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[[File:Vlotho77poster.png|thumb|Festival Poster]]
The second festival by the MOL, at the Stadion on the old Amtshausberg in Vlotho. 1977/07/01-03

This time there were two stages, theatre, jugglers, food stands etc. NDR and WDR recorded the entire event for their radio programs, ZDF made a short report for the youth program "Direkt". A cinema film was produced, and there is also a double LP. This time 30.000 guests came to Vlotho.


==Audio recordings and broadcasts==
Several audio recordings were made. Gunni Heidler was responsible for the live mixing and did recordings for the radio broadcasts and the movie. Ulrich Wilkening recorded the whole festival for the compilation LP. NDR and WDR broadcast parts of the concerts on the radio. 

The recordings made by Ulrich Wilkening still exist but would have to be restored before being usable again. 

The WDR and NDR didn't keep any of their radio broadcasts.
[[File:Vlotho77title.png|thumb|alt=|Title of the TV report]]
==TV-Report==
There were 2 camera teams at the festival. The youth program "Direkt" by the ZDF recorded a 11-minute report about the festival. It was directed by Cornelia Schlede and broadcast on August 20th, 1977.

A few seconds of Checkpoint Charlie playing "Smogalarm" can be seen, many interviews with the visitors and the organizers. At the end there are 3 minutes of Embryo playing "Make It Easy".

Those recordings still exist as a broadcast copy in the archives of the ZDF. The quality is very bad, because the videotape degraded over time. It's unknown if the original film recordings still exist.

[[File:Vlotho77title movie.png|thumb|alt=|Title of the movie]]

==The movie==
The second camera team, also consisting of young filmmakers, recorded a movie called "Vlotho - umsonst und draußen '77". It was about 2 hours long and directed by Peter Bünemann. 

The camera team was: 

*Frank Bell
*Holger Schettler
*Michael Wiegert
*Andreas Golombeck
*Bärbel Wegener
*Ike Schettler
*Mathias Wiegert
*Dirk Büteröwe

It was shown in a few cinemas in 1978 and then disappeared, without anyone even knowing about its existance. In 2019 it was restored and remastered from the original film recordings. The WDR broadcasted it in their "Rockpalast" series.[[File:Vlotho77LP.png|thumb|Cover of the compilation LP]]
==Releases==
Like on the years before, there was a [https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-Umsonst-Und-Draussen-Vlotho-77/release/2478610 compilation LP] of the festival, featuring most of the artists that played. It was reissued together with the other LPs on CD by Sireena Records, called "[https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-Aufbr%C3%BCche-Die-Umsonst-Draussen-Festivals-1975-1978/release/1840758 Aufbrüche]"

Two complete concerts were since released on CD, from the restored tapes of Ulrich Wilkening. Embryo in 2017 and Release Music Orchestra in 2022, both on Garden of Delights.

==Bands==
More detailed description of the Bands, lineups and existing recordings.

===Embryo===
[[File:Vlotho77embryo1.png|thumb|Embryo ]]
[[File:Vlotho77press1.png|thumb|Press advertising (with a few bands that didn't play after all)|301x301px]]
'''Existing recordings:<br />'''
01 - [[Endless Feeling]] (13:47)<br />
02 - Intro Idea (5:52)<br />
03 - [[Amnesty Total|Political Prisoners]] (4:23)<br />
04 - [[Amnesty Total|Double Time]] (6:01)<br />
05 - [[Getalongwithasong]] (7:04)<br />
06 - [[Make It Easy]] (14:04)<br />
All the tracks are featured on the CD "[https://www.discogs.com/de/Embryo-Umsonst-Und-Drau%C3%9Fen-Vlotho-1977/release/11409985 Umsonst Und Draußen – Vlotho 1977]", except a little bit of the beginning of "Endless Feeling" and a few minutes of "Make It Easy". It runs 6.2% too fast. The compilation LP contains "Getalongwithasong". The first half of "Endless Feeling" is featured in the film and about 3 minutes of "Make It Easy" are in the ZDF report. 

The lenghts here are from my speed-corrected and remastered version, with additional parts from the film and TV-report.

'''Lineup:<br />'''
Christian Burchard - Vocals, Vibraphone<br />
Roman Bunka - Vocals, Guitar<br />
Michael Wehmeyer - Keyboards<br />
Uve Müllrich - Bass<br />
Butze Fischer - Drums
===Missus Beastly===
'''Existing recordings:'''<br />
01 - For Flü (7:31)<br />
02 - (5:20)<br />
03 - King Garlic (1:41)<br />
The first track is from the LP and was also released as bonus on "Dr. Aftershave And The Mixed-Pickles". The other 2 songs are from the movie.

'''Lineup:'''<br />
Matz Steinke - Bass<br />
Freddy Setz - Drums<br />
Friedemann Josch - Flute, Saxophone<br />
Burkard Schmidl - Keyboards<br />
===Charisma===
'''Existing recordings:'''<br />
01 - (4:41)<br />
02 - Little Lady (4:12)<br />
This band doesn't appear on any poster or on the LP, and are only seen in the movie. They played nice folk with only guitar and bass.<br />
They also appeared at [[Talentschuppen]] twice, which reveals that they were students from Munich and Innsbruck.

'''Lineup:<br />'''
Kevin - Guitar<br />
Franziskus - Guitar<br />
Peter - Bass
===Moira===
'''Existing recordings:<br />'''
01 - Improvisationen (6:14)<br />
02 - Improvisationen (5:14)<br />
Moira in an otherwise undocumented lineup. Two songs that seem to be improvised, one from the LP, one from the movie.

'''Lineup:<br />'''
Rainer Frank - Bass<br />
Geoffrey Ramos - Congas<br />
Ernst Bier - Drums<br />
Jörgen Kanwischer - Guitar<br />
Edgar Hofmann - Winds

=== Release Music Orchestra ===
'''Existing recordings:<br />'''
01 - Rico (6:30)<br />
02 - Sundance (11:23)<br />
03 - Torso im Sommerwind (7:27)<br />
04 - Up by the Riverside (8:45)<br />
05 - Sonntag (6:36)<br />
06 - (15:57)<br />
"Sonntag" was published on the Festival LP, in the Movie they can be seen playing "Rico". The whole recording by Ulrich Wilkening got released in 2022 on the CD "[https://www.discogs.com/release/24687482-Release-Music-Orchestra-Vlotho-1977- Vlotho 1977]" on Garden of Delights. <br />It was remastered by Eroc and has perfect sound quality.

'''Lineup:<br />'''
Frank Fischer - Bass<br />
Wolfgang Thierfeldt - Drums<br />
Manfred Rürup - Keyboards<br />
Günther Reger - Saxophone<br />
Guest:<br />
Hans Behrendt - Percussion