Pleasures 1985-86, by Happy Straps

Pleasures 1985-86

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1.	We Live In Paradise 03:07	buy track
2.	Railway Station 03:24	buy track
3.	Running Away 04:30	buy track
4.	Imagination 04:04	buy track
5.	If You Never Look Behind 04:57	buy track
6.	Midnight Dream 05:10	buy track
7.	White Bird 03:46	buy track
8.	Someone 01:24	buy track
9.	Tape Song 04:39	buy track
10.	Cinema 03:52	buy track
11.	New Song 03:53	buy track
12.	Tod 01:07	buy track
13.	Bath In Champagne 05:33	buy track

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The sun rose in the East also ideologically, which explains why the GDR was dark at its core. “We live in paradise. But we don’t know it.” sang the Happy Straps, evoking that limbo of a reac- tionary socialism masquerading as progressive. The Happy Straps were a typical underground growth, deeply rooted in East Berlin’s alternative scene. A state “playing permit”, for which “classification” would have been required, was never attempted. The band’s stylistics did not fit the ideologically targeted programme. Their dark sound, remained alien to Ostrock.
In 1985/86 one by one all members of the Happy Straps left the GDR for the West. “Pleasures 1985-1986” is made up of a compilation of the tapes “What a Pleasure” and “Last Pleasure”. Both tapes originally appeared in an edition of about 50 copies each.

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released December 1, 2023

01-06 taken from „What A Pleasure“, 1985
07-13 taken from „Last Pleasure“, 1986

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