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Sunday, March 06, 2005

Marita: Shadows + Storms

Thanks to Carol my curiosity was finally smoothed a bit. Here are the covers of OL's very first recording, the famous "Marita: Shadows + Storms".
Marita front cover
Better sizes you find @ my flickr account. For those of you who don't know the story: after having played around in certain restaurants in Santa Fe for a while, local artist Frank Howell asked Ottmar if he wanted to record some of his songs. The agreement was that Howell sold 1,000 copies in his gallery while the master remained with OL. Miraculously, a tape of the recording found its way to Californian radio stations which added a couple of the songs to their playlists. That way the Higher Octave label became familiar with the music, contacted and signed Ottmar. "Marita" was repressed and published as "Nouveau Flamenco".
In the booklet of the anniversary edition of NF, Ottmar wrote that he presented a far more original order there. So the Marita-sequence may have been like this:

1 Amores: Marita I = Surrender 2 Love
2 Las Cartas Perdidas = Santa Fe
3 Barcelona Nights
4 Adios a la noche = Flowers of Romance
5 Marita Walking = 3 Women Walking
6 Caros Rapidos y Mujeras = 2 The Night
7 Lonely Hours
8 An Answer (Mi Amor) = Road 2 Her / Home
9 Passing Storm
10 An April Dream = After The Rain
11 Heart Still Beating = Heart Still / Beating
12 Blue Afternoons = Moon Over Trees
13 Waiting 4 Stars 2 Fall
14 La Memoria / Shadows
15 Sudden Shadows
16 Amores: Marita II = Surrender II


I am uncertain about # 4 and # 6. Adios a la noche could be 2 the Night. Any correction is welcomed. :-)

Adam already pointed to the interesting change of title from Heart Still Beating to Heart Still / Beating, which indeed implies a slightly other idea. Also he smiled about the title of # 6. What is wrong, the Spanish or the English title?

EDIT: The drawing should be Frank Howell's. Compare the following pics I found at ebay.


Howell, Marita-Shadows+Storms

Notice the titles of the two poems, Sudden Shadows and Passing Storm. Unfortunately I cannot offer you a better to be viewed version.