Rebels, The
Šípková Růženka

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Rebels, The
  • Title: Šípková Růženka
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: Beat, partly English lyrics
  • Rating: 4
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Recording Year: 1968
  • Production Year: 1968/2018
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6542-2
  • Color of the Label:
  • Edition:
  • Extras: digipak
  • EAN: 099925654221
  • Weight: 78 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



Czech rock music’s illustrious history half a century on!

The year 1968 was tragic in the history of Czechoslovakia. Yet it also saw a few pleasant things happening, a case in point being releases of several landmark beat albums. One of the most noteworthy among them was a special project of The Rebels, a young band celebrated for the excellent vocals of Messrs Plíva and Korn, a carefully selected repertoire, mainly made up of pieces in the Californian West Coast style, as well as the album’s compelling monothematic A side.

Svatopluk Čech, Jiří Korn and Josef Plíva formed the complete vocal and, in part, instrumental power of the admired Prague-based band, awarded at the first Czechoslovakian “big beat” festival at the end of 1967. The singles preceding the album indicated a shift in their repertoire, encompassing more domestic pieces, penned by the band members and Václav Zahradník, with the lyrics supplied by the producer Michael Prostějovský. The original guitar arrangements were transformed into orchestral form. Zahradník’s big band was supported by the superb musicians R. Rokl and J. Hynčica, while P. Kotík supplied electronic connecting material, quite venturous for the time. Modern-style fabulous themes were supplemented with six highly credibly performed songs from the Mamas & Papas repertoire.

The complete song lyrics are available for the very first time and the CD contains a single as a bonus.


Tracklist



1. Šípková Růženka 3:28
2. Sněhurka 3:45
3. Perníková chaloupka 2:17
4. Hrnečku, vař! 3:00
5. Hloupej Honza 4:17
6. A zazvonil zvonec 3:01
7. Creeque Alley 3:58
8. Dedicated to the One I Love 2:43
9. String Man 2:43
10. Free Advice 2:52
11. Twist and Shout 2:14
12. California Dreamin’ 2:12
Bonus:
13. Definitivní konec 2:40
14. Pět havranů 2:47