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30 Sep 14 - 09:36 PM (#3664871) Subject: Songs of the Spanish Civil War From: Thomas Stern Bear Family has issued a 7-CD/1-DVD 300 page book box set: Bear-Family Spain in My Heart http://www.bear-family.com/index.php?cl=details&lang=1&anid=2540aed3fa9ea2c9fe9ee6083a9af9eb Smithsonian Folkways has combined the 2 LP's of Spanish Civil War songs on 1 CD to be released In a couple of weeks: Smithsonian Folkways Songs of the Spanish Civil War http://www.folkways.si.edu/news-and-press/sneak-preview-songs-of-the-spanish-civil-war-out-10-14-14 Best wishes, Thomas. |
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30 Sep 14 - 09:40 PM (#3664874) Subject: RE: Songs of the Spanish Civil War From: Thomas Stern Bear Family has issued a 7-CD/1-DVD 300 page book box set: http://www.bear-family.com/index.php?cl=details&lang=1&anid=2540aed3fa9ea2c9fe9ee6083a9af9eb Smithsonian Folkways has combined the 2 LP's of Spanish Civil War songs on 1 CD to be released In a couple of weeks: http://www.folkways.si.edu/news-and-press/sneak-preview-songs-of-the-spanish-civil-war-out-10-14-14 Best wishes, Thomas. |
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01 Oct 14 - 05:00 AM (#3664941) Subject: RE: Songs of the Spanish Civil War From: GUEST,Mike Yates I remember a tune that one could not hear Without the heart beating and the blood catching fire Without the fire rekindling like a heart beneath the ashes And one knew at last why the sky is blue These words by Louis Aragon are quoted in the booklet to the Chant du Monde CD "Songs of the Spanish Civil War" ("Cantos de la Guerra Espana") CD 274 1034. This is another CD that should be heard alongside the two sets mentioned by Thomas Stern. I especially like the spirited version of "Los Cuatro Generals" which is included on the Chant du Monde CD. Unfortunately, the Bear Family set, which is excellent and contains all that one really needs to know, is hugely expensive. At the moment, one can pick it up on Amazon for around £130. The Folkways set, sorry I still call it a Folkways set as I have had the Folkways albums for years and years, is also interesting. One thing that does strike me here is how much the German language songs sound almost like the sort of things that German fascists were singing in the 1930's! In fact, my wife has at times asked me to switch it off because it reminds her too much of Hitler. I once went to an exhibition that comprised works by both Russian Communists and German fascists - massive sculptures of the respective leaders etc., huge monuments to workers and soldiers, rifles raised to the sky - and, at times, it was hard to distinguish just who had made the art, they were so similar! |
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01 Oct 14 - 03:14 PM (#3665140) Subject: RE: Songs of the Spanish Civil War From: Thomas Stern The Smithsonian site lists the contents of the two Folkways albums, but not an official track list of the CD. When Folkways issued the Bart Van Der Schelling recordings, only 2 of the 3 discs were available, so 2 songs were NOT included on the LP. Anyone know if they have corrected that on the CD (i.e. added the two missing songs) or a missed opportunity ??? Thomas. 'From Behind the Barbed Wire' sung by Bart van der Schelling and the Exiles Chorus La Guardia Rossa (The Red Guard) Wir Hinterm Draht (Behind the Barbed Wire) La Joven Guardia (The Youthful Guardsmen) Au Devant de la Vie (Toward the New Life) missing: ELS SEGADORS (Catalan National Hymn) DIE THAELMANN-KOLONNE (Song of the 11th International Brigade) |
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26 Oct 14 - 03:09 PM (#3672276) Subject: RE: Recordings: Songs of the Spanish Civil War From: Thomas Stern Just noticed the following which contains some related songs: "1936 The Spanish Revolution" book + two 3" CDs AK Press (San Francisco/Edinburgh), 1997 (reissue of 1986 book & 2 7" singles) This is a collection of photographs of the Anarchist revolutionaries actions in the Spanish Civil War. There are short essays interspersed: Revolution The Collectives Culture The Front The End Afterword not complementary to the Soviets. The two 3" CD's contain the following songs which are performed by THE EX: THEY SHALL NOT PASS EL TREN BLINDADO AY CARMELA PEOPLE AGAIN Best wishes, Thomas. |