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Banned! Early Songs of Ruja. Estonia's first rock album 43 years later Dokumentaalfilm / Documentary Rannap, Kannukene & Bänd 0:00 Õhtunägemus / A Night's Vision 4:02 Zeppelini triumf / Zeppelin's Triumph 8:48 Oh, vabadus! / Oh, Freedom 12:53 Enne seda suurt nalja / Before that Great Joke 15:25 Lumi sädeles / Snow Sparkled 20:10 Tütarlaps kloaagis / Girl in the Sewer 23:04 Veel pole kadunud kõik / Everything's Not Lost Yet 26:26 Parandamatu / Incorrigible 28:56 Ülemlaul / Song of Songs 33:21 Noore fotograafi uppumine / Drowning of the Young Photographer 36:41 Ah, ma teadsin / Oh I Knew 40:27 Vana auruvedur / Old Steam Locomotive 43:48 Nagu loomad / Like Animals 46:40 Nii vaikseks kõik on jäänud / All's Grown So Quiet Helilooja Rein Rannap / composed and arranged by Rein Rannap Kristjan Kannukene – laul / vocals Pent Järve – kitarrid / guitars Siim Usin – bass Hans Kurvits – trummid / drums Rein Rannap – klaver ja Hammond-orel / piano and Hammond organ Chamber Choir Collegium Musicale, dirigent / conductor Endrik Üksvärav Ruja lood aastatest 1971–73. Need lood võinuks vabalt olla Eesti ja kogu Nõukogude Liidu kõige esimene rokkalbum, kuid tollal ei lubatud rokkmuusikat stuudios lindistada, ammugi mitte plaadina välja anda. – Rein Rannap The present CD, containing a selection of the early songs from 1971-1973 by Estonia's best-known rock group of all time, Ruja, could have been the very first rock album in Estonia as well as the entire – as it was known back then – Soviet Union. Alas, at the start of the 1970s, Ruja was banned by the then authorities from both performing live and recording their music in the studio, and therefore that first LP didn't materialize all those decades ago. However – here it comes now, at long last! Recorded afresh by the leader and composer of Ruja, Rein Rannap, together with young musicians, these songs clearly haven't lost anything of their musical worth. And what's more, they do give us a fascinating glimpse or two into the musical counterculture of the bygone Soviet era. © & ℗ Klaveripoeg 2016
