KÄRNTEN HISTORICAL RECORDS
A peculiar one.
Kärnten (otherwise known as Carinthia) is a province in southern
Austria, but the label which bore its name appears to have been based in
Scotland - what seems to have been its sole release was made through Craighall
Studios (q.v.) of Edinburgh. The record in question was an anonymous EP
featuring four songs from the Nazi era: 'Horst Wessel Lied', 'Bomben Auf
England', 'March Der Deusche Afrika Corps' and 'March Der Legion Condor'.
It came out in 1972 and had a catalogue number of TD-7074, which was taken from
one of the series used by the
studios. The style of the matrix number in the run-off
suggests that British Homophone was responsible for the pressing. Both the identity of the people who released
the EP and the reason why they did so remain mysteries
to me, but I would guess that sales must have been minimal. Thanks
to Stephen Small for letting me know of the record's existence and
for supplying scans. If anyone knows of any other Kärnten Historical Records I'd be intrigued to hear of them.
Copyright 2023 Robert Lyons.