Chausseestraße 131

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Chausseestraße 131 was the second LP by the East German singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann, after Wolf Biermann (Ost) zu Gast bei Wolfgang Neuss (West), which he made together with Wolfgang Neuss. It was his first album after the SED had banned him from performing or releasing music through the state company VEB Deutsche Schallplatten. A professional studio was therefore out of reach. Biermann recorded the record in his own apartment, at the address in the title, with a Grundig tape recorder and a Sennheiser microphone that had been smuggled in from West Germany. On the recording you therefore hear the traffic outside.

In 1969 Biermann received the Fontane Prize. He publicly passed it on to the APO, the protest movement of German students, and donated 10,000 marks to the lawyer Horst Mahler.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Die hab ich satt!5:08Apple Music ↗
2. 2Das Barlach-Lied2:55Apple Music ↗
3. 3Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen, 1.Kapitel0:48Apple Music ↗
4. 4Ballade auf den Dichter Francois Villon4:29Apple Music ↗
5. 5Deutschland - ein Wintermärchen... (Fortsetzung)1:58Apple Music ↗
6. 6Wie eingepfercht in Kerkermauern3:34Apple Music ↗
7. 7Zwischenlied1:56Apple Music ↗
8. 8Frühling auf dem Mont-Klamott4:59Apple Music ↗
9. 9Moritat auf Biermann seine Oma Meume in Hamburg4:56Apple Music ↗
10. 10Großes Gebet der alten Kommunistin Oma Meume in Hamburg4:43Apple Music ↗
11. 11So soll es sein - so wird es sein6:04Apple Music ↗

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