VA - She Came From Hungary! 1960s Beat Girls From The Eastern Bloc (2018)

Posted By: delpotro

VA - She Came From Hungary! 1960s Beat Girls From The Eastern Bloc (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 01:07:03 | 278 Mb
Pop, Pop Rock, Folk, Folk Rock, Female Vocal | Label: Ace Records

Feisty freakbeat, folk rock, funky pop and more from Hungary’s foremost female recording stars – backed by some of the nation’s leading beat bands.

Having unearthed girl-pop delights from France, Sweden, Japan, Italy and Spain in recent years, Ace now turn their attention to the Eastern Bloc with this compilation of female-fronted records from Hungary.

Following a relaxation of the rule that all music must adhere to strict socialist values, and with nearly 40% of Hungary’s population aged 20 or under, by the mid-60s the younger generation was looking to the West for entertainment. Via European radio stations they discovered beat music, which would become the musical style of choice for many budding bands and singers. All musical work was still required to abide by the government’s Prohibited, Permitted and Propagated policy, which restricted lyrics and dress codes that were deemed permissive or subversive, while every song recorded (or performed live) had to be approved by the National Centre for Popular Music. Once approved, artists were allowed to record with accompaniment by the National TV & Radio Orchestra, the Stúdió 11 ensemble, or – as is the case with most tracks here – by one of a select few Hungarian beat groups that were authorised to record at the time.

The KISZ (Hungarian Young Communist League), noting the burgeoning passion for Western music, decided to promote a Hungarian pop culture – where young people could be steered towards performing songs in the national language and with traditional folk instruments. The Táncdalfesztivál, a televised annual song contest set up in 1966, allowed acts to compete live against each other, and proved very popular with viewers. All of the vocalists featured here competed at the Táncdalfesztivál during its initial four-year run.

All Hungarian records were issued on the state-run Qualiton label, often with different acts featured on each side. The most successful artists were afforded picture sleeves for their releases but most were packaged in Qualiton company bags, of which there were scores of exceptionally well-designed variations (see back page for some striking examples). In the mid-60s the company began to prioritise the main girl singers – Sarolta Zalatnay, Kati Kovács and Zsuzsa Koncz – and the groups Illés, Omega and Metro, who between them would dominate the Hungarian music scene for the next few years.

Sarolta Zalatnay kicked off her solo career with a hit record that helped land her a scholarship in London. There she discovered blues and soul music, which would shape the sound of later recordings such ‘Fekete Beat’ backed by Metro. Kati Kovács’ organ-drenched ‘Hazudik A Drága’ with the band Olympiais just one of many choice cuts from a career that spans 20 albums. Like Kati, Zsuzsa Koncz appeared on the TV talent show Ki Mit Tud? before releasing records. She fronted the beat combo Illés, who back her on the gorgeous ‘Keresem A Szót’.

Other highlights here include ‘Ha Csak Egy Fokkal Szebb Az Ördögnél’ by pocket-sized belter Gabi Fenyvesi, ‘Keresek Egy Fiút’ by Mária Wittek, the first performer to don go-go boots and mini skirt on Hungarian TV, and ‘Ez Az Utolsó Randevúnk’ by Éva Nagy, a veritable freakbeat masterpiece.
Tracklist:
1. Éva Nagy – Ez Az Utolsó Randevúnk
2. Márta Bencze – Csak Fiataloknak
3. Sarolta Zalatnay – Fekete Beat
4. Gabi Fenyvesi – Ha Csak Egy Fokkal Szebb Az Ördögnél
5. Kyri Ambrus – Júdás Vagy
6. Zsuzsa Koncz – Keresem A Szót
7. Magay Klementina – Zsákutca
8. Zsuzsa Mátray – Könyörögni Nem Fogok
9. Sarolta Zalatnay – Zöld Borostyán
10. Mária Wittek – Keresek Egy Fiút
11. Beáta Karda – Mindig Tanul Az Ember
12. Clementina Magay – Nem Én Döntöm El A Háborúk Idejét
13. Marika Késmárky – Nyílik Még Virág
14. Mária Toldy – Lassan Múlik Az Idõ
15. Kati Kovács – Most Kéne Abbahagyni
16. Kyri Ambrus – Ez A Szerelem
17. Gabi Fenyvesi – Felírom Korommal
18. Zsuzsa Mátray – Hol Van Az Az Idõ
19. Zsuzsa Koncz – Szõke Anni Balladája
20. Clementina Magay – Te Sem Tudhatod Elõre
21. Kati Kovács – Hazudik A Drága
22. Sarolta Zalatnay – Vén Tükör
23. Beáta Karda – Csuda Jó Fej
24. Teréz Harangozó – Hétköznapi Szerelem

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 1. December 2018, 12:46

Unknown Artist / She came from Hungary - 1960s Beat Girls from the Eastern Bloc

Used drive : TSSTcorpDVD-ROM SN-108BB Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 32 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC Frontend\tools\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:57.72 | 0 | 13346
2 | 2:57.72 | 3:09.55 | 13347 | 27576
3 | 6:07.52 | 2:56.06 | 27577 | 40782
4 | 9:03.58 | 1:55.33 | 40783 | 49440
5 | 10:59.16 | 2:05.34 | 49441 | 58849
6 | 13:04.50 | 2:08.23 | 58850 | 68472
7 | 15:12.73 | 2:57.40 | 68473 | 81787
8 | 18:10.38 | 3:23.35 | 81788 | 97047
9 | 21:33.73 | 4:47.11 | 97048 | 118583
10 | 26:21.09 | 2:38.22 | 118584 | 130455
11 | 28:59.31 | 2:43.72 | 130456 | 142752
12 | 31:43.28 | 2:49.12 | 142753 | 155439
13 | 34:32.40 | 3:38.39 | 155440 | 171828
14 | 38:11.04 | 3:02.11 | 171829 | 185489
15 | 41:13.15 | 2:32.29 | 185490 | 196918
16 | 43:45.44 | 1:53.52 | 196919 | 205445
17 | 45:39.21 | 2:33.00 | 205446 | 216920
18 | 48:12.21 | 2:29.57 | 216921 | 228152
19 | 50:42.03 | 3:35.45 | 228153 | 244322
20 | 54:17.48 | 2:09.18 | 244323 | 254015
21 | 56:26.66 | 3:38.32 | 254016 | 270397
22 | 60:05.23 | 2:46.48 | 270398 | 282895
23 | 62:51.71 | 2:05.24 | 282896 | 292294
24 | 64:57.20 | 2:06.17 | 292295 | 301761


Track 1

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\01 Track01.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 88.9 %
Extraction speed 0.9 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 8D2374A3
Copy CRC 8D2374A3
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\02 Track02.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.5 %
Extraction speed 1.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B84140E3
Copy CRC B84140E3
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\03 Track03.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.1 %
Extraction speed 1.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1DC17811
Copy CRC 1DC17811
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\04 Track04.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 72.3 %
Extraction speed 1.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC FAA57D79
Copy CRC FAA57D79
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\05 Track05.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 82.1 %
Extraction speed 1.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 5C7DEC16
Copy CRC 5C7DEC16
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\06 Track06.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 88.7 %
Extraction speed 1.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 56FC5509
Copy CRC 56FC5509
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\07 Track07.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 80.6 %
Extraction speed 1.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 77EA0705
Copy CRC 77EA0705
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\08 Track08.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 77.2 %
Extraction speed 1.5 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 906573A0
Copy CRC 906573A0
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\09 Track09.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.5 %
Extraction speed 1.5 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 57B6831B
Copy CRC 57B6831B
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\10 Track10.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 81.9 %
Extraction speed 1.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9CD67D53
Copy CRC 9CD67D53
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\11 Track11.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 77.2 %
Extraction speed 1.7 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B6039A89
Copy CRC B6039A89
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 12

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\12 Track12.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 76.8 %
Extraction speed 1.7 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 3D13C760
Copy CRC 3D13C760
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 13

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\13 Track13.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 90.5 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 941CDAD1
Copy CRC 941CDAD1
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 14

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\14 Track14.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.5 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 57EC66E8
Copy CRC 57EC66E8
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 15

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\15 Track15.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.5 %
Extraction speed 1.6 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 84AFD007
Copy CRC 84AFD007
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 16

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\16 Track16.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 78.4 %
Extraction speed 1.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B3FBBC09
Copy CRC B3FBBC09
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 17

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\17 Track17.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 76.5 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 66FE8F89
Copy CRC 66FE8F89
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 18

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\18 Track18.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 95.1 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 51CB6E62
Copy CRC 51CB6E62
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 19

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\19 Track19.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 93.6 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7E44DB5D
Copy CRC 7E44DB5D
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 20

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\20 Track20.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 77.9 %
Extraction speed 2.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EA09D122
Copy CRC EA09D122
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 21

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\21 Track21.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 87.6 %
Extraction speed 2.0 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 908AFD41
Copy CRC 908AFD41
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 22

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\22 Track22.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 77.3 %
Extraction speed 1.8 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC EB534A8F
Copy CRC EB534A8F
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 23

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\23 Track23.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 86.3 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 23716CBA
Copy CRC 23716CBA
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 24

Filename C:\Users\Utilisateur\rips\Nouveau dossier\24 Track24.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.98

Peak level 94.0 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 75BA41BA
Copy CRC 75BA41BA
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK


None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

No errors occurred

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: qE2laojLvjk6AFM5Lw67PWO0LDw-] found
Submit result: qE2laojLvjk6AFM5Lw67PWO0LDw- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
9 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
12 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
13 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
14 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
15 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
16 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
17 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
18 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
19 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
20 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
21 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
22 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
23 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
24 | (1/1) Accurately ripped


==== Log checksum F1408DA5841A7ED709115E79801FE3BD95833C2F181D184A2B5E0A18D33068F2 ====

Thanks to the Original ripper !