Tag: Dieter Falk

This is the third album from Dieter and I have now listened to all three. Originally I listened to “Today” and just loved it so I hunted out more of his albums. Unfortunately I have not liked the other two I have listened to. This one is a complete instrumental album and I always struggle with that style. All of the tracks on this album leave me sitting there waiting for the vocals to start because they all sound like, well, songs. Personally I prefer the instrumental writing style of bands like Tangerine Dream because their songs aren’t in a traditional song format and thus I rarely anticipate lyrics on their tracks. But let’s get to the positives of this album. Dieter is a very good keyboardist and I do really like his musical stlyings. So this is still a great album but it screamed for a vocalist to complete it.

Tracklist
1 – Alles Was Ihr Tut (Everything You Do) – 3:41
2 – Danket (Thankful) – 4:14
3 – Charme – 4:07
4 – Dir (Gonna Sing For You) – 4:08
5 – Deep River – 3:32
6 – In Dir Ist Freude (Joyful) – 3:52
7 – Aufeinander Zugehn (Coming Together) – 3:14
8 – Sing And Shout – 3:46
9 – It’s Me – 3:42
10 – Precious Interlude – 2:54

Credits
Arranged By – Dieter Falk
Art Direction – Wepler + Burfeind, Hamburg
Bass – Joe Chemay
Bass [Solo] – Wolfgang Schmid
Co-producer – Angelika Falk, John Guess
Drums [Tom Overdub] – Martin Stoeck
Drums, Percussion – Paul Leim
Engineer [Additional] – Adrian Von Ripka, Al Phillips, Manfred Lohse, Thomas Brück
Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Rich, King Julien III, Mark Coddington, Marty Williams
Engineer, Mixed By – John Guess
Guitar – Jon Goin, Steve Lukather
Kalimba – Nippi Noya
Keyboards, Piano – Dieter Falk
Liner Notes – Andreas Malessa, Clemens Bittlinger, Dieter Falk, Heinz Bossi
Percussion, Harmonica – Terry McMillan
Photography By – Wieser, Ringeisen*
Producer – Dieter Falk
Programmed By [Additional] – Andreas Seibold
Saxophone – Mark Douthit, Michael Paulo
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Joe Gallardo
Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Michael Stewart

Companies, etc.
Copyright © – Pila Music GmbH
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pila Music GmbH
Pressed By – CDT Berlin
Recorded At – Sound Stage Studios, Hollywood Sound Recorders, Tonstudio Leonberg, Tonstudio Bauer, Sound Studio N

I recently listened to Falk’s second album and really liked it. This is his first album but I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much. I’m a little confused at this album because it appears it was first released in 1985 in Germany with the title “This Time” on Pila Records. It appears it was re-released in 1987 with this title on Myrrh. I was originally thinking that the 1985 release was a German release and this was the English release. One problem with that is that it’s an instrumental album so there wouldn’t be a need for releases in different language. Anyway let’s discuss the album quickly. It is another synth album with a lot of great synth instrumental tracks. I don’t think it’s as good as his second release but it is good but nothing here is going in my regular rotation.

Tracklist
1 – Now Thank We All Our God – 3:00
2 – Jesus, Priceless Treasure – 5:17
3 – You And Me – 2:39
4 – Praise To The Lord Thee Almighty – 3:27
5 – Exalt Thy Name My Soul – 1:36
6 – Come Holy Ghost – 3:07
7 – Nobody Knows – 3:34
8 – Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying – 2:37
9 – Don’t Run Away – 3:52
10 – Angelika’s Song – 3:30

Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Werner Hucks
Arranged By – Dieter Falk
Bass – Hemi Jost
Drums – Martin Stoeck
Engineer [Assistant] – Andreas Claus
Flugelhorn – Chuck Findley, Jerry Hey
Flute – Arnd Schuler
Guitar – Lothar Kosse
Keyboards, Producer – Dieter Falk
Percussion – Thomas Adam
Photography By – Volker Rittinghaus
Programmed By – Thomas Adam
Recorded By – Michael Obst
Recorder – Conny Ende
Remix – John Guess
Trumpet – Chuck Findley
Trumpet [Piccolo Trumpet] – Jerry Hey

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pila Music
Copyright © – Pila Music

Here’s another one we didn’t get in North America. Dieter was a German musician and producer that put out a few albums himself. This is his second album and I do not understand why someone didn’t bring this album across the ocean. The German release was on Pila Records but Myrrh picked it up for a further European release. I don’t understand why Myrrh didn’t try to bring this to us as the album is fantastic. The album is instrumental except for 4 tracks where there were guest vocalists. Brigitte Petereit sings 2 tracks and did a pretty good job but never had a release herself. One track has Swedish singer Charlotte Höglund who is responsible for me finding this album as I found her in the credits. One track is sung by Steve Tolley who is a complete mystery but a fantastic vocalist. He sings on “Gospel Train” and makes that song the obvious album single. All the instrumental tracks are vocal ready and just needed some lyrics and a singer. That said I have some sympathy for Dieter in that it was HIS album and bringing in a bunch of guest vocalists does cause an album to have an uneven feel. That said this is a great album and deserves to be heard.

Tracklist
1 – Today – 3:35
2 – Tomorrow – 3:54
3 – Every Song, Every Melody – 3:56
4 – Higher Power – 3:21
5 – Heart And Soul – 3:46
6 – Gospel Train – 3:39
7 – Love Connection – 3:51
8 – Back To The Roots – 3:06
9 – Joy Arising – 0:43
10 – Celebration – 3:44
11 – Who Keeps The Love – 3:05
12 – Commit Whatever Grieves Thee – 3:42

Credits
Arranged By, Producer, Keyboards – Dieter Falk
Bass – Abe Laboriel*, Wolfgang Schmid
Drums, Percussion – Thomas Simmerl
Guitar – Dann Huff, Dieter Roesberg, Klaus-Peter Schöpfer, Peter Wölpl
Horns – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
Mixed By – John Guess
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Saxophone – Frank Loef
Vocals – Brigitte Petereit, Charlotte Höglund, Steve Tolley

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Emmaus, Filadelfia Forlag, Finngospel, GMB/Révélation Media, GMI Records, Grace Music, Kir Music, La Sorgente Music, Master Music, Master-Vision-S.A., Nye Toner / Teovision, Pila Music, Sephora Diffusion, Viva Music, Word (Uk) Ltd.
Copyright © – Pila Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pila Music
Made By – Shorewood Packaging
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
Published By – Pila Music, Roxon Musikverlag
Recorded At – Hansahaus-Studios, Hollywood Sound Recorders, Melody-Tonstudio Stuttgart, Ton- & Videostudio Leonberg
Mixed At – Hollywood Sound Recorders