Brd Rip

Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Franz Josef Degenhardt / Wolfgang Neuss / Dieter Süverkrüp - Quartett ´67
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 442 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Conträr # 4304-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1967, 1996
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Folk, Political Song

Mit Klampfe, Orgel oder Pauke hatten die vier Liedermacher Degenhardt, Hüsch, Neuss und Süverkrüp in den späten 60er Jahren einem geistig erstarrten Wirtschaftswunder-System den Kampf angesatt. Zwecks Bündelung der Kräfte beschloß man anno '67 ein gemeinsames Programm, das jedoczh nur ein einiges Mal aufgeführt wurde: am 20. März 1967 im Sendesaal des Saarländischen Rundfunks. Über drei Jahrzehnte war dieser Auftritt nur in Buchform dokumentiert, jetzt erst liegt er als CD-Mitschnitt vor: ein überragendes, historisch wertvolles Dokument.

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