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The Petards: Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

6 CD box (LP format) with 70 pages of book, 119 titles. Playtime approx. 378 mns. 

PETARD (Mrs. pétard, péter, to make a light explosion)

The brothers Klaus and Horst Ebert already played in a Skiffle & Dixie Band, the Magic Stompers, during their schooldays (1961). At the end of 1962, in the course of the general music development, these turned into a twist and beat band, which once posed as Lemmon Drops or Blizzards. Father Ebert was a respected doctor in Schrecksbach in Upper Hesse. The two brothers, and thus the entire group, certainly benefited from this good image.

Rüdiger Waldmann, who was only called'Roger', joined the band in 1962 as bass player. Without exception, English and American hits were played, which Klaus rearranged and made playable for the group.

In 1964, Horst came across the name Petard in an encyclopaedia: Blallfrosch.

Originally in French:'Pitàrd', the word became an English term on the detour via New Orleans. The emphasis is on the 2nd syllable, but the Hessian vernacular has made it'Piitarts'. Or in Koseform whether'rhessisch Peddarts'. When the group later wanted to change their name to'Pet Arts' to reflect the spirit of the times, it was unfortunately already too late. It can be ruled out that the band knew then what Pétard means today in French: It is a contemporary description for a joint. Then they probably would have had other brilliant ideas. All four stated in an official press release that their favourite drink was milk. In fact, her stage design has always been much more psychedelic than her everyday reality.

In 1965 the boys finished high school and began to study in Gießen and Marburg. Actually this meant the early end of the band, but then Klaus got a lucrative offer for the band in the summer semester holidays: 50 DM per evening & nose (for comparison: the chronicler got 30 DM per month as an apprentice at that time). Instead of working like their fellow students during the semester break, the musicians came to 27 gigs.

In the following winter semester break the band played together again and presented their first own compositions. In March 1966 alone, 11 performances took place in Niedergrenzebach in Swabia. 

The local newspaper reported that their beat music was not yet part of the general cultural heritage. The local court of Schwalmstadt (at that time still: Treysa) thundered them to a fine of 50 DM each, since one of their concerts was "loud".  "By order of the court, those affected in the medium-sized courtroom have put their abilities and also the far-reaching radius of their achievements to the test. It was an unbearable roar, so the description of a witness that you couldn't understand your own word on the street doesn't seem exaggerated....... There are ways and means to dampen this loud music....... Those affected knew what a terrible noise they were making."  The local newspaper'Der Schwalm-Bote' reported under the headline'Aus dem Gerichtssaal tönte heiße Beatmusik'. The newspaper was also to be owed the relevant reference that?with Petards meetings also violently may be danced? In addition, young people often only had to pay half of the original price.

Although all four had no musical education, the boys soon dreamed of a professional music career with their own records. Horst found an ad in the magazine'Musikparade', through which the band came into contact with Hans Werner Kuntze from Osnabrück. With his help, the single Baby Run, Run, Run, Run, Run and Pretty Miss were recorded one day during the next semester break, on August 4, 1966. Both original compositions. Kuntze took over all costs, sold 500 records for 1,500.00 DM and let the metronomes sell the remaining 1312 records. He also made sure that the record was mentioned in the music press.

From today's perspective, however, Kuntzes most important act was to give the boys with 27 "homework" a plan for "advertising on new releases".  He also gave the volume the addresses of 17 agencies, 15 major radio stations and programme designers as well as 23 magazine editors. This marked the beginning of the "systematic phase" for the band. Most of Kuntze's exercise book tasks were successfully completed:

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  • Interpret: The Petards

  • Album titlle: Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Genre Beat

  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Preiscode FH
  • Artikelart Box set

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  • weight in Kg 1.5
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01Pretty MissThe Petards
02Right TimeThe Petards
03She Didn'tThe Petards
04Sun Came Out At SevenThe Petards
05FiretreeThe Petards
06SummerwindThe Petards
07If You Want To Go AwayThe Petards
08DriveThe Petards
09I Won't Come BackThe Petards
10A Deeper BlueThe Petards
11My Little HeartThe Petards
12Love Is All AroundThe Petards
13BabyThe Petards
14Roses For KathyThe Petards
15Confusion All DayThe Petards
16FlittermouseThe Petards
17Never MoreThe Petards
18Out In The RainThe Petards
19Girl, Where Are You Going Now?The Petards
20The FountainThe Petards
21TonightThe Petards
22Mockingbird CryingThe Petards
23Some Sunny Sunday MorningThe Petards
24Bridal BalladThe Petards
25Pretty LizaThe Petards
26On The Road With My BagThe Petards
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01Shoot Me Up To The MoonThe Petards
02Lazy MoonThe Petards
03Golden GlassThe Petards
04Tiger RiderThe Petards
05Rainbows And ButterfliesThe Petards
06Misty IslandThe Petards
07TartarexThe Petards
08Everybody Knows MatildaThe Petards
09Take Me, Shake MeThe Petards
10Blue Fire LightThe Petards
11Special Sunset For A LadyThe Petards
12PicturesThe Petards
13The DreamThe Petards
14MekkaThe Petards
15Keep OnThe Petards
16My WorldThe Petards
17Sunshine, RainshineThe Petards
18Ruins Of TookamoonThe Petards
19Stone By NowThe Petards
20Rover On The RoamThe Petards
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01Don't You Feel Like MeThe Petards
02Good Good DonnaThe Petards
03Rainy DayThe Petards
04FowlingThe Petards
05CowboyThe Petards
06Willie's GunThe Petards
07Windy NevermoreThe Petards
08Long Way Back HomeThe Petards
09Big BoomThe Petards
10Too Many HeavensThe Petards
11Flame Missing LightThe Petards
12On The Road Drinking WineThe Petards
13Baby ManThe Petards
14SpectrumThe Petards
15Hello My FriendThe Petards
16FreeThe Petards
17Hand Of FortuneThe Petards
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01Rejoice Your MindThe Petards
02Just Like A LadyThe Petards
03I Take It EasyThe Petards
04Bluebird, Yellow BirdThe Petards
05AngelaThe Petards
06The RoseThe Petards
07A Million Rainbow (1)The Petards
08Song For My ChildThe Petards
09Highway ChildThe Petards
10My Own CityThe Petards
11FireflyThe Petards
12Gentle BreezeThe Petards
131-7 (Sing It With Your Baby Child)The Petards
14You Are The SongThe Petards
15Green RiverThe Petards
16CommotionThe Petards
17Proud MaryThe Petards
18I Put A Spell On YouThe Petards
19Keep On ChooglinThe Petards
20Bad Moon RisingThe Petards
21Good Golly Miss MollyThe Petards
22Suzie QThe Petards
23LodiThe Petards
24Born On A BayouThe Petards
25Fortunate SonThe Petards
26Down On The CornerThe Petards
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01(And You All) Talk About HeavenThe Petards
02Alright, Tonight You'll Be A WomanThe Petards
03One More Chance To Be Blue (Burning Rainbows)The Petards
04Green Eyed ParadiseThe Petards
05Speed FreakThe Petards
06(Today Is My) BirthdayThe Petards
07AloneThe Petards
08The Dust Of My WayThe Petards
09Someday I'll CryThe Petards
10Come To Me, Come To YouThe Petards
11You Better Move Right NowThe Petards
12Goky And MeThe Petards
13Who Will Sell His Dreams?The Petards
14RosesThe Petards
15Papa's Got A Brand New BagThe Petards
16Friday On My MindThe Petards
17I'm A BelieverThe Petards
18Baby Run, Run, RunThe Petards
19My Little HeartThe Petards
20A Deeper BlueThe Petards
21DriveThe Petards
22She Didn'tThe Petards
23Right TimeThe Petards
24Ruby TuesdayThe Petards
25Matthew And SonThe Petards
26Painter ManThe Petards
27Stone FreeThe Petards
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6
01M.A.N.The Petards
02interviewThe Petards
The Petards THE PETARDS IN A FAST COURSE They loved making music and shared a common... more
"The Petards"

The Petards

THE PETARDS IN A FAST COURSE

They loved making music and shared a common vision and the will to realize it. They revealed surprising abilities and talents with which they almost lasted for a few years for themselves and for the entire Upper Hessian region.

She achieved many of her early goals: Well over 1000 performances, 100,000 sold copies of the 1st LP, repeated tours abroad, No 1 hits, LP release in Japan etc. Only the biggest wish: they were denied a number 1 in the USA. The story of the Petards is a very unusual success story, even if the Schrecksbacher firecrackers never became intercontinental rockets...


They not only had more ideas than most of their rock colleagues, they also implemented them permanently themselves:

They offered a sovereign stage choreography.
They designed their own stage clothes and had them sewn.
They were the first band in the country with an ingenious lightshow (incl. strobe lights). The individual parts for this were purchased from the Kassel-based electrical trade.
They were the first band to distribute stickers with their own logo (and other promotional material anyway).
They built up a network of 380, mostly really active fan clubs, which made them as popular as they are today only possible via MTV/Viva.
They repeatedly exchanged the concert stage with a theater stage
They organized the legendary Herzberg festivals, at which German pop mainstream met the underground for the first time.
To top it all off, Arno delivered his incomparable drum solo every evening at his shooting range with two bass drums (New!).

Eventually they were overtaken by the times, the spirit of the times, the growing competition (with hair, musicians & managers & connections), sometimes even overtaken: For some years they set the bar very high for other bands. They consistently fulfilled their demands, which many an alternative Krautrock/Underground band failed to meet:

They were absolutely independent.
They wrote their own plays.
They were their own road managers for a long time.
The man on the rhythm guitar was the manager.
The man on bass was the fan support.
They designed their own logo, posters and record covers themselves.
They were also as professionals their own promoters, organized many appearance from A - Z themselves.

Actually, this band shouldn't have had any success, because they were carrying around some handicaps. It speaks for them that they took them away effortlessly for years:

The Petards had no manager, no connections in the music business, no role model to copy.
They were, albeit ambitious, yet isolated boys from the deepest province.
Two band members were objectively seen very moderate musicians.
Two band members wore toupees from the beginning because of their sparse hair growth. (A phenomenon that is still rare in rock history.)

With this CD edition of their total output, 25 years after the end of the band, a late happy ending is delivered.

Let's go back to the beginning....

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Customer evaluation for "Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)"
19 Oct 2020

Super groupe des années 60/70

Un régal à écouter les titres de ce groupe ,malheureusement assez méconnu en France.. Une anthology parfaite grâce à Bear Family Records ,qui nous replonge dans une période nostalgique...

29 Sep 2020

Sehr gute Musik aus Deutschland

Als alter Beat Fan habe ich die Pedards erst jetzt endeckt und Liebe diese Sammler Box.Die Musik brauch sich vor den Englischen Beat größen nicht zu verstecken..allerdings gefällt mir CD 4 nicht merh so gut mit neuem Gitaristen.Trozdem eine Tolle Box die man als Krautrock oder Beat Fan haben muss.

14 Jul 2018

umfassend und liebevoll zusammengestellt

die Remakes von uralten Tonträgern find ich super !
Von meiner Jugendzeit damals
existieren die meisten LPs oder MCs nicht mehr.
Die paar Übrigen, die noch überlebt haben,
wurden ein Opfer des Zahnes der Zeit.

u. a. in der 6CD-Setlist
ist der allererste Song 'Baby run, run, run' vergessen worden
und alle anderen CD1-26 Songs gehören in ihrer Nummer plus 1

Sehr interessant sind die CCR-Covers und die Live-Aufnahmen !

26 Jul 2017

Perfekt zu ihrer Zeit

Tolle Musik, die ich als Schwälmer besonders genieße. Mit den heutigen Möglichkeiten sich zu promoten wären die Petards auf Jahre vorn dabei.
Unvergessen !!!

15 Aug 2014

ich bin Jahrgang 1963 und habe die Musik z. T. damals bereits hören können als kleiner Junge, da ich einen Bruder habe, der 10 Jahre älter ist als ich. Ich werde mir möglivherweise noch ein 2. Exemplar der Anthology zulegen, tolle Songs.

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Tracklist
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01 Pretty Miss
02 Right Time
03 She Didn't
04 Sun Came Out At Seven
05 Firetree
06 Summerwind
07 If You Want To Go Away
08 Drive
09 I Won't Come Back
10 A Deeper Blue
11 My Little Heart
12 Love Is All Around
13 Baby
14 Roses For Kathy
15 Confusion All Day
16 Flittermouse
17 Never More
18 Out In The Rain
19 Girl, Where Are You Going Now?
20 The Fountain
21 Tonight
22 Mockingbird Crying
23 Some Sunny Sunday Morning
24 Bridal Ballad
25 Pretty Liza
26 On The Road With My Bag
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01 Shoot Me Up To The Moon
02 Lazy Moon
03 Golden Glass
04 Tiger Rider
05 Rainbows And Butterflies
06 Misty Island
07 Tartarex
08 Everybody Knows Matilda
09 Take Me, Shake Me
10 Blue Fire Light
11 Special Sunset For A Lady
12 Pictures
13 The Dream
14 Mekka
15 Keep On
16 My World
17 Sunshine, Rainshine
18 Ruins Of Tookamoon
19 Stone By Now
20 Rover On The Roam
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01 Don't You Feel Like Me
02 Good Good Donna
03 Rainy Day
04 Fowling
05 Cowboy
06 Willie's Gun
07 Windy Nevermore
08 Long Way Back Home
09 Big Boom
10 Too Many Heavens
11 Flame Missing Light
12 On The Road Drinking Wine
13 Baby Man
14 Spectrum
15 Hello My Friend
16 Free
17 Hand Of Fortune
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01 Rejoice Your Mind
02 Just Like A Lady
03 I Take It Easy
04 Bluebird, Yellow Bird
05 Angela
06 The Rose
07 A Million Rainbow (1)
08 Song For My Child
09 Highway Child
10 My Own City
11 Firefly
12 Gentle Breeze
13 1-7 (Sing It With Your Baby Child)
14 You Are The Song
15 Green River
16 Commotion
17 Proud Mary
18 I Put A Spell On You
19 Keep On Chooglin
20 Bad Moon Rising
21 Good Golly Miss Molly
22 Suzie Q
23 Lodi
24 Born On A Bayou
25 Fortunate Son
26 Down On The Corner
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01 (And You All) Talk About Heaven
02 Alright, Tonight You'll Be A Woman
03 One More Chance To Be Blue (Burning Rainbows)
04 Green Eyed Paradise
05 Speed Freak
06 (Today Is My) Birthday
07 Alone
08 The Dust Of My Way
09 Someday I'll Cry
10 Come To Me, Come To You
11 You Better Move Right Now
12 Goky And Me
13 Who Will Sell His Dreams?
14 Roses
15 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
16 Friday On My Mind
17 I'm A Believer
18 Baby Run, Run, Run
19 My Little Heart
20 A Deeper Blue
21 Drive
22 She Didn't
23 Right Time
24 Ruby Tuesday
25 Matthew And Son
26 Painter Man
27 Stone Free
Petards, The - Anthology (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6
01 M.A.N.
02 interview