The polka of the four rings
09/29/2023
The typical Audi sound of the eighties? It's not just Walter Röhrl fans who immediately think of the hoarse five-cylinder vocals of the Sport Quattros. When compiling the "Auditon '85" record, however, the Ingolstadt-based company probably had the average civilian Audi driver in mind: the well-behaved senior student in the sable-brown 80 CD instead of the long man from Regensburg in the HB-yellow Quattro A2.
The cover photo is all the more misleading. Because the vinyl wasn't pressed with wild, zeitgeisty synth pop rock, but with sedate Humba-Täterä music in the best beer tent style. Under the direction of Peter Thomas, the Audi works orchestra played popular hits such as the "Ampelmännchen-Song", the "Blasorchester-Boogie-Woogie" and a musical salute to "Mr. Radetzki".
In 1979, Citroën was already more accurate in terms of brand perception and acoustic standards. On the long-playing record "Citroën Melodie", Perry Rosewood offered GS and CX customers avant-garde jazz funk.
