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05 Jan 10 - 06:54 PM (#2804368) Subject: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: Joe Offer In another thread, somebody requested a German Version of Eric Bogle's "No Man's Land" (The Green Fields of France). Turns out the German version, "Es Ist an der Zeit," was written by Hannes Wader, who has recorded German versions of many English-language songs. I see there are a number of Wader albums available for download at emusic.com. Can someone tell us a bit about Wader, and recommend some albums I should download? Thanks. -Joe- |
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06 Jan 10 - 04:15 AM (#2804601) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: GUEST,999 Joe, pop his name into Myspace and search that. There are what looks like many videos posted. |
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06 Jan 10 - 04:20 AM (#2804604) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: GUEST,999 Also YOUTUBE. |
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06 Jan 10 - 04:23 AM (#2804607) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: GUEST,999 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Wader If you buy every one of his released records/CDs, you'll end up broke. |
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06 Jan 10 - 11:57 AM (#2804964) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: scouse Hannes lived in Struckem in a Windmill and he built a recording studio there. During the time there he put out two now legendary Lp's called "Folk Friends." Vol.1and 2. besides Hannes singing there are tracks by.. Alex Campbell,Dolores Keene, Finbar an Eddie Fury, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Derroll Adams,Wizz Jones, John Faulkner,Bert Jansch,Andy Irvine, Dick Gaughan and Guy and Candy Carawan. Hope I haven't missed anyone out!! Oops also Wenner Lammerhirt. Finbar's version of "Derroll in the Rain." always makes me cry!! As Aye, Phil. |
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06 Jan 10 - 10:39 PM (#2805434) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: Susanne (skw) Guest, 999 - but it's worth it! The two double 'Folk Friends' albums Phil recommends are certainly worth having, if not so much for Hannes' own music. My 94-year-old friend and I had great fun on Christmas day, listening to and singing along with The Internationale and Hannes' and Guy Carawan's 'macaronic' version of 'Brüder seht die rote Fahne / Hold the Fort'. They were the only Christmas songs we did. Hannes Wader has been a force in German political songwriting for over 40 years now. He is still turning out strongly left-wing material, but I for one think that his more recent albums are as good as the earlier ones concerning both the music, the lyrics and the voice. It isn't all propaganda (never was, not his self-penned songs at any rate). I don't copy albums still available commercially, but if you have specific interests I might be able to help you with, PM me. |
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06 Jan 10 - 11:56 PM (#2805473) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: Joe Offer Thanks for all the information, everyone. I found a lot of Hannes Wader I can buy as MP3 downloads or on online radio. There are 16 Hannes Wader albums available for download purchase at emusic.com. Unfortunately, the Folk Friends 1 and Folk Friends 2 CDs are not available in the US. They were reissued in May, 2009. Perhaps they will be available in the US soon. I take it the CDs don't have as many cuts as the LP records had. I did buy three albums:
-Joe- |
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07 Jan 10 - 03:00 AM (#2805525) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: GUEST,Reinhard One of my first LPs was Hannes Wader's "7 Lieder" which I must have bought about the same time as Steeleye Span's "Below the Salt"; and I still own both. "Heute hier, morgen dort" was one of Wader's best known songs, and the cynic Der Tankerkönig was what my first impression of talking blues. |
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08 Jan 10 - 07:27 PM (#2807084) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: Susanne (skw) Great, Joe! Enjoy them! I'll look out for the 'Folk Friends' CDs and check the tracks against the vinyl. |
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09 Jan 10 - 02:13 AM (#2807267) Subject: RE: Hannes Wader - bio and recommendations? From: Reinhard Susanne, the tracklist of my Folk Friends CDs is below. These are the old Wundertüte CDs from 1990 and 1992. I saw in an advertisement in Folker 06.09 that Conträr has reissued them recently. According to their website the tracklist hasn't changed though. Folk Friends 1. Six Days on the Road 2. Night Visiting Song / Dat du min Leefste büst 3. Planxty Irwin 4. I'm Sad and I'm Lonely 5. Lonely One 6. The Trail of Tears 7. Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken 8. Night Ferry 9. I Remember Loving You 10. Derroll in the Rain 11. Who Will Sing for Me 12. Walking Down the Line 13. Old Molly Hare 14. Brüder seht die rote Fahne / Hold the Fort 15. One Day We'll See Them 16. Black Jack Davey 17. New National Seven 18. Aragon Mill 19. Pay Day at Coal Creek 20. John of Dreams 21. Alex's Dream / Ned Walsh's Jig 22. When The Fiddler Has Played His Last Tune for the Night Folk Friends 2 1. Two Hundred Miles Away 2. The World Turned Upside Down 3. Seamen Three 4. Columbus Georgia 5. Born to Live With the Blues 6. The Father's Song 7. Yesterday's People 8. Take the Children and Run 9. Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay 10. Es ist ein Schnee gefallen 11. Don't Think Twice It's All Right 12. Voices from the Mountains 13. Bloody Sunday 14. Siege of a Nation 15. Lassie Lie Near Me 16. Me And Bobby McGee 17. The John McLean March 18. Jamie Foyers 19. Green Grows the Laurel 20. The Waterford Waltz 21. Planet Without Plan |