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Improved Sound Limited
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Improved Sound Limited – a band of four, or of five? \nThe correct answer is: 4 + 1, or to be more exact, four musicians and a lyricist. That's why there are pictures with four people, showing the active musicians Johnny Fickert, Axel Linstädt, Uli Ruppert and Rolf Gröschner, and pictures with five. The complete band includes the "rhyme maker" Bernd Linstädt, who never played an instrument but had a real impact on the band through his perceptive and imaginative lyrics. The band decided quite early on, in 1966, not to release any cover versions, concentrating instead on original, self-written material. The necessary creative potential was at hand, as the six CDs demonstrate.\nIt all started in 1961 as a student band at the Willstätter School in Nuremburg. They called themselves the "Pyjamas Skiffle Group" and copied Lonnie Donegan relentlessly. From 1964 to 1966 they appeared under the name "Blizzards" and backed the German pop singer Roy Black at 33 shows. Starting in the fall of 1966, they called themselves "Improved Sound Limited", and so they remained, except for a brief intermezzo in 1976 when CBS called the band „Condor“.\nMore details are in the liner notes accompanying the CDs, but here is a chronological timeline of the band.\n1966:\n1st Place in the competition "Best Beat Band in Bavaria" at Bavarian Radio (BR)\nParticipation in the BR "Schmusical" called "How Beatles turn into citizens"\n1967:\nSingle "It Is You"\u002F "We Are Alone" (Polydor, producer: Gerhard Mendelson)\nAppearance at the 17th Berlin Film Festival\nAppearance in Erlangen at the event "Prose-Pop-Poetry" with Peter Handke, Fitzgerald Kusz and others\n1968:\nMusic for Megan Terry's play "Vietrock" with Inge Brandenburg, directed by: Stavros Doufexis, choreographed by José Luis Gómez\nMusic for the solo pantomime "Idylls of Herr Meck" by José Luis Gómez\n1969:\nFilm music and LP "Engelchen macht weiter – hoppe, hoppe Reiter", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nFilm music for "Der Bettenstudent", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nSingle "Sing Your Song" \u002F "Marvin Is Dead" (Polydor)\nMusic for the TV documantary "Ezra Pound", for the 13 part series "The 6th Day" and for the first five episodes of "The Play School"\n1970:\nFilm music "o.k.", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nSingle "Oedipus" \u002F "Where Will The Salmon Spawn" (United Artists)\nMore music for the series "The Play School"\nMusic for the series "The Kommissar", episode "Dr. Meinhardt's Tragic End"\n1971:\nDouble album "Improved Sound Limited" (Liberty)\nFilm music "Lass knacken, Ive" with the song "The Policeman"\nBR Open Air Concert in Bergdorf (with Tangerine Dream, Birth Control, Ihre Kinder and Klaus Kreuzeder)\nGerman Pop Festival in Koblenz and Burg Herzberg Festival (with Frumpy, Can,Achim Reichel, Xhole, Embryo, Guru Guru etc.)\n1972:\nRock musical "The Gentlemen from Verona", book by H.C. Artmann, directed by Nicolas Brieger\n1973:\nLP "Catch A Singing Bird On The Road" (CBS)\nMusic for the 10 part TV series "Krempoli", directed by Michael Verhoeven\n1974:\nMusic for Fernando Arrabal's revue "The Thousand Year War" (Bella Ciao), directed by Jorge Lavelli\nSpheric music for the open air event "The Robbers from Spessart", directed by Klaus Schlette\n1975:\nDemo recordings for "Rathbone Hotel"\nFilm music for "Kings Of The Road", directed by Wim Wenders\n1976:\nLP "Rathbone Hotel" (CBS)\nFilm music for "The Baker's Bread", directed by Erwin Keusch\nMusic for the series "Beer and Games", directed by Michael Verhoeven\n1977:\nLive performances in Nuremberg (Casablanca), Neuendettelsau and Berlin (Kant Kino)\n1979:\nFilm music for "As Far As The Eye Can See", directed by Erwin Keusch\n2001:\nRe-release of the double album "Improved Sound Limited" and the album "Catch A Singing Bird On The Road" on CD, the latter with a bonus track featuring H.C. \nArtmann as narrator of the song "The Dark Lord"\n2002:\nRe-release of the album „Rathbone Hotel“ and first release of the film music compilation „Road Trax“\nA final new song "The Very Last Waltz" is recorded by the band\n2003:\nRe-release of the singles, film music for "Engelchen" and "Bettenstudent" plus first release of music for the shows "Kommissar" and "Krempoli", all on the CD "The Final Foreword" together with "The Very Last Waltz" \nRemix plus additional recording for "Bell Cantos – Ezra Pound Revisited"\n2004:\nRelease of the compilation "The Ultimate Collection", the complete works of Improved Sound Limited on 6 CDs\nInformation: All CD releases are on the Long Hair Music label
Improved Sound Limited – a band of four, or of five? \nThe correct answer is: 4 + 1, or to be more exact, four musicians and a lyricist. That's why there are pictures with four people, showing the active musicians Johnny Fickert, Axel Linstädt, Uli Ruppert and Rolf Gröschner, and pictures with five. The complete band includes the "rhyme maker" Bernd Linstädt, who never played an instrument but had a real impact on the band through his perceptive and imaginative lyrics. The band decided quite early on, in 1966, not to release any cover versions, concentrating instead on original, self-written material. The necessary creative potential was at hand, as the six CDs demonstrate.\nIt all started in 1961 as a student band at the Willstätter School in Nuremburg. They called themselves the "Pyjamas Skiffle Group" and copied Lonnie Donegan relentlessly. From 1964 to 1966 they appeared under the name "Blizzards" and backed the German pop singer Roy Black at 33 shows. Starting in the fall of 1966, they called themselves "Improved Sound Limited", and so they remained, except for a brief intermezzo in 1976 when CBS called the band „Condor“.\nMore details are in the liner notes accompanying the CDs, but here is a chronological timeline of the band.\n1966:\n1st Place in the competition "Best Beat Band in Bavaria" at Bavarian Radio (BR)\nParticipation in the BR "Schmusical" called "How Beatles turn into citizens"\n1967:\nSingle "It Is You"\u002F "We Are Alone" (Polydor, producer: Gerhard Mendelson)\nAppearance at the 17th Berlin Film Festival\nAppearance in Erlangen at the event "Prose-Pop-Poetry" with Peter Handke, Fitzgerald Kusz and others\n1968:\nMusic for Megan Terry's play "Vietrock" with Inge Brandenburg, directed by: Stavros Doufexis, choreographed by José Luis Gómez\nMusic for the solo pantomime "Idylls of Herr Meck" by José Luis Gómez\n1969:\nFilm music and LP "Engelchen macht weiter – hoppe, hoppe Reiter", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nFilm music for "Der Bettenstudent", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nSingle "Sing Your Song" \u002F "Marvin Is Dead" (Polydor)\nMusic for the TV documantary "Ezra Pound", for the 13 part series "The 6th Day" and for the first five episodes of "The Play School"\n1970:\nFilm music "o.k.", directed by Michael Verhoeven\nSingle "Oedipus" \u002F "Where Will The Salmon Spawn" (United Artists)\nMore music for the series "The Play School"\nMusic for the series "The Kommissar", episode "Dr. Meinhardt's Tragic End"\n1971:\nDouble album "Improved Sound Limited" (Liberty)\nFilm music "Lass knacken, Ive" with the song "The Policeman"\nBR Open Air Concert in Bergdorf (with Tangerine Dream, Birth Control, Ihre Kinder and Klaus Kreuzeder)\nGerman Pop Festival in Koblenz and Burg Herzberg Festival (with Frumpy, Can,Achim Reichel, Xhole, Embryo, Guru Guru etc.)\n1972:\nRock musical "The Gentlemen from Verona", book by H.C. Artmann, directed by Nicolas Brieger\n1973:\nLP "Catch A Singing Bird On The Road" (CBS)\nMusic for the 10 part TV series "Krempoli", directed by Michael Verhoeven\n1974:\nMusic for Fernando Arrabal's revue "The Thousand Year War" (Bella Ciao), directed by Jorge Lavelli\nSpheric music for the open air event "The Robbers from Spessart", directed by Klaus Schlette\n1975:\nDemo recordings for "Rathbone Hotel"\nFilm music for "Kings Of The Road", directed by Wim Wenders\n1976:\nLP "Rathbone Hotel" (CBS)\nFilm music for "The Baker's Bread", directed by Erwin Keusch\nMusic for the series "Beer and Games", directed by Michael Verhoeven\n1977:\nLive performances in Nuremberg (Casablanca), Neuendettelsau and Berlin (Kant Kino)\n1979:\nFilm music for "As Far As The Eye Can See", directed by Erwin Keusch\n2001:\nRe-release of the double album "Improved Sound Limited" and the album "Catch A Singing Bird On The Road" on CD, the latter with a bonus track featuring H.C. \nArtmann as narrator of the song "The Dark Lord"\n2002:\nRe-release of the album „Rathbone Hotel“ and first release of the film music compilation „Road Trax“\nA final new song "The Very Last Waltz" is recorded by the band\n2003:\nRe-release of the singles, film music for "Engelchen" and "Bettenstudent" plus first release of music for the shows "Kommissar" and "Krempoli", all on the CD "The Final Foreword" together with "The Very Last Waltz" \nRemix plus additional recording for "Bell Cantos – Ezra Pound Revisited"\n2004:\nRelease of the compilation "The Ultimate Collection", the complete works of Improved Sound Limited on 6 CDs\nInformation: All CD releases are on the Long Hair Music label