Collage – Käokiri

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

TRACKS:

A1 Mets Neiude Vahel (Forest In Between The Maidens)
A2 Laula Kuni Elad (Sing Until You Live)
A3 Loomine (Creation Of The World)
A4 Kodu Kaugel (Faraway Home)
A5 Joodiku Kojukutse (Come Home, You Drunkard)
B1 Memme Vaev (When Shall I Repay Your Trouble, Mum)
B2 Hällilaul (Lullaby)
B3 Käokiri (Cuckoo-Runes)
B4 Öhtu Ilu (Eventide Beauty)
B5 Suur Tamm (The Big Oak Tree)
B6 Kohus Koju Minna (One Has To Go Home)
B7 Blues-Polka

DESCRIPTION

The Estonian ensemble Collage was founded in 1966 by Rivo Dikson and included students from The Tallinn Conservatory and The Tallinn School Of Music and Pedagological Institute. Anne Erm, one of the band's original voices, named the band "Collage" as it's repertoire included a broad range of music: jazzed-up pop songs, arrangements of classical instrumental music, scores for small formations, large jazz orchestras and original works by Estonian Composers. Soon the Repertoire was further expanded to include Estonian folk music thanks to a request from Estonian Television which commissioned five folk songs as part of an ethnographic program. These songs were also included in the ensemble's first LP: "Collage", released in 1970 (recording company "Melodija", D-028231-2). Estonian traditional folk songs (known as runo-songs) had not received widespread use in pop music, it seemed that such use had potential. From then on folk music achieved a significan position in the band's repertoire.