973 there were five other hi-LPs in the same series. Only amateur bands are represented on the eighth LP. Some of them later became professional bands. hello No. 9 contains live recordings without any further emphasis. The three other LPs in the series again contain pieces by various bands. The Bürkholz formation , Breakout and Hungaria are included with two tracks each on the hi-LPs 10, 11 and 12.

In 1974 a hi-LP called hallo 1/74 was released with a different make-up . Renft , Bractwo Kurkowe and General are represented twice. There was no second hi-LP in 1974. In the following year the LPs hallo 2/75 and hallo 1/75 appeared - according to the Amiga catalog in this order. The proportion of commercial pop music was higher than on the previous records. In 1976 the GDR record label Nova released the LP Superparty - The best from hello 1 to 12. Amiga released the last hello LP, hello 76 , on which many bands are represented with one title each.

In 2001 the Buschfunk label released the CDs hallo The Best No. 1 and hallo The Best No. 2 with pieces from the hi-LPs released by Amiga. In 2015, Buschfunk released a 16-CD set, corresponding to the 16 long-playing records . It contains reprints of the posters that were enclosed at the time.

Playlists

Hello No 1, 1972, Amiga, 855 331

Hello No 2, 1972, Amiga, 855 332

Design and equipment

The first twelve hi-LPs have a largely uniform design that corresponds to Pop Art with colors such as pink, violet and orange, strikingly rounded shapes and handwritten fonts . The back contains information in a language suitable for young people, for example on purchasing the next hi-LP, but usually no list of the titles or artists included. The label on the record itself only shows the title and its writer and composer.

The covers of the hi-LPs from hi 1/74 onwards are designed a little more conventionally. The covers of the three LPs released in 1974 and 1975 are still quite contrasting in color.

Up to hello 1/74 , all record sleeves contained a black and white or monochrome photo the size of the cover with a picture of a band represented on the record, on the back of which you can find information about the performers and song titles.

meaning

Many of the bands that were later successful in the GDR music scene were able to publish recordings for the first time with the hi-LPs. These include the Puhdys, Renft, Bayon, electra and Lift , but also numerous bands from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Compared to later recordings you can see a change in style in many bands. Furthermore, the recordings are documents from bands that were banned shortly afterwards by the cultural authorities, such as Renft and the Bürkholz formation.

Of the first six hi-LPs, around 360,000 copies had been sold by July 1973.

Others

Although they were published over a period of several years, the 16 hi-fi records are sequentially numbered 85531 through 85546.

In 1992 the Vielklang label released the CD hallo 13 - The Return of the FNL . However, this CD contains pieces by GDR bands from the time of the fall .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The name of the singer is Halina Frąckowiak. However, Halina Franckowiak is on the cover.
  2. ↑ Article from Melodie und Rhythmus at ostmusik.de ( Memento from November 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 13, 2014