When the night is deepest ...

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When the night is deepest ...
Studio album by clay stones shards

Publication
(s)

November 1975

Label (s) David Popular Production

Genre (s)

" Agitrock "

running time

82:31

production

Clay stones shards, Trikont-Verlag

Studio (s)

Alsterstudio, Hamburg

chronology
No Power to Nobody
(1972) 		When the night is deepest ... IV
(1981)

When the night is deepest… is the third studio album by the rock band Ton Steine ​​Scherben , which was the last one before a six-year studio break. It shows the first signs of a change of genre , so away from the style of the song. Make broken what breaks you to the style of the song. Hold on to your love .

history

In the years from 1973 to 1974, Ton Steine ​​Schherd had less and less desire to be the “political jukebox” of the left-wing scene. Finally, this also meant that you could only demand a “solidarity contribution” from the audience as entry, which was not a particularly good place to live. Thereupon the band distanced itself further and further from the squatter slogans, even if one remained true to the left ideology. Financial problems led to the breakup in 1973. The separation did not last long, but when the reunification the bassist Kai Sichtermann was missing . He was replaced by Gino Götz, who had already worked with the broken pieces on the children's radio play Teufel hast du Wind . In addition, there was still a lack of a drummer (on the album No Power for Nobody Olaf Lietzau mainly played the drums). The drummer that Ton Steine ​​Sch towards Olaf Lietzau chose was Funky K. Götzner, who was born in Reichenberg near Würzburg . With this line-up, it was decided in early 1974 to produce a new LP.

useful information

  • Pseudonyms:
    • RPS Lanrue is Ralph Steitz's stage name.
    • The "K." in Funky K. Götzner stands for Klaus (he was called "Funky" after trying to join a funk band in a newspaper advertisement).
    • Vegas by Trantor is a name taken from a science fiction novel. The real name is Uli Hammer.
    • Ralph Möbius did not use the name Rio Reiser until the next album.

Track list

LP 1

  1. Tonight ( Ralph Möbius , RPS Lanrue ) - 6:15
  2. Saturday afternoon (Möbius, Lanrue) - 5:01 am
    The song appeared (without music) in a play by the Rote Steine . The new setting contains a quote from Macht kaputt, which makes you broken (the guitar riff).
  3. Good morning (Nikel Pallat, Möbius) - 4:16
  4. Through the desert (Möbius, Lanrue) - 4:59
    The song is a science fiction piece. The title is that of a novel by Karl May . From the second album on, Ton Steine ​​Shards had such a piece on each of their albums.
  5. Take the hammer (Möbius, Lanrue) - 5:22
    The song is an adaptation of the skiffle song Take This Hammer .
  6. I'm going away (Möbius, Lanrue) - 3:23
    The song was written in Ireland while on vacation.
  7. Hold on to your love (Möbius, Lanrue) - 6:58
  8. We are in the light (Pallat, Lanrue) - 5:31

LP 2

  1. When the night is deepest ... (Möbius, Lanrue) - 3:31
    The song was written in Ireland while on vacation.
  2. Land in sight (Möbius, Lanrue) - 7:11
    The song originally had English lyrics. It was already 3 years old when production started.
  3. Come on board (Möbius, Lanrue) - 9:14 am
  4. Get in (Möbius, Lanrue) - 20:50
    At just under 21 minutes, the song is the longest song in the band. It consists of three parts: a long intro in which Möbius tells of a dream vision, the actual song, and a long final jam, in which quotes from older broken songs ( The fight goes on and alone they make you ), as well as new ones Find songs ( Tonight and Take the Hammer ).

occupation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A play on words from " Agitprop " and " Acidrock ", according to Rio Reiser: King of Germany. Memories of clay stones shards and more , Cologne 1994/2016, p. 239, ISBN 978-3-462-04860-5 .
  2. ↑ tonsteinescherben.de, called November 22, 2010