Fifty years ago,
the Federal Republic of Germany experienced the dawning of a new age -
without historians even noticing it. While the 1950s brought American Rock
'n' Roll, it now was British beat music: in 1964 the Beatles escaped from the
Star-Club, Hamburg's rock enclave, to play on the world stage. Attentive
record company executives from Germany took notice of this and it led to
Tempo Records, a small label founded during the 1930s with a long history of
German language releases, making a 180 degree turn. The two CDs 'Beat mit
Tempo' are documents of a short lasting musical era, unique evidence of a
change in taste. Bear Family has excavated the Tempo masters, a collection of
cover versions of popular songs of the Beat Revolution, originally released
in quick succession. 33 tracks and 44 page booklet. |