Nov 17, 2008

SAMY BIRNBACH & BENJAMIN LEW "When God Was Famous" (BEL, 1989)




in the green morning, before
love was destiny,
the sun was king
and god was famous

D SCHWARTZ

BENJAMIN LEW (electronics), SAMMY BIRNBACH (vocals), MICHEL BERCKMANS (oboe, bassoon), ANNELI DRECKER (back. vocals), PETER PRINCIPLE (guitar), AURELIA BOVEN (cello), GILES MARTIN (engineering, production)

tracklist
01.pourquoi que vis [BORIS VIAN]
02.kommt [GOTTFRIED BENN]
03.the wheel [W.B. YEATS]
04.an upbraiding [THOMAS HARDY]
05.men with coats thrashing [MALCOLM LOWRY]
06.response [BOB KAUFMAN]
07.what is to be given [DELMORE SCHWARTZ]
08.ravenna 1 [HERMANN HESSE]
09.hotels [GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE]
10.mandorla [PAUL CELAN]
11.plis [PAUL ELUARD]
12.in the green morning, now ,once more [DELMORE SCHWARTZ]
13.little birds sit on your shoulders [KENNETH PATCHEN]

when god was famous (42mb)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

another great share!
thank you for all these beautiful rarities

iraklis

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. Easy-listening avantgarde with the voice of Minimal Compact, the guitar of Tuxedomoon and the oboe/bassoon of Art Zoyd and Univers Zero. Must find the time to deal with these lyrics. Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Прекрасный альбом! Hello from Russia!

Anonymous said...

I've had this album for years (vinyl version). A friend bought it for my birthday from These records (Recommended records). I adore these poetically touching songs and am a fan of Samy thru Minimal compact. God Bless all x