Ulrychovi, Hana a Petr
Nikola Šuhaj loupežník

  • Format: LP
  • Band: Ulrychovi, Hana a Petr
  • Title: Nikola Šuhaj loupežník
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: Folk, male & female vocals
  • Rating: 4
  • Release Year: 2019
  • Recording Year: 1973-1974
  • Production Year: 1974/2019
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6556-1
  • Color of the Label: blue/white
  • Edition: 2019
  • Extras: 180 gram vinyl, fold out cover, inner sleeve
  • EAN: 099925655617
  • Weight: 377 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



Jubilee reissue of the legendary 1974 album

2019 is an anniversary year for this album, but especially for the Ulrych siblings in several ways. Peter’s seventy-fifth birthday, Hannah’s seventieth birthday, fifty-five years of performing together, forty-five of them with the group Javory. These years represent a lot of great music, and the now reissued “Nikola Šuhaj loupežník” (Nikola Šuhaj the Robber) is among the most memorable.

After earlier beat, rock and pop, the Ulrychs happily encountered the folk music appeal (for the first time in this scope) here. Olbracht’s strong literary themes were turned into the recording of a set of songs as well as a theatrical performance. The theme of the search for freedom, justice and love was much needed in the “normalisation era” and Pavel Landovský was extraordinary as the band’s stage counterpart. Peter’s music and lyrics gave a chance to the excellent studio collaboration with Gustav Brom’s orchestra, but especially to Hana’s needfully simple, crystal clear and committed to the subject singing. This album project received an extraordinary audience response, but also official recognition, for example in the form of the “Bílá vrána” (White Crow) award from the magazine “Mladý svět” (Young World). Most importantly, however, it became the beginning of the Ulrychs’ journey towards an unpretentious artistic and human interconnection with (not only) Moravian folk music.

The album is released in a new remastering, in the case of the LP with a matrix engraved in lacquer to achieve the maximum sound quality of 180 gram vinyl. The cover is a reconstruction of the original one, containing the complete album lyrics, memories of the creators and period photographs.

Tracklist



Side A


1. Pojďte a poleťte 3:03
2. Pár slunných dnů 2:16
3. Verbujú 4:08
4. Krajino, krajino 4:29
5. Ježibaba 3:25
6. Ráno, ráno 2:07

Side B


1. A v kútečku sedá frajarenka bledá 2:20
2. Eržika 3:05
3. Nikola 4:07
4. Zrada 2:54
5. Až jednou červánky 3:49
6. Zabili ho 1:14
7. Píseň prastarých stromů 2:43