Floh de Cologne

McNamara 62

1968 · pläne S 33 101 · Germany: West [FRG]

Artist
Floh de Cologne
Title
McNamara 62
Release
Vietnam
Year
1968
Label
pläne # S 33 101
Format
LP · Album
Language
German
Country
Germany: West [FRG]
Songwriter
Text: Dallas Morning News, Express International, Robert McNamara
Genre
Cabaret · Kabarett
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Notes

Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing voices, strings, brass, organ, bass, percussion, piano and guitars. Performers: Britta Baltruschat, Dieter Klemm, Dieter Süverkrüp, Gerd Wollschon, Hans-Jörg Frank, Markus Schmidt. Engineer Dietmar Liebich; recorded at Sonopress Tonstudio; sleeve notes and back photo Jens Hagen. 1995 CD reissue 'Mumien & Vietnam'. Text assembled from the Dallas Morning News, Express International and statements by Robert McNamara, on the political cabaret album 'Vietnam'. The LP was recorded in April 1968 at Sonopress Studio, Cologne, and issued in 1969; reissued with "Mumien" on the 1995 pläne CD "Mumien & Vietnam" (88779), where this track runs 1:27.

About the artist

Floh de Cologne is a West German political cabaret group whose 1968 album 'Vietnam' was recorded with Dieter Süverkrüp.

Themes

McNamara · Satire · Anti-War · Anti-Government

In collections

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