Oktober - Himmel auf Erden! (Eigelstein, 1979)

Oktober was a polit-rock band in the uniquely German tradition, akin to Floh De Cologne, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Checkpoint Charlie, et al., but with a larger sound, male and female vocals, and a progressive edge often close to Grobschnitt.

The album "Himmel auf Erden" was recorded in July and August 1979 and released on the "Eigelstein" label. "Straßenkämpfer" ist a cover version of the Stones´ "Street Fighting Man". Track 6 was mis-spelled "Broksorfer Liebeslied" on the back cover. The lyrics for the "Brokdorfer Kantate" (track 5 to 9) were written by the German anarchist writer Peter Paul Zahl.

Peter-Paul Zahl (born March 14, 1944 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † January 24, 2011 in Port Antonio , Jamaica ) was a libertarian writer of the so-called '68 generation who most recently had German-Jamaican dual citizenship . In the late 1960s he worked in West Berlin as a printer of the underground magazine Agit 883 and as a publisher and author of subcultural writings from the milieu known to the radical left and thus came into the focus of state investigative authorities .

After he had seriously injured one of the officers while fleeing the police, he was imprisoned from 1972 to 1982. During the prison years Peter Paul Zahl intensified his literary work. After his imprisonment, he was temporarily involved in cultural policy for the left-wing revolutionary movements in Grenada and Nicaragua . From 1985 he lived mainly in Jamaica.

Tracks:

01. Oma Meier (Kalla Wefel/Brita Segebrecht) - 5:45

02. Himmel auf Erden (Kalla Wefel/Heinrich Heine) - 6:43

03. Mädchenballade (Peter Robert-Mandl/Steve Peinemann) - 7:23

04. Straßenkämpfer (Mick Jagger, Keit Richards/Peter Robert-Mandl) - 3:56

Brokdorfer Kantate:

05. Geniestreich (Kalla Wefel/Peter Paul Zahl) - 4:09

06. Brokdorfer Liebeslied (Kalla Wefel/Peter Paul Zahl) - 4:02

07. Singe Du (Kalla Wefel/Peter Paul Zahl) - 5:47

08. Der Bauer und die Oma (Peter Robert-Mandl/Peter Paul Zahl) - 2:46

09. Hierher gehört Leben (Kalla Wefel/Peter Paul Zahl) - 3:59

Musicians:

- Jürgen Hansen / drums
- Pierre Meyn / guitar, vocals
- Peter Robert-Mandl / keyboards
. Brita Segebrecht / vocals
- Kalla Wefel / guitars, bass, vocals

Oktober - Himmel auf Erden! (Eigelstein, 1979)

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