Die Ballade Von Gary Rader

1973 · AMIGA (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin) 8 55 317 · Germany: East [GDR]

Artist: Gina Pietsch (with Rainer Bloß Combo)
Title: Die Ballade Von Gary Rader
Release: He hör mal zu!
Year: 1973
Label: AMIGA (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin) # 8 55 317
Format: LP · Album
Language: German
Country: Germany: East [GDR]
Songwriter: Steve Suffet, Kirsten Steineckert
Genre: Folk · Contemporary Folk
Primary theme: Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Notes

LP of German-language versions of US protest songs. Liner notes (1973): H. P. Hofmann. Engineer: Siegbert Schneider; music director: Karl Heinz Ocasek. Orchestras: Günter Hauk (B5, B6), Martin Hoffmann (A2, A4, B1, B3), Walter Kubiczeck (A1, A6, B2, B7), Rainer Bloß Combo (A3, A5, A7, B4). Pressed by VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Potsdam-Babelsberg. A cassette edition exists. Track A5 of the compilation. German version of Steve Suffet's ballad about Gary Rader, the US Green Beret who burned his draft card, from an LP of German-language versions of US protest songs backed by the Rainer Bloß Combo. Cover of Ballad of Gary Rader – Steve Suffet.

Themes

Draft Card Burning · Green Beret · Draft Resistance · Anti-War · Protest

In collections

Draft Songs · European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]