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Dagmar Andrtová

Golden Gate: The Magician of Guitar from Prague 1

(ALIDA/Creativeman Disc., CMDD-00002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Morena: Pohansky Svátek (3:30)
  2. Duj. Vetrícku (6:12)
  3. Holoubek (4:30)
  4. Zlatá Brána (7:58)
  5. Tobe (5:46)
  6. Zpev (3:30)
  7. Ej. Slunícko (6:34)
  8. Makovice (3:22)
  9. Grumle (1:12)
  10. Jablícko (6:10)
  11. Skocila Panna z Veze (6:54)
  12. Cikánská Koncovka (1:49)

All words and music by Dagmar Andrtová, except 4 and 8 which are adapted folk lyrics

Dagmar Andrtová: vocal, guitar, kazoo, gypsy end-flute
Ivo Viktorin: synthesizer (2, 3)
Václav Vesely: electric guitar (5)

Recorded at PANTON and SUPRAPHON studios in Prague, 1986 and 1987 (1-5), and recorded live at the international music festival in Skagen, Denmark (6-12)
Mastered at RUDOLFINUM studio, Prague, October 1994
Engineered by Jan Petrusek
Director: Radim Hladík and Dagmar Andrtová

Front cover painting, "Door" by Naoaki Yamamoto
Drawing by Dagmar Andrtová
Photography by Haruo Tamaki
Art direction by Kev
English Translation by Helena Honcoopová
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Phew, and lyrics in Czech and English

Released in July 1995