Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Tracklist

Side A

1. Interjú Radics Bélával és Miklóska Lajossal
Sakk-Matt démo 1969.
2. Van, aki fél, van, aki nem
3. Hosszúhajú lány
4. Visszajár néha a múlt
Sakk-Matt koncert 1968. végén a Danuvia Művelődési Házban
5. Manic Depression
6. Red House
7. Purple Haze
8. Shake Rattle and Roll

Side B

Sakk-Matt koncert 1968. végén a Danuvia Művelődési Házban
1. Két barna szem
2. Fire
3. Foxy Lady
4. S.W.L.A.B.R.
5. Visszajár néha a múlt
6. Hosszúhajú lány
7. Cat’s Squirrel
8. Van, aki fél, van, aki nem
Sakk-Matt koncert 1968. december 19-én a Radnóti Művelődési Házban
9. Sunshine of Your Love
10. Summertime Blues

Full album at YouTube

GrundRecords Release Information

1968 was a milestone in the history of both Western and Hungarian popular music. In Hungary, Béla Radics and Sakk-Matt broke the monopoly of beat music in the classical sense. Without Radics’s persistent dedication, hard rock would probably have taken root in Hungary only later and certainly in a different way.

The backbone of the album is a recording of the Sakk-Matt concert at the Danuvia Cultural Centre in late 1968 and the demos. Most of these had already been released in 2003, but two Danuvia songs were left off the original album, released by the Radics Béla Memorial Society. At the time, the editors did not want to repeat the songs, even though they are valuable alternatives to the demo versions and even if one of the recordings is unfortunately incomplete.

“Shake Rattle and Roll” and “Summertime Blues” have also survived only in fragmentary form for posterity. The latter song and “Sunshine of Your Love” were recorded on 19 December 1968 at the Radnóti Cultural Centre.

The quality of the recordings is limited by the fact that Sakk Matt never made it to the studios of the record company and radio of that time. The recordings on which this publication is based were recorded in-house over fifty years ago, and every possible effort was made to restore the sound.