Could it really get worse? Listening to this new set you will understand why I named this series “Scraping the Barrel”. Looking for more uncompiled songs from Germany, I found some unheard punk tunes, but I admit the rest at the bottom of the barrel is often confining to Schlagermusik which is a typical German tradition featuring wordings penned to put the listener in a groovy mood and make him laugh, and heaps of humpta humpta to make him drink more beer. I’m not offended if maybe that’s not your cup of tea (neither it’s mine), and I hope my German speaking followers won’t ditch these here songs for being downright stupid ( - not all tho, the 5 Tops, Fietz Team, Norman Douglas, Flo deCologne and Homburg sport splendid, (half)serious lyrics! -) . Time ranges from 1963 to , exceptionally, 1972 which means this set is a hodgepodge of various genres. Don’t let the bad audio quality of the first two tracks put you off, I promise after it will definitely get better (any info on the acetate is most welcome). And don’t ask me to translate the song about Hamburg’s red light district St. Pauli, celebrated by Floh de Cologne as “My hole to the world”…. (“Da hau’n wir ordentlich druff / geh’n auf Spesen in den Puff/ ach wie gut dass keiner weiß / dass Karl Saubermann ich heiß”) … WulleBulle (Volle Pulle) !!!
01, 02/ [unknown acetate] - [ (Jo-Anne) - side 1] - [(Es war vor einem Jahr) -side 2]
03/ Wolfgang Werner - Sugar Bar
04/ Bambinos, Die – My Town, My Dream (ÖS)
05/ Peter Stein - Teenager Lady
06/ Roy Black & Cannons - Memphis Tennessee
07/ Rattles - Shaggy Dog
08/ Beat Hummeln, Die - So fängt die Liebe an
09/ Five Tops - Warte auf das Glück
10/ Norman Douglas - Halt! Lasst euch warnen
11/ Sam Lewy & Rockernors - Woolly Bully
12/ Lucky Tucky & Screen Wipers - Zahnweh Shake (Yeah - Ich Hab' So Zahnweh)
13/ Rattles - No No
14, 15/ Little Joey – Nakami - Halt mich doch fest
16/ Marc White - Sie hat dich nie geliebt
17/ Roy Collins – Alaska
18/ Marquis, Les - Silence on the Shore (ÖS)
19/ Prisoners Of Beat - Let Me Go
20, 21/ Fietz Team - Als die Sonne am Mittag - Du meinst, die Welt muss anders werden
22/ Kiss Inc. - Kids are cryin´
23/ Homburg - Hello Houston
24,25/ Cracker Jack - Du Girl - Tambourine
26, 27/ Floh de Cologne - Bruno-Lied (Der kleine Mann) - St. Pauli, Du mein Loch zur Welt
28/ Mambo Band - Geh Nie Mehr Fort Von Mir
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