Philip Catherine & Nicolas Fiszman - Live at the Berlin Jazzbühne Festival 1982 - The Lost Recordings LP

Recorded at Volksbühne, Berlin Jazzbühne Festival, German Democratic Republic, 13.VI.1982STEREO ℗ 1982 DRA Remastered from the original analog tapes by ℗ & © 2023 THE LOST RECORDINGS 33 rpm Lacquer-cuts: Kevin Gray Vinyl 180g pressed at Optimal Media, Germany New tip-on gatefold printed in Italy1st edition limited to 2000 copies, hand numbered Check point Catherine“In the afternoon we performed in a rather austere theatre in East Berlin. Then I remember we crossed Checkpoint Charlie that evening to play in a club in West Berlin. The atmosphere was completely different. I felt as though we were living in a black and white spy movie.” Nicolas Fiszman recalls that chaotic day of 13 June 1982. Two outstanding guitarists, Philip Catherine and Nicolas Fiszman, who at the time was only seventeen years old, were taken from one side of Berlin to the other in pouring rain to perform to unlikely audiences. At both concerts, they played the same programme of seven pieces written by Philip, wi