A Tribute to Teresa Teng explained
| A Tribute to Teresa Teng |
| Type: | tribute |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | Tribute to Teresa Teng.jpg |
| Released: | July 1, 1995 |
| Genre: | Rock, pop |
| Length: | 43:25 |
| Label: | Bamboo Book Culture |
| Producer: | Koetsu Otomo |
A Tribute to Teresa Teng - A Rocking Farewell (告别的摇滚) is a tribute album released in July 1995 on Beijing-based label Bamboo Book Culture (竹书文化), shortly after Teresa Teng's death on May 8, 1995. It features ten of Teng's songs covered by several of Beijing's most well-known first-generation rock bands. The album is a sincere tribute to Teng as one of the first pop singers to be heard in China.[1] [2]
Track listing
!#!Title!Unofficial English translation!Artist(s)!Length!Notes| 1 | 在水一方 | Across the Water | Again | 5:19 | Song from the 1975 Chinese film of the same name. |
| 2 | 船歌 | Boat Song | Zheng Jun | 4:12 | Indonesian folk song. Chinese lyrics by Zhuang Nu. |
| 3 | 再见！我的爱人 | Goodbye, My Love | Zang Tianshuo and 1989 | 5:16 | |
| 4 | 酒醉的探戈 | Drunken Tango | Again | 5:15 | |
| 5 | 爱的箴言 | Maxims of Love | Black Panther | 4:11 | |
| 6 | 路边的野花不要采 | Do Not Pick the Roadside Flowers | Zang Tianshuo and 1989 | 2:02 | |
| 7 | 独上西楼 | Ascending the West Tower Alone | Members of Tang Dynasty | 4:31 | Tang Dynasty bassist Zhang Ju was killed in a motorcycle accident three days after Teng's death. |
| 8 | 甜蜜蜜 | Sweet as Honey | Zheng Jun | 4:07 | |
| 9 | 爱人 | Lover | Black Panther | 3:00 | |
| 10 | 夜色 | The Color of the Night | Beijing Rock All-Stars | 5:32 | | |
Personnel
Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:[3]
Musicians
- Wu Tong - vocals (tracks 1, 4, 10); percussion (track 4), woodwinds (track 4)
- Zheng Jun - vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)
- Zang Tianshuo - vocals, keyboards (tracks 3, 6)
- Qin Yong - vocals (tracks 5, 9, 10)
- Guo Dawei - vocals (track 7); chorus (track 10)
- Li Qiang - guitar (tracks 1, 4)
- Zhao Wei - guitar (tracks 1, 4); percussion (track 4)
- Zhu Hongmao - guitar (tracks 2, 8)
- Qin Qi - guitar (tracks 3, 6)
- Li Tong - guitar (5, 9); background vocals (track 9); chorus (track 10)
- Ding Wu - guitar (tracks 7, 10)
- Liu Yijun - guitar (tracks 7, 10); chorus (track 10)
- Zhou Xu - upright bass (track 1); electric bass (track 4)
- Chen Jin - bass (tracks 2, 7, 8, 10); chorus (track 10)
- Liu Wentai - bass (tracks 3, 6)
- Wang Wenjie - bass (tracks 5, 9)
- Feng Jun - drums (tracks 1, 4)
- Cheng Jin - drums (tracks 2, 8)
- Ma He - drums (tracks 3, 6)
- Zhao Mingyi - drums (tracks 5, 9); chorus (track 10)
- Zhao Nian - drums (tracks 7, 10); chorus (track 10)
- Luan Shu - keyboards (track 7)
- Feng Xiaobao - keyboards (5, 9); background vocals (track 9)
- Liu Xiaosong - percussion (tracks 3, 6)
- Zhang Yongguang - percussion (track 7)
- Dai Bing - background vocals (tracks 3, 6)
- Xu Tian - background vocals (track 6)
- Hu Zhiliang - saxophone (tracks 3, 6); background vocals (track 6)
Production
- Koetsu Otomo - producer
- Shigeo Miyamoto - recording, mixing
- Bobby Hata - mastering
Notes and References
- Geremie R. Barmé In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture 2000 p125 "In the cassette tape "A Tribute to Teresa Teng: A Rocking Farewell," groups like Black Panther, Tang Dynasty, 1989, and Again sang their condolences. A note that accompanied the cassette read: Over a decade ago, Teresa Teng's lucid and sweet voice softened the hearts of many music lovers. In our midst there lives a group of young and courageous musicians. Before they knew anything ..."
- 師永剛 鄧麗君私房相冊 2005 "Q 鄧佰得回味的是,去世當年,在北京的搖滾界即為紀念鄧麗君而製作了一張《告別的搖滾》、其中有鄭鈞、唐朝、輪迴、黑豹等搖滾歌手或樂隊翻唱她的(甜蜜蜜)、(路邊的野花不要採)、(船歌)、(獨上西樓)、(酒醉的探戈)等,細細打量這些翻唱者的年齡和這些 ...
- Web site: 告別的揺滾. 2000. The Rock in China Database.
