IFA Wartburg Live Show 7 april 1999 at Die Kaserne, Basel Schweiz.

Dear Comrades!

I hereby have the great honor to present the following audio recording of a complete concert with IFA Wartburg. The show was held in Basel, Switzerland on April 7 1999 as a part of a tour which has been going on for almost 40 years (with some shorter decade breaks here and there).

The songs performed during this live show are as follows:

00:00:09 Zur Konferenz in Rostock (Presentation in German by the Tour Manager at 00:01:47)
00:02:22 FDJ (climax at 00:05:09)
00:07:07 Presentation
00:07:41 Kosmoskost (Kosmosrolf at 00:08:35)
00:11:26 Es ist nicht so schlimm auf der Insel Krim
00:15:11 Nightclub in Berlin (Heinz inhales air brought from Potsdam to calm down at 00:17:43)
00:19:08 Volksfest in Ukraina (sausage destruction takes place at 00:21:56)
00:23:51 Hey, Radiofunker! (Prost Bompa! at 00:27:16, Hupschka! at 00:27:27)
00:29:47 Der alte böse Kapitalismus
00:34:35 Meine Möbeln in Köln*
00:38:01 Hallo guter Kommunist! (Babli Balula sings at 00:40:13)
00:42:57 Kulturarbeiter des Monats (The most socialistic worker of the month is awarded with a medal)
00:45:12 Frau Gorbatschowa tanzt Bossanova (Presentation of the music workers as individuals with their real names)
00:50:33 Zwei Tage in Berlin (Heinz screaming Höher Höher HÖHER! 00:52:50)
00:55:06 Spaßjazz (Guitar solo by Heinz Klinger at 00:58:05)
01:02:54 Volksfest in Ukraina noch ein mal (sausage destruction 2 takes part at 01:05:39)
01:08:16 Ende

As soon as the concert was to its end, we had to march in a line to our security checkpoint for a routine identification and medical examination (absolutely nothing mandatory, just for our personal convenience) and after that prepare for our travel back to the GDR.

It was kind of emotional to leave all these wonderful people we met in Switzerland because we knew how hard the daily life must be for them, with starvation and poverty everywhere. We were told that the average Swiss citizen is secretly dreaming about escaping the Swiss border barefoot in the middle of the night, chased by armed border guards and barking German shepherds, leaving all this western misery behind for a free life without capitalism. But no matter how much we would like to, we cannot save all the people oppressed by censorship in our world.

*Warning: The song "Meine Möbeln in Köln" glorifies western furniture which can be quite offensive to the majority. A similar wording is used in the song "Sessel aus Kassel" (therefore now banned). Quality furniture can only be manufactured by VEB Sitzmöbelwerke Waldheim.

Many people around the world have sent us letters and telexes asking about how often IFA Wartburg goes on tour. The answer is that IFA Wartburg is always on tour, albeit with a few short breaks here and there, lasting some decades or more. To bring absolute clarity to the whole thing, I have been ordered to compile a complete guide to this matter, write everything down on a traceable STASI-typewriter with my secret signature and swear under oath what my role is. Here it comes. The Complete list of IFA Wartburg tour dates. Read and enjoy!

1. Centrumgården, Upplands Väsby Sweden 14 december 1985
2. Bio Kontrast, Upplands Väsby Sweden Spring concert 1986
3. Vilundaskolans Aula (demolished in 2011) Upplands Väsby Sweden 18 October 1986
4. Easy Schorre, Halle East Germany http://www.schorrehalle.de/ 17 December 1998
5. Berlin Arena/Glashaus, East Berlin East Germany https://www.arena.berlin/veranstaltun... 31 of March 1999
6. Löseke Hildesheim West Germany https://www.kufa.info/ 1 april 1999
7. Fabrik Hamburg West Germany https://fabrik.de/startseite 2 april 1999
8. KFZ Marburg West Germany https://www.kfz-marburg.de/ 3 april 1999
9. Die Börse Wuppertal West Germany https://www.dieboerse-wtal.de/ 4 april 1999
10. Jugendweihe East Germany 5 april 1999
11. Garage Saarbrücken West Germany https://garage-sb.de/ 6 april 1999
12. Kaserne Basel Schweiz https://www.kaserne-basel.ch/en 7 april 1999
13. Manufaktur Stuttgart/Schorndorf West Germany https://www.club-manufaktur.de/ 8 april 1999
14. Conne Island Leipzig East Germany https://conne-island.de/ 9 april 1999
15. Schlachthof Wiesbaden West Germany https://www.schlachthof-wiesbaden.de/ 10 april 1999
16. Open Ohr Festival Mainz West Germany https://www.openohr.de/ 23 mai 1999


This is completely voluntarily written down without the slightest coercion.
Yours most willingly and respectfully,
Günther Raubschaentze
Noise engineer, roadie, all-in-all, helping good friendly hand and comrade.