velvet revolutions

Eastern Bloc Rock: Velvet Revolution celebrates the hugely innovative and unique sound that was engineered behind the infamous Iron Curtain in Cold War Eastern Europe. Enigmatic, magical, bizarre, inspirational, and genial are just a few choice phrases that could be prescribed, yet only offer a glimpse of the hidden craft created by a generation whose hindered hopes and dreams were recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. These sounds survive as monumental works in their own right and stand as testament to their art while serving a lesson to those in the West who thought they knew it all. Includes a 16-page booklet with comprehensive liner notes with rare color photographs. Digitally remastered. Artists include: Illes, Scirocco Combo, Juventus, Olympic, Joco Dev Sextett, Neoton, Czerwono Czarni, No To Co, Breakout, Illes Zenckar, Blue Effect, and Electra Combo.

Track Listing:

1. Illés/Visz A Vonat
2. Scirroco Combo*/Wege Mit Guten Namen
3. Juventus (3)/18 Minut
4. Olympic (2)/Tobogan
5. Joco Dev Sextett*/Du Bist Mer Nah
6. Neoton*/A Haz
7. Illés/The Story Of M
8. Olympic (2)/Ikarus Blues
9. Czerwono Czarni*/Kyrie
10. No To Co/Saturday To Sunday
11. Breakout/We Have Told All
12. Neoton*/Gyere Alom
13. Illes Zenckar*/Menekilles
14. Joco Dev Sextett*/Staprellauf
15. Blue Effect*/White Hair
16. Electra Combo*/Uber Feuer
17. Neoton*/Nehez Fiuk