FLAMENGO - CD PANI V CERNEM /SINGLY 67-72/ 2003

Popis - PANI V CERNEM /SINGLY 67-72/ 2003:
Supraphon has completed its re-releases of Flamengo's "big-beat" classics! In the wake of the re-edition of their one and only, not to mention landmark, album 'Kure v Hodinkach' (Chicken in the Watch), it has collated a collection of the bands previous singles, featuring not only Vladimir Misik. Three distinct singles penned by Petr Novak, 'Ja budu chadit po spickack' (I will tiptoe), Povidej (Talk) and Nahrobni Kamen (Gravestone), need no introduction whatsoever. In addition the song Dzban (Jug), brought to fame by Novak, is presented here on a recording made with Pavel Sedlacek. Yet the most frequently represented soloist is Karel Kahovec, who sings the titular 'Pani V Cernem (Lady in Black), Poprava blond holky (Execution Of A Blonde), Zavrazdil jsem lasku (I've killed Love) as well as John Mayall's No Reply. The English vocalist Joan Duggan sings Gershwin's Summertime, while earlier recordings were made by Vladimir Misik and Ivan Khunt. The rarity bonus is the 1966 recording from the Czech Television archives of the hit Black Is Black, borrowed from the repertoire of the Spanish band Los Bravos and performed by Viktor Sodoma, who in the bands original line-up shared vocal duties with Petr Novak. The erudite accompanying text was written by Flamengos contemporary Jaromr Tuma. This compilation of Flamengos Singles offers a surprising sound: After a start with a few "innocent" compositions the CD offers mainly modern Beat music, partly with fuzz guitars and English lyrics. And the final are a few songs from their progressive phase during the early Seventies.