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12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING
- May 11, 1984 -
KOMM, Nuremberg, West Germany
** analog "Bayern 3"-FM master, MWM 0201 **
>> 2nd Euro-Rock Radiofestival: Day 1 - Act 1 ! Famous German band with
"WALLENSTEIN" members (Prog-/Krautrock) ! UNCIRCULATED ?? << w/ samples



After our small summer series
"ALL HAIL TO THEM FAMOUS VIENNA TAPERS, back then"
(if you've missed it, there's a list down below...)
we're heading NOW back home -
to Franconia, mon amour...
(beautiful landscapes & ALWAYS nice and friendly people...)



About the Festival:

From "EBU Rock Festival" to "Eurospotting " and finally "EUROSONIC"
- or -
HOW THE FESTIVAL STARTED...

Early 1980ies the EBU, the 'European Broadcasting Union' had this idea of some
major radio stations of Europe coming together to showcase new national talents,
and it started September 06-10, 1982 in Aalborg (Denmark) - first then called
"Eurorock Festival" (also known as "EBU Rock Festival").

Here is more to read, a list of the countries, cities, dates & radio stations that took
part in this European music newcomer's festivals over the years, plus the main bands etc.:
http://www.ebu.ch/departments/radio/eurosonic/eurosonic_pop/highlights.php



This here is a part of the "2nd Euro-Rock Radiofestival 1984", which took
place in the "Metropolitan Region Nuremberg" with 12 bands in four venues.

Day 1 - May 11, 1984:

01. 12 Drummers Drumming - KOMM, Nuremberg
02. Alaska y Dinarama - Lindenhain, Fuerth
03. Karthago - E-Werk, Erlangen
04. T.C. Matic - KOMM, Nürnberg
05. Silent Running - Lindenhain, Fuerth
06. Opus - E-Werk, Erlangen

Day 2 - May 12, 1984:

01. 44 Accelere - Stadtteilzentrum DESI, Nuremberg
02. Ruby Turner Band - E-Werk, Erlangen
03. Jukka Karjalainen + Mustat Lasit - KOMM, Nuremberg
04. Warm Guns - Stadtteilzentrum DESI, Nuremberg
05. Totta's Bluesband - E-Werk, Erlangen
06. Haindling - KOMM, Nuremberg


Live broadcast time was from 9:05 pm to 12:00 pm each day, usually
with half an hour from each venue, following the above numbers/acts...

"Bayern 3"-FM host during this festival was Fritz Egner - he started his career
early 1970ies working as audio engineer at AFN Munich. Since 1974 he was hosting
regularely AFN radioprogramms and -shows and improved his skills in the English
language. In 1979 he changed his job, joining "Bayern 3" as radio host, and was
later working both as radio AND TV-presenter - he's well known as specialist for
60/70ies, mainly Soul & Black Music.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Egner
http://www.b3-history.de/frameset.html?/persons/egner.html
http://www.br-online.de/bayerisches-fernsehen/einblick/einblick-fritz-egner-privatradio-ID1261510878515.xml



So let's start with DAY 1 - ACT 1:
=============================

About the Band:

Twelve Drummers Drumming was very popular mainly in Germany,in spite of the fact that
they released English speaking albums with an international sound. When they appeared
in 1983, they were mentioned together by public and journalists with such great bands
as Simple Minds, Big Country, Ultravox's Midge Ure and U2.


German band Twelve Drummers Drumming started in the autumn of 1983. Seizing their name
from an English Christmas carol “The 12 Days Of Christmas”. The line up consisted of
Rudi Edgar (vocals), Kurt Schmidt (bass), Ralf Aussem (guitar), Sibi Siebert (drums)
and Colin Drummond (keyboard). Pete Brough & Charly Terstappen co-wrote most of the songs...

And all three, Kurt Schmidt, Pete Brough & Charly Terstappen
had been members of prog-/krautrock band 'Wallenstein' before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein_(band)

During the recording sesssions of the first album, Rudi Edgar fell ill due to a brain
hemorrhage which he lost his speech and part of his sensory feelings. Miracoulously he
recovered and credited that the healing came from God and said “I’d given my life to
Jesus in 1980 and now in 1988 I could speak of his healing”.

In 1988 two other ex-members of Wallenstein joined: Pete Brough and Charlie Terstappen.

After Releasing 4 albums and a couple of singles, the band re-emerged as a new outfit
in 2001 called Dead Guitars. 12 Drummers Drummer co-founder Kurt Schmidt alongside with
fellow band alumnis recruited ex-Convent’s vocalist Carlo van Putten to record a debut
album which is still waiting to be realease.



About the place of event:

The venue was the famous good old "KOMM", to be exact the "KOMMunikationszentrum Nürnberg",
from 1973 until 1997 a thorn in the flesh of Bavaria's unity party - and WHAT a thorn...

But that's history now, here are a few German articles of what happened back in those days:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOMM_(N%C3%BCrnberg)
http://www.medienladen-ev.de/filme/zeitung3.pdf
http://www.franken-wiki.de/index.php/Komm-Massenverhaftungen

Since January 01, 1998 (and after some kind of renovation) the new name is "K 4", standing
for: "Kunst, Kultur, Kino und Kommunikation" (art, culture, cinema and communication).
http://www.franken-wiki.de/index.php/Kulturzentrum_K4


Our beloved 'Concertbüro Franken' (CBF - Harasim & Ballreich) was the local organizer &
promoter for all four venues during the whole festival - their first really big "event"
(including this European FM-broadcast...) after their start in September 1981 (and in-between
organizing & promoting a few dozen smaller concerts of mainly regional or German acts).
http://www.concertbuero-franken.de/Konzerte1984_89_0_0.html
http://www.concertbuero-franken.de/




FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF OUR ARCHIVE,
IN THIS QUALITY AND SHEER VAST SIZE
COMPLETELY UNTRADED - PLEASE ENJOY!


And don't forget:

CRANK UP YOUR STEREO & START SMILING !
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12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING (the artists)

Festsaal im KOMM (the room, the venue)
Nuremberg (the city)
West Germany (the country)

May 11, 1984 (the date)



Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative
region of Middle Franconia; it is Bavaria's second largest city after Munich. It is situated
on the Pegnitz river and the Main-Danube Canal, and is located about 105 miles north of Munich,
the population is over 500.000 (as of 31. January 2008). The town is also the Center of the
Metropolitan Region Nuremberg.
When one thinks of Nuremberg, they usually have things like Bratwurst, Gingerbread, Toys,
Christkindlesmarkt, Reich Party Rally Grounds or the Nuremberg Trials in their mind. But the
old town of Nuremberg in the shadow of the towering imperial castle is more than that. Gothic
churches, splendid patricians' houses and romantic corners and spots. An atmosphere of lively
co-existence between medieval and modern, between the past and the present prevails in Nuremberg.



A LIVE BROADCAST RECORDED, PRODUCED AND TRANSMITTED BY:


"Bayern 3" Bavarian Radio (the FM station)
"2nd Euro-Rock Radiofestival 1984" (the motto)
Fritz Egner ("Bayern 3"-FM host)

Studio des Bayerischen Rundfunks Nürnberg (regional building of the "BR" Broadcasting Corporation)
Nuremberg (the city)
West Germany (the country)



Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] (BR) is the public broadcasting authority for
the German Freistaat (Free State) of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is
a member of the ARD consortium, consisting of nine other regional broadcasting corporates as
well as Deutsche Welle. BR operates a main broadcasting facility in Munich as well as studios
in Freimann and Unterföhring. There are also regional TV and radio studios in Nuremberg
(today: "Studio Franconia"), Würzburg ("Regional Studio Franconia/River Main") and Regensburg
("Regional Studio East Bavaria").

http://www.br-online.de/
http://www.br-online.de/studio-franken/index.xml



as far as we know NONE of this torrent was used commercially...



All that was broadcasted by this band:
===============================

00. Euro-Rock Radiofestival intro, 1st day & 3:17.57

01. "BR3"-FM host intro, bilingual 0:54.73
02. Heaven And Hell § 4:37.45
03. ? we were young ? 4:28.39
04. We´ll Be The First Ones 4:38.61
05. Lonely 5:07.32
06. ? lighthouse ? % 6:06.45
07. "BR3"-FM host about the band, bilingual 2:15.46


total running time: 31:27.23 minutes



the notes:

& -> intro was especially composed for this "event" - feel free to omit, if you
like to download two or more parts/concerts of this night...BUT ONE IS A MUST !!

§ -> song cuts in at very first note...

% -> their final song, complete...

? we were young ? -> COMPLETELY UNRELEASED SONGS on track #3 and #6
they are both definitely NOT on any of their albums or singles, so far...



the musicians:

Rudi Edgar - vocals
Kurt Schmidt AKA Terry Park - bass
Ralf Aussem - guitar
Sibi Siebert - drums
Colin Drummond - keyboard




lineage:

recorded by lonetaper, FM broadcast to analog tape


recording April 02, 1984:

"Bayern 3"-FM Bavarian Radio broadcast (more SBD & less AUD matrix) > Airwaves > Sony STR 3800L Stereo Receiver/Amplifier >
> Hitachi D 980 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck (with NoiseReduction 'DOLBY C' ON) > My Compact Cassette Master
SONY BHF 90, ferric oxide (Fe2O3), Normal Bias Type I, EQ 120us, 135 meter tape, 1-7/8ips (4.76 cm/s)


the transfer:

My Cassette (master) > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 (manual playback head azimuth aligned ! NoiseReduction 'DOLBY C' ON) >
> Analog Cable (coax) > Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro
(Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) >
> converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in >
> Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) >
> Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler (EVER had a HardDisc burnout ??) >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles # > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME




# RAW FILES - so NO additional NoiseReduction or EQ'ing was used here,
and none of those compressors, Sonic Maximizers or other psychoacoustic
processors - just some of the broadcast-statics reduced , balanced the
stereo channels (just a touch) and finally normalized.

THERE IS SOME TAPE HISS & GENTLE AIRWAVE TRANSMISSION SOUND (wheeziness)
AUDIBLE (but it's not too distracting...PLEASE CHECK THE SAMPLES) !




this upload here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archives.
if you want to know more about, check the old uploads...lotta stuff to read !



And if there's some interest, maybe there is MORE TO COME...
it just depends on YOUR demeanor, and lotta useful comments ;-)



ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS:


Rudi Edgar - vocals
is living in South Africa near Johannesburg ,few news,photos are here:
http://www.12dd.de/news.html


Kurt Schmidt - bass
was a member of Wallenstein alias Terry Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein_(band))
(until they disbanded in 1982) ,member of Sun since 1990 and also of Dead Guitars. Played with
Diamanda Galas on her 1987 album. He is the producer of Plexiphones (www.myspace.com/plexiphones)


Ralf Aussem - guitar
founder & guitarist of the band Sun (1990-1997), guitarist & member of Lucian and Belgium
(1993-2000) (see: http://www.staticmusic.de/) formed The Dead Guitars in 2002 .
Played with - just a few: Rheingold (1984), The Wirtschaftswunder (1985),The Big Sea (1985),
Rainbirds (1987), The Inbetweens (1987?), Grasfreed etc.
More info:
http://www.myspace.com/ralfaussem
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=250112736&blogID=312117473
http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/s/sun/index.htm


Sibi Siebert - drums
was a member of Jud's Gallery (1976) (http://www.juds-gallery.com/), Winterkrieg (1976-1979),
Art Of Infinity (1996 as a guest musician).He is the owner of BOX OF TRIX GmbH
http://www.boxoftrix.de/


Colin Drummond - keyboard
was a member of The Merseybeats (60's band, see: http://www.themerseybeats.co.uk/Merseybeats-biography.htm)
from 1985 to 1993, worked with Denny Laine (ex-Wings), and Trevor Burton (ex-Move), operating his own PA Hire
business. Stopped playing back in 1999, and currently lives and work in South London as an electrician.
More info:
http://www.myspace.com/musicol


PLUS:

Pete Brough
songwriter on the first 12DD album (1983), 12DD full band member in 1988,
was a member of Wallenstein (1978-82), and formed Dead Guitars
More info:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=70637905


Charlie Terstappen
songwriter on the first 12DD album (1983), 12DD full band member in 1988,
was a member of Excalibur (1972) ,Fred Banana Combo, Wallenstein (1978-82),Belfegore
as Charly T. Charles (1982-1985) (see: http://www.myspace.com/belfegoreger ), DV8, Pinball etc,
and played with Rheingold, Westernhagen and also with Diamanda Galas on her 1987 album.
More info:
http://www.stromy.de/html/personen/charly_t..htm interview




PLEASE support the artists & and buy all their available stuff...
Check out their websites on the net - THERE'S PLENTY TO FIND !

http://www.myspace.com/12drummersdrumming
http://www.12dd.de/
http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2008/03/twelve-drummers-drumming.html




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Our small summer series "ALL HAIL TO THEM FAMOUS VIENNA TAPERS, back then":

Torrent #308109 DONOVAN - August 12, 1984 - Rennbahngelände Freudenau, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #308268 DONOVAN - June 20, 1981 - Folkmusic-Festival auf der Donauinsel, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #308444 ARLO GUTHRIE wsg. DONOVAN - June 20, 1981 - Folkmusic-Festival, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #308830 RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON - June 21, 1981 - Folkmusic-Festival, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #309339 SNAKEFINGER a.k.a. Philip Charles Lithman & The Vestal Virgins - November 18, 1983
Torrent #310085 BIRTH CONTROL - December 18, 1982 - Arena, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #310222 TUXEDOMOON - April 08, 1984 - Arena, Vienna, Austria ** analog FM
Torrent #310363 LYDIA LUNCH & the IN LIMBO band - May 19, 1983 - ((szene)), Vienna, Austria
Torrent #310638 NEW ORDER - April 6, 1984 - Arena, Vienna, Austria ** analog FM
Torrent #310801 HONEYMOON KILLERS - May 13, 1983 - ((szene)), Vienna, Austria ** analog FM
Torrent #311634 JOHN MAYALL's Bluesbreakers w/ MICK TAYLOR - May 22, 1983 - Pfingstfestival, Wiesen, Austria
Torrent #312029 PETER GORDON & Band - March 14, 1983 - HTU AudiMax, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #313782 Leslie WEST, Jack BRUCE & Corky LAING - April 04, 1973 - Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #313880 THEATRE OF HATE (pre-SPEAR OF DESTINY) - May 14, 1982 - Arena, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #314007 ALVIN LEE BAND - April 01, 1984 - Arena, Vienna, Austria
Torrent #314118 U2 - September xx, 1983 - Austrian "Ö3"-broadcast "A portrait of U2"
Torrent #314290 the RESIDENTS feat. Penn Jillette - May 25, 1983 - Secession, Vienna, Austria


More brilliant recordings out of our collection:

Torrent #289937 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD wsg. Slaid Cleaves & Carrie Newcomer
Torrent #301765 5 CHINESE BROTHERS - the best kept American secret...
Torrent #302681 NEAL CASAL & Band - SEVERELY UNDERRATED ARTIST w/ a FANTASTIC BAND
Torrent #303462 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - the greatest and most influential Tex-Mex group ever
Torrent #304658 RICHARD DOBSON & The State Of The Heart Band - goes BLUEGRASS with Susie Monick
Torrent #305240 TISH HINOJOSA & BAND - a Tejano treasure, definitely THE bilingual "QUEEN OF TEXAS"
Torrent #305465 JACKIE LEVEN & MICHAEL COSGRAVE - whacked-out stories & songs by Scottish CULT ARTIST
Torrent #306116 JO-EL SONNIER & The Shut Outs - the "King of the Bayou" w/ incredible All-Star band
Torrent #306440 RICHARD DOBSON & MARK 'SERGIO' WEBB - March 16, 2010 - elder statesman of Texas Alt.Country
Torrent #307284 TOWNES VAN ZANDT - November 12, 1996 - 16 Bit/44.1 KHz FULLY EDITED & PATCHED FILES !

And please check also all the other uploads...BUT as Leo said: BEWARE - LOTS OF TEXT TO READ !
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MY DAD USUALLY SAYS: A GOOD BREEDING SEEMS HARD TO FIND IN CYBERWORLD, NOWADAYS !

please be friendly & polite to me, and i'll be the same to you...twice-pledged !

BUT IF YOU'LL TAKE ME FOR A RIDE, I'LL COME TO YOUR HOME AND THE FUN IS OVER...DEFINITELY !
AND I'M ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY MY FRIENDS & BROTHERS - FRANCONIA'S TOUGHEST BIKERGANG
"DARK BECKSTEIN SKULLS" - A SUBDIVISION OF THE AWESOMELY "CROSSED BONES" FROM SOLINGEN.

R.I.P. DENNIS LEE HOPPER - ride on, dear brother, you've always been our hero...


Dime allows alternative versions, I don't own the music, so I can't stop you, but
the correct thing to do amongst tapers/editors is TO ASK FIRST...(C. by scdegraaf)

I SIMPLY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE - CONCERNING BAD MANNERS AND UNGRATEFULNESS ! pythonmonty.
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Recorded, carefully stored for >26 years, and mastered by my dad Leo (all thanks go to him...),
transferred, & finally first time uploaded by pythonmonty on DIME, August 12, 2010. This is "MWM 00201"


please consign this info-sheet with the shared music - thanks !
Images for all shows as well as full size images for this show.

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