Discography / Jazzbooks in former
GDR / Amiga labels / Update
from May 9th, 2003 / Sublable Eterna, Nova, Litera, Schola
/ Jazz
Singles und EP’s of AMIGA /
THE AMIGA
JAZZRECORD DISCOGRAPHY
12"
Jazz records on (former) East German label "AMIGA"
© by
Detlef
A. Ott
"Amiga"
was the name of the record label in former East Germany. After WWII the label
published the first German jazz recordings. But it was not a Jazz record label
all in all. The major recordings on "Amiga" were Rock and Pop etc.
Jazz records come out very irregular - on average 1 record per month. The GDR
Jazz scene of the 70s is well documented. Below are all records I know and own.
They sorted by the official order numbers. I do not guarantee the
completeness of the discography. Some records were never official published
(e.g. Jazz aus Warschau Amiga 8 50 147 exists only as a white labelled
promotional copy ) Some records are missed because of political reasons in the
official catalogue of Amiga from 1981. If anybody knows recordings that are
missed please feel free to contact me.
Explanation of order numbers of „VEB
Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin“:
( Thanks to Frank Oehme also for
the the Cover of the „Booker LP“ – the last
one produced on the label Amiga ):
x yz nnn (z.B. 8 55 561)
1) x = (8 = LP, 5 = EP, 4 = Single, 0 = MC)
2) y
= Genre (5 = Rock, Pop, Jazz u.ä., 4 = Songwriters, Operetta)
3) z
= 0 or 1 > MONO, z = 5 or 6 > STEREO
4) nnn
= number of the record
Recordlist sorted by order numbers
|
Order number/ 8 50 009 - 8 50 177 Order number/ 8 55 180 - 8 55 492 Order number/ 8 50 493 - 8 55 806 |
|
The different Amiga Labels
At least
following advice:
There are only a few books about
Jazz in former GDR. These books are still available in good sorted Second hand
Shops.
Important sources are following
issues: Jazzbücher