City (3) – Am Fenster
| Label: | AMIGA – 8 55 586 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| Country: | German Democratic Republic (GDR) |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Pop Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Es Ist Unheimlich Heiß | 4:30 | |
| A2 | Der King Vom Prenzlauer Berg | 4:55 | |
| A3 | Nachts Um Halb Eins | 3:55 | |
| A4 | Traudl | 3:15 | |
| A5 | Meister Aller Klassen | 5:35 | |
| Am Fenster | (17:40) | ||
| Ba | I Traum | ||
| Bb | II Tagtraum | ||
| Bc | III Am Fenster |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
- Pressed By – VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Potsdam-Babelsberg
- Printed By – VEB Gotha-Druck
Credits
- Lithography – VEB Gotha-Druck
- Musician [City], Bass Guitar – Georgi Gogow
- Musician [City], Drums – Klaus Selmke
- Musician [City], Guitar – Fritz Puppel
- Musician [City], Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Toni Krahl
- Photography By, Design [Gestaltung] – Bernd Scheubert
- Producer [Produktion] – Volkmar Andrä
- Recorded By [Musikregie], Engineer [Tonregie] – Helmar Federowski, Walter Müller
Notes
Blue letters and logo on black background on back cover.
All information in the runouts has been stamped.
All information in the runouts has been stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: AWA
- Other (Retail price): 16,10 M
- Other (Print permission date code): Ag 511/01/78
- Other (Packaging standard): TGL 10609
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 1): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A1B 1 4
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 1): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A1B2 0
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 2): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A5Y
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 2): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A2CZ
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 3): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A1B2
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 3): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A3BW
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 4): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A1B 1 4
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 4): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A1B2 E
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 5): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A1B2CS
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 5): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A2DG
- Matrix / Runout (A.side runout, variant 6): 8 55 586 – 1A C78 W NT A1B1 X
- Matrix / Runout (B.side runout, variant 6): 8 55 586 – 2B C78 GR NT A3 B H
Other Versions (5 of 35)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City (LP, Album, Stereo) | Pool | 6.23513 AP | Germany | 1978 | |||
Recently Edited | City (LP, Album, Nordton Verlag on rear) | Telefunken | 6.23513 AO | Germany | 1978 | ||
New Submission | Am Fenster (LP, Album, White print on Grey rear) | AMIGA | 8 55 586 | German Democratic Republic (GDR) | 1978 | ||
New Submission | City (Cassette, Album) | Pool | 4.23513 CR | Germany | 1978 | ||
New Submission | City (Cassette, Album, Club Edition) | TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH | 35 433 2 | Germany | 1978 |
Recommendations
Reviews
The Amiga and Telefunken – 6.23513 AO are (rare) first pressings.
Pool followed later.- Absolute classic record. If one record has to be chosen as an example of prototype DDR/East German/GDR Rock and its own poetic use of language and music it is this one. "Traum" (Dream) and "Tagtraum" (Daydream) are instrumentals and field recordings/sounds, followed by the song "Am Fenster". The lyrics of "Am Fenster" is a poem of Hildegard Maria Rauchfuß. Check it out! There are tons of copies out there and its some kind of a must in everyones collection.
- I've agreed, but short:
>The lyrics of this song don't telling a clear story<
This is wrong: Why could a dream never tells a clear story?
How much do you know about the 'dream', which is the main title of the B-side. It's a story about a fictitiously dream in three parts.
You don't have to understand the story, but dreams are not unclear at all... Mystical often...
My short thoughts to your review :] - Edited 16 years agoThis album, especially side B, marks the breakthrough of the band in 1980. "Am Fenster" (means: At The Window) was placed in the charts of both german countries for several weeks, partly #1 (at least in the GDR). It is a kind of psychedelic rock with and excellent arrangement. Georgi Gogow plays an incredible violin over almost the whole song. The lyrics of this song don't telling a clear story. It describes kind of feelings with innuendoes and subtle phrases.
Lyrics on side A are more clear and treat of problems like drink'n drive, a woman etc. The music is also pure rock.
All in all a very fine album from that time from that country.
