S.Y.P.H. LP #ed 1979 Post-Punk NDW Mittagspause ZK SYPH
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S.Y.P.H. -- S.Y.P.H. LP
Original 1979-1980 German release on Pure Freude (GERMANY) (catalog # PF 04 CK 2), with lyric insert, cover hand-numbered #622 in orange/red on back.Amazing German DIY post-punk cold-wave NDW band. Minimal art-punk with strong Krautrock/psych influences... imagine Can, Neu, Faust, Amon Duul mixed with some Mittagspause, Abwarts, Einsturzende Neubauten, DAF, Die Todliche Doris, Palais Schaumburg, Der Plan, Vorgruppe, Die Radierer, Wirtschaftswunder, etc.
Scarce original numbered German pressing of their first LP, #622 of only 1000 copies. Recorded December of 1979 (only date on here), released according to some discographies in 1980.
discogs profile: German band somewhere between Punk, Avantgarde and Neue Deutsche Welle.Founded 1977 by Harry Rag (Peter Braatz), Uwe Jahnke and Thomas Schwebel in Solingen/Germany. Thomas Schwebel hit upon the idea of naming the band "Syph" because it's a dirty name. Harry Rag added the periods to make it look like an acronym and confuse people. S.Y.P.H. was then translated into "Saufender Yankee Prügelt Homo" (Drinking yankee beats queer). After 1986 it stood for "Save Your Pretty Heart"
When Schwebel said goodbye to play with Mittagspause, the band was joined by Uli Putsch and Jürgen Wolter. This new formation stayed - more or less - stable until 1981, but had many changing guest musicians, including Holger Czukay from Can. In return S.Y.P.H. played with Czukay on his LP On The Way To The Peak Of Normal. Uwe Jahnke also appears on the Wobble/Liebezeit/Czukay EP "How Much Are They?".
The band paused in 2003 and is now active again.
Tracks:
- A1 Zurueck Zum Beton 1:58 A2 Industrie-Maedchen 1:24 A3 Lachleute & Nettmenschen 2:15 A4 Unreif Für Die Zukunft 1:54 A5 Mercedes 1:22 A6 Chess Challenger 3:09 A7 What Happens? 2:44 A8 Heute Norm - Morgen Tod 1:45 A9 Untitled 1:28 B1 Partir 3:50 B2 Kein Ziel 12:32 B3 Kisuaheli 7:17
Notes: "HELLO TO THE MIPAU"
Recorded and mixed between 27.12 and 30.12.1979 at Studio Klangwerkstatt, Düsseldorf.
"Fuer Rudi Dutschke" (Dedicated to Rudi Dutschke)
Hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies.
CONDITION: Cover VG+++ / Vinyl MINT- close to new, very light cover wear; vinyl is near pristine, gorgeous clean copy. Graded conservatively using Goldmine standards [G / G+ / VG / VG+ / NM / ]grade only used if record is brand new.
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