Interlude: The Sputniks [East-Germany]

The Sputniks were a band from East-Germany and active between 1963 and 1966. They are famous for two things: They wrote and recorded an instrumental song called: Sputnik-Thema, which found it's way on a couple of 60s and Twist compilations. After a Rolling Stones Show in West-Berlin (September 1965), and the following destruction of The Open Air Stage "Waldbühne", the complete area and some trains, the government of East-Germany decided that Beat isn't good at all for their people - and was simply forbidden. The Sputniks were disbanded (by the government!) and it took 30 years until they reunited. For the music/bands  in all Eastern-European countries this was a rough impact. All record companies and also the live-clubs were controlled by the governments. Just a few Beat & R'n'R bands were (illegal) active and much less bands recorded sessions & rehearsal-tapes in mostly bad sound quality and shared them via tape-to-tape or "illegal" vinyl copies. That's also the reason for the big popularity of instrumental music in Eastern-Europe, no lyrics - no censorship.

further infos about the Sputniks (in German!)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputniks
http://www.ostbeat.de/Sputniks.htm

 01 Sputnik Thema [original!] 02 Gitarren-Twist [original! audience cutted] 03 Theme For Young Lovers 04 Nordlicht [original!] 05 Beim Hully-Gully Bin Ich König 06 Storm [original!] 07 Für So Viel Liebe 08 Spanischer Zigeunertanz [original!] 09 Etage 4 10 Shazam 11 Gitarren-Twist [uncutted Version] 12 Walk Don't Run 13 Arena (2002) 14 Nordlicht (2002) 15 Gitarren-Twist (2002) 16 Sputnik Thema (2002) 17 Surfing the Thames [from The Movie "Neues vom Wixxer"] 18 Roll Out [from The Movie "Neues vom Wixxer"] 19 mit Ruth Brandin - Mich hat noch keiner beim Twist geküsst 20 mit Ruth Brandin - Münchhausen 21 mit Perikles Fotopoulos - Ich bin kein Prophet 22 mit Perikles Fotopoulos - Leila [from: http://ostberlin36.wordpress.com/]
tracks 01-12 recorded live at Twistkeller 1964, for the official single releases these live recordings were used!

(The first time all of their 1964s recordings put together on one album)

b&w picture courtesy of Maizee

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 The only available full album of this band is a compilation of songs recorded after their reunion 1996 - with a mix of new songs and re-recordings(!) of some of their old songs. This album is also out of print, BUT available as legal download ... so don't request it here - buy it, but don't forget to check out the previews over at amaz*n (!!!)