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'''''Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned''''' is an album by Czech underground band [[The Plastic People of the Universe]]. It was recorded in 1974/75 at [[Houska Castle]]. There enabled recording then warden [[Svatopluk Karásek]]. Some of the songs were recorded in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://plasticpeople.eu/diskografie_03.html | title = Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = PlasticPeople.eu | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> The album could be in the former Czechoslovakia officially released and distributed; instead fans taping from one another, often in poor technical quality. It was released in 1978 in France by SCOPA Invisible Production.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.progboard.com/Plastic-People-Of-The-Universe/Egon-Bondy-s-Happy-Hearts-Club-Banned/5569 | title = Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = Progboard.com | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> In the Czech Republic was published in 2001, remastered version, by Globus Music.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/Plastic-People-Of-The-Universe-Egon-Bondys-Happy-Hearts-Club-Banned/release/1651327 | title = Plastic People Of The Universe, The – Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = Discogs.com | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> Album title is a parody of the album title [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. Most of the songs on the record are settings of poems by [[Egon Bondy]].
'''''Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned''''' is an album by Czech underground band [[The Plastic People of the Universe]]. It was recorded in 1974/75, mainly at [[Houska Castle]], enabled by the castle's then warden [[Svatopluk Karásek]], with some songs being recorded in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://plasticpeople.eu/diskografie_03.html | title = Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = PlasticPeople.eu | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> The album could not be officially released and distributed under the former Communist regime in Czechoslovakia; instead fans duplicated tapes with one another, often resulting in poor technical quality. It was released in 1978 in France by SCOPA Invisible Production.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.progboard.com/Plastic-People-Of-The-Universe/Egon-Bondy-s-Happy-Hearts-Club-Banned/5569 | title = Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = Progboard.com | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> In the Czech Republic a remastered version was published in 2001 by Globus Music.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/Plastic-People-Of-The-Universe-Egon-Bondys-Happy-Hearts-Club-Banned/release/1651327 | title = Plastic People Of The Universe, The – Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned | publisher = Discogs.com | accessdate = 18 August 2012}}</ref> The album title is a parody of the [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. Most of the songs on the record are settings of poems by [[Egon Bondy]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

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Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned is an album by Czech underground band The Plastic People of the Universe. It was recorded in 1974/75, mainly at Houska Castle, enabled by the castle's then warden Svatopluk Karásek, with some songs being recorded in Prague.[2] The album could not be officially released and distributed under the former Communist regime in Czechoslovakia; instead fans duplicated tapes with one another, often resulting in poor technical quality. It was released in 1978 in France by SCOPA Invisible Production.[3] In the Czech Republic a remastered version was published in 2001 by Globus Music.[4] The album title is a parody of the The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Most of the songs on the record are settings of poems by Egon Bondy.

Track listing

All music composed by Milan Hlavsa; texts are listed.

  1. "Dvacet" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  2. "Zácpa" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  3. "Toxika" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  4. "Magické noci" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  5. "M.G.M." (instrumental)
  6. "Okolo okna" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  7. "Elegie" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  8. "Podivuhodný mandarin" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  9. "Nikdo" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  10. "Jó-to se ti to spí" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  11. "Já a Mike" (lyrics: Kurt Vonnegut; translated to Czech by Jaroslav Kořán)
  12. "Ranní ptáče" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  13. "Francovka" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  14. "Jednou nohou" (instrumental)
  15. "Spofa blues" (lyrics: Egon Bondy)
  16. "Apokalyptickej pták" (lyrics: Pavel Zajíček)
  17. "Píseň brance" (lyrics: František Pánek)

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References

  1. ^ Dougan, John. "Egon Bondy's Happy Heart Club Banned". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned". PlasticPeople.eu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned". Progboard.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Plastic People Of The Universe, The – Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.