City - 1979 Der Tatowierte
Artist: City
Album: Der Tatowierte
Year: 1979
Country: DDR
Style: Progressive rock
Genre: Hard prog , prog-folk
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Source: from another russian blog
from The Crack In The Cosmic Egg
In their early days these were a very inventive and unique band. Formed in 1972 as City Band Berlin with the line-up: Fritz Puppel (guitar), Klaus Selmke (drums), Ingo Doering (bass), Klaus Witte (keyboards), Frank Pfeiffer (vocals) and Andreas Pieper (flute). They changed focus when joined by Bulgarian Georgi Gogow in 1974. City were quite original for a DDR progressive. Refining their sound for some five years, it took until 1978 to be able to release an album.
Their debut (originally untitled) was an interesting blend of hard-rock and folky sounds, notable for the esoteric violin fronted side-long suite "Am Fenster", of which an edited single version became a surprise hit in both East and West Germany! Avoiding the temptation to be controlled by the state or sell-out, the next album contained even more diverse elements, particularly notable is the lengthy "Bulgarian-Rock" which strangely recalls Guru Guru with its complex guitars and unusual rhythmic structures.
Later, Georgi left the ranks forming the band No 55. It is strange that his reason for leaving City was that the band were being forced to compromise and come up with more hits, when his own project No 55 also quickly degraded to pop. But, whatever, the subsequent City albums were pretty much bland "country" pop.
Tracks:
01 Aus der Ferne
02 Bulgarien Rock
03 Der Tätowierte
04 Wenn ich mal was sagen will
05 Nur die Nächte gehören uns
06 Biggi
07 Dizzy
08 Der Optimist
09 Wo ist das Glück
10 Mein alter Freund (Bonus Track)
11 Fantasie-Susi (Bonus Track)
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