In CD rack-friendly compressed concealment come here equal to 2 original Amiga albums thus: "Hot Like Snow" (1980) and "Shadow Riders" (1981 and 1982 produced published). The special: The Puhdys there was with the end of 1979 the first personnel changes: on the drums now Klaus Scharfschwerdt. Only the title "No Paradise", submitted from 1979 still recorded with Gunther Wosylus. Otherwise, provided on this CD a cornucopia rock musical delicatessen: with "Hey, John" (1981) and "The Outsider" (1982) is equal to 2 title, who led the year-charts and in this occupied "Melanie" (. 3 / 1980), "The Far Side of the World" (9/1980), "Hot Like Snow" (18/1980), "What remains of the life" (3/1981), "remote from Zuhaus" (4 ./1981) and "Shadow Riders" (10/1982) Another excellent placements! "Never again will I cry for you" - Dieter "machine" Birr for the first time as a writer who draws a line under his first marriage lives in this song, a blast of, 34 years later, suddenly again today live performances (Ueckermünde) , "Melanie" - a hit with timeless character, long live the medley, but now a concert regular place safely. "Far Side of the World" - a concert without this masterpiece? Unthinkable! What is done here on this disc even by the guest Günther Fischer is live the "big" appearance for Peter Meyer, who can now leave his protective keyboard refuge and breathe his lung power into the soul of the saxophone, no, can push. And he can! "Water and Wine" - The Puhdys covers the first East German band a title of state-owned congruence. And it is possible! "Outsider", "What remains of the life", "sea of fog" and "Shadow Riders" are titles that a committed fan base thanks again or for the first time saw the live sound life (Kamenz 2014). "Hey, John" - The Puhdys just in London for recording of "Far from home" because the unthinkable happens. Spontaneous inspiration leads to the laying of the cornerstone of this masterpiece, with an essay by Burkhard Lasch, the tribute to John Lennon, which was honored in 2006 with the award of "Mirror Award" for the best German "John Lennon Memorial Song". "On the banks of the Night" - a beautiful song sparklers and a top title to end a two-hour live concert!
Conclusion: The friend very well-made German-language rock music makes the acquisition of this disc is absolutely no error. The text authors Burkhard Lasch and Wolfgang Tilgner deliver the timeless lyrics to a multi-layered rock music that is today so worth listening to, like three and a half decades ago almost. But one thing is still the same again: According to it must be!
