July 2017

45 years later ... it's 1972 and we are not in Edinburgh, but the music from 1972 is still here for us.

To the left are the songs of Eurovision 1972 and below are the songs of Retro 1972 and Guest Jury Hits (GJH) 1972.

RETRO - Songs from Eurovision National Finals (public or internal to TV stations) of 1972 - getting a second chance at glory, selected by OGAE Clubs.

GJH - Hit songs from 1972 from countries that did not have a national final for ESC72 - a chance to hear and vote on other music from the year - also selected by OGAE Clubs. 

2 Contests - 2 Winners - a retrospective European/International musical heaven...

30 Juries will vote from 30 OGAE Clubs over the summer, with results early in September. Romania, Switzerland and Luxembourg are our Guest Juries this year - all other participating clubs have songs in one of the events. 

Of note here are known Eurovision artists (past/future) Katri Helena, The New Seekers, Cindy & Bert, Sandra & Andres, Kirsti Sparboe, Zdravko Colic, Serge & Christine Ghisoland, Ambassadori and  Marianne Mendt. Ukraine have selected a duo which includes the father of Maria Yaremchuk from Eurovision 2014 and Albania's 1972 FIK story is one to investigate, when many of those taking part in the festival were persecuted or even jailed for music which was against state rules - can you imagine such a thing?! And let's not forget that we lost the beautiful Sandra Reemer this year, seen here for the Netherlands. 

Give these songs a chance - they are 45 years old, so are a World away from the hyper-polished productions of today. ENJOY this retro step back in time.... Thank you to all the Jury co-ordinators!

You can download the songs from this location: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtfd4fzbos12dm8/AADa6NtIslhvN3kHfAHW-IEAa?dl=0  or play them 1 by 1 below.

01 FINLAND

02 UNITED KINGDOM

03 PORTUGAL

Sua Rakastan

(Its You That I Love)

Katri Helena

One By One

(-)

The New Seekers

Vamos Cantar De Pé

(Let's Stand Up And Sing)

Paco Bandeira

04 MALTA

05 GERMANY

06 NETHERLANDS

Ghasfur Tac-Comb

(Metal Bird)

Joe Cutajar

Geh Die Strasse

(Walk The Street)

Cindy & Bert

De Oude Zigeuner

(The Old Gypsy)

Sandra & Andres

07 NORWAY

08 SWEDEN

09 IRELAND

Lillebror

(Little Brother)

Kirsti Sparboe

Säg Det Med En Sång

(Say It With A Song)

Lena Andersson

They Take Me Back

(-)

DJ Curtain

10 ITALY

11 BELGIUM

Montagne Verdi

(Green Mountains )

Marcella Bella

Femme

(Woman)

Serge & Christine Ghisoland

01  SERBIA

02  MACEDONIA (FYR)

03  AUSTRIA

Sinoć Nisi Bila Tu

(Last Night You Were Not Here)

Zdravko Čolić

Sviri Mi, Sviri

(Play For Me, Play)

Ambassadori

Gute Lieder Sind Wie Pistolen

(Good Songs Are Like Pistols)

Marianne Mendt

04 GREECE

05 SLOVENIA

06 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

O Marmaromenos Vasilias

(The Marbled King)

Charoula Alexiou

Med Iskrenimi Ljudmi

(Among Honest People)

Majda Sepe

Strankinja

(Foreigner)

Pro Arte

07 RUSSIA

08 CROATIA

09 FRANCE

Glyazhu V Ozera Sinie

(Looking Inside The Blue Lakes )

Olga Voronets

Ti Si Ruža

(You Are The Rose)

Radojka Šverko

Une Belle Histoire

(A Beautiful Story)

Michel Fugain & Big Bazar

10 POLAND

11  UKRAINE

12 HUNGARY

Chodź Pomaluj Mój Świat

(Come And Paint My World)

2 Plus 1

Vodogray

(Fountain)

Miroslava Ezhelenko & Nazarii Yaremchuk

Darabokra Törted A Szívem

(You Broke My Heart Into Pieces)

Ferenc "Rózsi" Demjén (Bergendy)

13 ALBANIA

14 ROW (USA)

15 SPAIN

Ne Ekranin e Televizorit

(On The Television Screen)

Justina Aliaj

Could It Be Forever

(-)

David Cassidy

Un Beso Y Una Flor

(A Kiss and A Flower)

Nino Bravo

16 TURKEY

Yalan Dünya

(Truthless World)

Selda Bağcan

Let's not forget the wonderful Vicky Leandros - the Greek songstress who claimed victory in Edinburgh for Luxembourg - a 1972 classic...