Umsonst & Draussen, Vlotho 1977
The third festival by the MOL, at the old quarry on the Winterberg in Vlotho. 1977/07/01-03
Recordings
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. There were 2 camerateams, one recorded an almost 2 hour long movie, the other team made a short report for the ZDF's youth magazine "Direkt". The NDR and the WDR broadcasted parts of the concerts on the radio.
The recordings made by Ulrich Wilkening still exist but can't be used completely anymore, because they were damaged from a water leakage in his cellar. The WDR and NDR didn't keep any of their radio broadcasts. The ZDF still has the episode of "Direkt" archived. The film about the festival was recently restored and broadcasted in the WDR-TV.
Releases
Like on the years before, there was a 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 "Aufbrüche"
The only other release from this concert is the (almost) complete Embryo concert, from the tape of Ulrich Wilkening, which was transferred before the water damage. Released by Garden of Delights in 2017.
Bands
More detailed description of the Bands, lineups and existing recordings.
Embryo
Existing recordings:
01 - Endless Feeling (13:47)
02 - Intro Idea (5:52)
03 - Political Prisoners (4:23)
04 - Double Time (6:01)
05 - Getalongwithasong (7:04)
06 - Make It Easy (14:04)
All the tracks are featured on the CD "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:
Christian Burchard - Vocals, Vibraphone
Roman Bunka - Vocals, Guitar
Michael Wehmeyer - Keyboards
Uve Müllrich - Bass
Butze Fischer - Drums
TV-Report
The youth's program "Direkt" by the ZDF recorded a 11-minute report about the festival. It was directed by Cornelia Schlede and broadcasted 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 tape degraded over time. It's unknown if the original film recordings still exist.
The Movie
The movie called "Vlotho - umsonst und draußen '77" was made by a group of young filmmakers. 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.