Match Twist
Posted: June 19, 2008 Filed under: 60s, Instrumental Records, Turkey, Twist Records | Tags: Fenerbahce Istanbul, Turkeye, Turkish Rock`n`Roll 2 Comments »
Just in time for the crucial Turkish game against Croatia tomorrow in the quarter-finals of the European Football Championship, here`s a Turkish Twist song with a football theme.
It starts with football fans shouting and has a break with a Turkish radio speaker wildly commenting on a football game. The shouted chorus is something with “Fenerbahce” , so I would guess this is a record in support of the football club “Fenerbahce 
Istanbul”.
There is no band name credited to the song apart from the musicians: M. Sungar on piano, S. Yurdatapan on bass guitar, R. Anglin on electric guitar, Ismet Demirai on saxophone and Durul Gence on drums. This is pretty much from the beginning of Turkish Rock`n`Roll in the early 60s. I bought some more Turkish Rock`n`Roll 45s on my last visit to Istanbul that I`m going to post in the near future.
So let`s hope the Turkish fans are not wreckin`Kreuzberg tomorrow, as they can get pretty wild in their enthusiasm…
(The illustration is from a postcard that I found in Beyoglu, Istanbul)
About me:
My name is Andreas Michalke. I´m a cartoonist from Berlin, Germany and I like collecting records. Most of the records I find in thrift stores or at flea markets here in Berlin. I like a lot of music but I thought I`d focus on odd German records. Preferably with cartoon covers.
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guitarist was an american serviceman stationed in turkey. he was in many excellent 60s bands in california. he was interviewed for an article in UGLY THİNGS magazine.