Nemm hlas jako zvon – LP

This vinyl reissue presents the album on which Ji Schelinger appears for the first time as the sole lead singer. Following his earlier division of the repertoire with Viktor Sodoma, the collection remains stylistically varied while pointing more clearly towards the future. Alongside essentially bubble-gum songs, it offers a carefully chosen selection ranging from guitar boogie to suitable country songs and a fine ballad by Olda ha. It also includes Schelingers own successful compositional experiments and another relaxed rhythmic song from Santanas repertoire. A breakthrough moment is the hard-rock version of a Black Sabbath song, skilfully concealed beneath F. R. echs lightly propagandistic lyrics, an unexpectedly bold choice in normalization-era Czechoslovakia in the mid-1970s. The original album was also distinguished by a cover of Neil Youngs Heart of Gold, titled Poj, whose Czech version could not be included because the rights can no longer be obtained. As a small replacement, the bonus track Lsko, dej mi slu offers a short but exceptionally powerful melody by Karel Svoboda, written for Schelingers unique voice and acoustic guitar. Since the original photographic and graphic artwork was not preserved in print quality, the cover has been reconstructed from photographs by O. Dlabola and supplemented with an informative text by Milo Latislav. The remastered sound and appearance adapted to current vinyl reissues make this an ideal addition to the complete collection. The tracklist includes Miminko (Mean Girl), Hledm cestu zptky (Super Woman), Vnmm, Metro, dobr den (A National Acrobat), e ho neznm, jsem vn rd (I Really Dont Want to Know), Perpetuum mobile, Misaluba, Nemm hlas jako zvon, Kluci, u je to tady! (No One to Depend On), Bu s nmi dl, V baln and Lsko, dej mi slu.