THE MATADORS - Rare Czech beat psych on Supraphon EX
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Description
Artist: The Matadors (1969)
Title: S/T
Label: Supraphon (SUA ST 53992)
Cover: VG+ - laminated cover shows some but not significant wear - no splits to edges and spine. Overall in very clean condition.
Vinyl: EX+ - a strong EX+ too - very clean vinyl and labels
The album: One of the finest R&B bands ever to emerge from Eastern Europe, The Matadors initially were a brainchild of Otto Bezloja, a bass player and veteran of one of the first East European rock’n’roll combos - The Comets. He shared last days of The Comets (1964) with Radim Hladik, a young talented classically trained musician and a future national guitar hero. Together they founded a new venture – The Fontanas. Next one to join was bassist Jan ‘Farmer’ Obermajer, formerly an accountant in ‘Artia’, The Matadors’ future record label. Tony Black, a self-taught drummer and veteran of another early 60s Czech rock’n’roll outfit The Hell’s Devils, completed the line-up in autumn 1965. Shortly before that, the band, still known as The Fontanas, embarked on East German tour. Apart from some radio sessions, the result of the tour was a new set of equipment supplied by ‘Matador’. The band quickly changed it’s name after the trademark - The Matadors. In December 1966 in came Viktor Sodoma, not only a good singer, but a frontman in full sense of a word, a model for youngsters to follow. He and Hladik (at the time often playing with his teeth!) gave The Matadors a stunning stage act and won residency at the Prague premier venue - ‘Olympic Club’. Tours of Belgium and Switzerland followed. (Review courtesy of Old Melodies)
Tracks
Get Down From The Tree
I Want To See You
My Girl
Bad, Bad Bird
I'm So Lonesome
Extraction
Shotgun Hate Everything Except Of Hatter
I Feel So Lonely
I Must Hope
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
You'll Be Mine
UK
1st class = Free
recorded = £0.75p
EUROPE
1st class = £5.00
recorded = £8.70
USA
1st class = £9.00
recorded = £12.70
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