phoenix CEI CE NE-AU DAT NUME romania progressive on LP

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Phoenix CEI CE NE-AU DAT NUME vinyl record by electrecord

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1. CICLUL ANOTIMPURILOR

a. PRELUDIU ('Aoilor'), b. JOCUL TIMPULUI

c. PRIMAVARA (Introducere -Paparudele),

d. VARA, e. TOAMNA, f. IARNA, g. JOCUL CAPRELOR

2. NUNTA

3. NEGRU VODA,balada

4. PSEUDO MORGANA

NICOLAE COVACI

MIRCEA BANICIU

IOSIF KAPPL

COSTIN PETRESCU, VALERIU SEPI

Phoenix was launched in the cosmopolitan town of Timisoara in 1962 by a pair of schoolboys: Nicu Covaci and Béla Kamocsa, under the name of Sfintii (The Saints). In their first years, together with Florin "Moni" Bordeianu (born 1948), they performed in school contests and at local clubs, covering Western music hits from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, etc., and they quickly became very popular amongst the youth. In 1965 the Communist authorities demanded that the band stop performing under the name The Saints, because of the religious innuendo that the name carried. Forced to comply, the band took the name Phoenix. Nicu Covaci also changed the composition of the band, around 1963, by adding Claudiu Rotaru, Ioan "Pilu" ?tefanovici (born 1946) and Günther "Spitzly" Reininger (born 1950) to the lineup.

For the next couple of years the student band was popular in Timi?oara's clubs and teen dorms, performing western songs originally by bands such as The Beatles, The Kinks, The Animals, and The Rolling Stones.

In 1965 they had their first big concert in Bucharest. Their performance brought a collaboration with Cornel Chiriac to record some of their songs. The first songs they recorded were "stiu ca ma iubesti si tu" ("I Know You Love Me Too"), "Dunare, Dunare" ("Danube, Danube") and "Bun e vinul ghiurghiuliu" ("Good is the Red Wine"). The same year also marked the beginning of their collaboration with Victor Cârcu, who went on to write many of their most famous songs, such as "Vremuri" ("Old Times"), "?i totu?i ca voi sunt" ("And Yet I Am Like You"), "Nebunul cu ochii închi?i" ("Crazy Man with closed eyes"), "Floarea stâncilor" ("Mountain Flower") and "Canarul" ("Canary").

In December 1967 Phoenix had their first major series of concerts in many western cities, capped off by two huge concerts in Timi?oara. After winning a few prizes in national students' contests, held at Ia?i the following year, in 1968 they recorded their first EP, Vremuri (Old Times), containing two original songs, Vremuri and Canarul (The Canary), and two covers (Lady Madonna - The Beatles and Friday on my Mind - Easybeats). A second EP would follow one year later, named Floarea stâncilor (The Flower of the Rocks), with all four songs being original compositions. Both albums sport a sound reminiscent of the beat style popular in that era.

They then started working on a rock theater play "Omul 36/80" (The Man 36/80) which won several prizes for originality.

In 1969 Ioan "Pilu" ?tefanovici was replaced by Dorel "Baba" Vintila Zaharia (born 1943). For the next year the band became more and more popular, frequently visiting Bucharest and being invited in talk shows about music.

In 1970, Moni Bordeianu emigrated to the US, and, for a brief period of time the band suspended its activity, also due to total censorship that followed a protesting speech held by Bordeianu in his last concert. 1970 ment the blues period of the band. The formula used was Nicu Covaci - guitar, Günther "Spitzly" Reininger - piano and voice, Zoltan Covacs - bass guitar and Liviu Butoi - oboe and flute. Phoenix was born again the next year, with Covaci, Josef Kappl, Mircea Baniciu, Costin Petrescu (replaced in 1974 by Ovidiu Lipan, nicknamed "tandarica") and Valeriu Sepi.

But the Communist officials were not very comfortable with the Western-style music that they were singing, and kept creating them problems. So Phoenix abandoned beat turned to Romanian folklore, pagan rituals, mystic animals and old traditions. In this same year, Phoenix started a collaboration with the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore and the Folklore section of Timi?oara University on an ambitious project, a rock poem that combined traditional wooden instruments with modern sounds. During this project the band also started collaborating with Valeriu Sepi (born 1947), who eventually joined the band. The first outcome would be the 1972 LP Cei ce ne-au dat nume (Those Who Gave Us Our Names) - the first LP to be recorded in Romania by a Romanian band. Two years later, Mugur de fluier (Flute Bud) followed. Both albums underwent severe censorship.

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