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.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 ...
Track listing +#TitleUnofficial English translationArtist(s)LengthNotes1在水一方Across the WaterAgain5:19Song from the 1975 Chinese film of the same name.2船歌Boat SongZheng Jun4:12Indonesian folk song. Chinese lyrics by Zhuang Nu.3再见！我的爱人Goodbye, My LoveZang Tianshuo and 19895:164酒醉的探戈Drunken TangoAgain5:155爱的箴言Maxims of LoveBlack Panther4:116路边的野花不要采Do Not Pick the Roadside FlowersZang Tianshuo and 19892:027独上西楼Ascending the West Tower AloneMembers of Tang Dynasty4:31Tang Dynasty bassist Zhang Ju was killed in a motorcycle accident three days after Teng's death.8甜蜜蜜Sweet as HoneyZheng Jun4:079爱人LoverBlack Panther3:0010夜色The Color of the NightBeijing Rock All-Stars5:32
Personnel Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:
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
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