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The Petards: Hitshock (LP, 180gram Vinyl & A3 Poster)

Vinyl LP (180 gram) with DinA3 poster. 12 tracks. Total playing time 34:50 minutes. 

Third in our series with 1:1 vinyl reissues of the four original Petards albums.
At that time the Petards were one of the most popular and successful German rock bands.
They developed from the beat band of the early days to one of the best German progressive rock bands of the era.
The band's third album from 1969.
New edition - perfectly remastered and in the original cover with a reproduction of the original DIN-A3 poster! 

With their first, self-titled album for Liberty, The Petards from the state of Hessen in Germany had produced a real hit. The year 1969 meant for Klaus and Horst Ebert, Roger Waldmann and Arno Dittrich above all a wealth of appearances; at that time there was probably no band harder working in Germany than The Petards. 
In September 1969 producer Sigi Loch called the band back to Munich's Trixi Ton Studio to record the next album. And as one would expect from the band, the musicians came to the studio well prepared. Within five days, enough new songs were recorded to create four singles in addition to the new album. All the titles were written by the two Ebert brothers, who apparently never ran out of ideas. The musicians used whatever kind of tools the studio gave them: synthesizers, Mellotron and piano were skillfully integrated into the Petards sound. As with the previous albums, the band captivated with an enormous amount of variety and talent. Progressive rock, Krautrock - everything was in the Petards songs - and yet with less than four minutes of running time they remained deeply suitable for airplay.
 
In early 1970 the new album 'Hitshock' was released on Liberty and continued the track of success of the four Hessians. For many people 'Hitshock' is the most mature and best produced album of the four from Schrecksbach. Fans and critics agreed.

In April 1970, The Petards made it into the arts pages! Director Charles Lang had selected the band from 70 applicants and invited them to the Bremen Theatre. There they took part in the play 'Was ihr wollt', freely adapted from Shakespeare (’Twelfth Night’, or ’What You Will’). All arrangements were made by the musicians, some titles were rewritten. Unfortunately no recordings have been preserved. The play was not a great success, but The Petards got off well with the critics, and of course this also meant a good promotion for their new album.  At least the four musicians had a lot of fun participating, but still they found time to carry the songs from 'Hitshock’ live through the republic. 

Bear Family releases this album for the first time again in the original artwork on 180 gram vinyl and adds a reproduction of the original poster to 'Hitshock'. This record is the third of four scheduled vinyl re-releases of the great Petards on Bear Family.

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  • Interpret: The Petards

  • Album titlle: Hitshock (LP, 180gram Vinyl & A3 Poster)

  • Genre Rock

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Preiscode BAF
  • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
  • Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
  • Record Grading Mint (M)
  • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
  • Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
  • Artikelart LP

  • EAN: 5397102180484

  • weight in Kg 0.3
Petards, The - Hitshock (LP, 180gram Vinyl & A3 Poster) LP 1
01Take Me, Shake MeThe Petards
02Blue Fire LightThe Petards
03Special Sunset For A LadyThe Petards
04PicturesThe Petards
05The DreamThe Petards
06MekkaThe Petards
07Keep OnThe Petards
08My WorldThe Petards
09Sunshine, RainshineThe Petards
10Ruins Of TookamoonThe Petards
11Stone By NowThe Petards
12Rover On The RoamThe Petards
The Petards DIE PETARDS IM SCHNELLKURS Sie machten gerne Musik und teilten eine... more
"The Petards"

The Petards

DIE PETARDS IM SCHNELLKURS

Sie machten gerne Musik und teilten eine gemeinsame Vision und den Willen, diese umzusetzen. Dabei offenbarten sie überraschende Fähigkeiten und Talente, mit denen sie für sich und für die ganze oberhessische Region die Zeit ein paar Jahre lang fast anhielten.

Viele ihrer früh gesteckten Ziele erreichten sie: Weit über 1000 Auftritte, 100.000 verkaufte Exemplare der 1. LP, wiederholte Auslandstourneen, Nr 1 Hits, LP Release in Japan etc. Nur der größte Wunsch: Eine Nr 1 in den USA, blieb ihnen versagt. Die Geschichte der Petards ist eine ganz ungewöhnliche Erfolgsstory, auch wenn aus den Schrecksbacher Knallfröschen nie interkontinentale Raketen wurden..


Sie hatten nicht nur mehr Ideen, als die meisten anderen Rockkollegen, sie setzten sie auch permanent selber um:

- Sie boten eine souveräne Bühnen Choreographie.
- Sie entwarfen ihre eigene Bühnenkleidung und ließen sich diese nähen.
- Sie waren die erste Band im Land mit einer ausgefuchsten Lightshow (inkl. Strobe-Lights). Die Einzelteile dafür hatten sie sich im Kasselaner Elektrohandel erworben.
- Sie waren die erste Band, die massenhaft Sticker mit ihrem eigenen Logo verteilten (und anderes Werbematerial allemal).
- Sie bauten ein Netzwerk von 380, größtenteils wirklich aktiven Fanclubs auf, die in einem Maße für ihre Popularität sorgten, wie das heute nur via MTV/Viva möglich ist.
- Sie tauschten die Konzertbühne wiederholt mit einer Theaterbühne ein
- Sie veranstalteten die legendären Herzberg-Festivals, auf denen erstmals deutscher Pop Mainstream mit dem Underground zusammenkam.
- Und zur Krönung lieferte Arno allabendlich an seiner Schießbude mit zwei Bass Drums (Neu!) sein unvergleichliches Schlagzeugsolo ab.

Wurden sie schließlich auch von der Zeit, dem Zeitgeist, der wachsenden Konkurrenz (mit Haaren, Musikern & Managern & Connections) eingeholt, manchmal auch überholt: Für einige Jahre legten sie die Maßlatte für andere Bands sehr hoch vor. Sie verwirklichten konsequent ihre Ansprüche, an denen so manche alternative Krautrock/Underground-Band scheiterte:

- Sie waren absolut independent.
- Sie schrieben ihre eigenen Stücke.
- Sie waren lange Zeit ihre eigenen Roadmanager.
- Der Mann an der Rhythmusgitarre war der Manager.
- Der Mann am Bass war der Fanbetreuer.
- Sie entwarfen ihr eigenes Logo, gestalteten ihre Plakate und Plattenhüllen eigenhändig.
- Sie waren auch noch als Profis ihre eigenen Promoter, organisierten viele Auftritt von A - Z selber.

Eigentlich, ja eigentlich hätte diese Band keinen Erfolg haben dürfen, denn sie schleppte doch einige Handicaps mit sich herum. Es spricht für sie, daß sie diese jahrelang mühelos wegsteckten:

- Die Petards hatten keinen Manager, keine Connections im Musikbusiness, kein Vorbild, das sie hätten kopieren können.
- Sie waren, wenn auch ehrgeizige, so doch isolierte Bubis aus der tiefsten Provinz.
- Zwei Bandmitglieder waren objektiv gesehen sehr mäßige Musiker.
- Zwei Bandmitglieder trugen von Anfang an wegen ihres schütteren Haarwuchses Toupets. (Ein bis heute in der Rockgeschichte eher seltenes Phänomen.)

Mit dieser CD-Edition ihres Gesamtoutputs wird, 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der Band, ein verspätetes Happy End nachgeliefert.

Laß uns zurück zum Anfang gehen ....

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14 Aug 2019

Super LP

Sehr gute Pressung, super Klang und sehr gut gemachte original Plattenhülle

8 Aug 2018

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Press Archive - The Petards - Pet Arts (2-LP) - Shindig, UK # 90
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Tracklist
Petards, The - Hitshock (LP, 180gram Vinyl & A3 Poster) LP 1
01 Take Me, Shake Me
02 Blue Fire Light
03 Special Sunset For A Lady
04 Pictures
05 The Dream
06 Mekka
07 Keep On
08 My World
09 Sunshine, Rainshine
10 Ruins Of Tookamoon
11 Stone By Now
12 Rover On The Roam