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Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (2LP)

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Perhaps there is no need to introduce this legendary recording, but few people realized that this year it will be 50 years (!) since the band secretly set foot in Hrad Houska and started recording there in the winter of 1974. And Sváťa Karásek shined a light on them.

"As usual, we had at our disposal the original tape of Robin Popper, who recorded at the castle, and the Jámor studio of Ondra Ježek, who added another dimension to the songs. Unbelievably, this edition is the first vinyl to feature all the songs that were recorded on Houska. But we are left with a blank fourth page, what to do with it? And it was exactly this format that was fulfilled by the concert congratulations on the church marriage of the Kukla couple, which was performed by Magor and the band played in the hall of the U Králů restaurant on January 31, 1975, i.e. exactly after the end of the recording. I would like to point out in advance that although we had the original tape from Pavel Prokeš's archive available, this recording has documentary and historical value rather than discophilic value. Such was the time.

And instead of long sentences, I quote the words of Vojta Lindaur (1957 – 2018), who included this recording in the top ten most important Czechoslovak records of all decades: the feelings of a large part of the teenagers of that time, but mainly thanks to Hlavs' compositional skill, she managed to create a timeless record. They are not only songs of defiance, but above all about inner freedom. Besides, it's also fun."
Gafefold with photos of Ondřej Němek, Oldřich Schuller and Petr Prokeš, part includes an inserted facsimile of the original cover.

Details
Cat. number: GR 202-1
Year: 2024
Tracklist
A1Dvacet1:52
A2Zácpa7:54
A3Toxika3:54
A4Magické Noci6:11
B5M.G.M.0:21
B6Okolo Okna5:51
B7Elegie1:15
B8Podivuhodný Mandarin5:35
B9Nikdo3:31
B10Jó, To Se Ti To Spí3:25
C11Já A Mike1:04
C12Ranní Ptáče1:23
C13Francovka3:00
C14Jednou Nohou4:12
C15Spofa Blues2:48
D16Magorův Úvod2:25
D17Dvacet2:13
D18Zácpa7:01
D19Jó, To Se Ti To Spí3:26
D20Toxika3:57
D21Včera V Neděli4:59
Credits
Vratislav Brabenec
Alto Saxophone (1-3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17-21), Vocals (21)
Milan Hlavsa
Bass Guitar (1-4, 6-9, 11-15, 17-21), Vocals (1-4, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17-21)
Jaroslav Vožniak
Drums (1-5, 14, 15, 17-21)
Jiří Šula
Drums (7, 8, 11, 13)
Vladimír "Lábus" Drápal
Executive-Producer
Vladislav Šnajdr
Flute (15)
Josef Janíček
Guitar (3, 11-13, 20), Keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 14, 17-21), Vibraphone (15), Vocals (7, 10, 11, 15, 19)
Ivan Bierhanzl
Producer, Transferred By [Digitalization]
Zdeněk Fišer
Theremin (3, 4)
Jiří Kabeš
Viola (1-4, 6-9, 11-15, 17-21), Vocals (9, 10, 15, 19)
Ivan Martin Jirous
Voice (16)