March 13, 2023 at 5:30 p.m
The Austrian DJ, publicist and music researcher Al Bird Sputnik is the guardian of Austrian music history. His record collection is legendary, as is his nose for exciting rarities. Now he has released the third edition of his “Schnitzelbeat” sampler series on the Vienna label Konkord.
“Ready for Take Off – Forgotten Psychedelic, Flower Power And Proto-Punk Artefacts From Austria 1967-1973” is the name of the publication, which comes with detailed booklet information. In addition to legendary bands such as Nowaks Kapelle and Karl Ratzer’s Charles Ryders Corporation, there are also discoveries to be made with bands from Vienna to Schladming, from precursors of punk to psychedelic rock.
With this release, Al Bird Sputnik wants to continue telling the story of the beat movement in Austria. Schnitzelbeat Vol. 2 dealt with the parameters of Austrian teenage self-empowerment. Vol. 3 deals with ongoing questions: What happens following Ö3 goes on the air in 1967, how does the Austrian public react to Jimi Hendrix, who performed in Vienna in 1969 (daily newspapers report disparagingly regarding a “noise morgy”), which bands react to the art of Viennese Actionism (prominent example: Nowak’s chapel) and last but not least how the domestic commercial record industry deals with international phenomena such as the sales success of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 1967.
Interesting positions are compiled in the booklet, accompanying the music on this album. In this way, the emergence of psychedelic music, progressive rock and proto-punk in Austria becomes comprehensible while listening.
Service
Sound Lectures von Al Bird Sputnik:
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., Boom Boom at
Usus, Yppenplatz Vienna
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 8:00 p.m., PMK Innsbruck
Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 8:00 p.m., Café Wolf Graz
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 8 p.m., Café Strom / STWST Linz
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Playlist
Composer/Composer: Novaks Kapelle
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Titel: Garbage Man
Performers: Novak’s Chapel
Length: 01:46 min
Label: Konkord
Composer: Charles Ryders Corporation
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Titel: White Flames
Performers: Charles Ryders Corporation
Length: 02:59 min
Label: Konkord
Composer: The Seals
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Titel: Stop this War
Performers: The Seals
Length: 02:10 min
Label: Konkord
Composer: Albatross
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Titel: I am dead
Performers: Albatross
Length: 02:27 min
Label: Konkord
Composer: The Beatniks
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Title: Far East
Performers: The Beatniks
Length: 02:10 min
Label: Konkord
Composer: The Wallflowers
Album: Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 – Ready For Take Off
Title: Flowers in the Hair
Performers: The Wallflowers
Length: 02:11 min
Label: Konkord