Krautrock

[Stephen]

I have a copy of the E book Krautrock Kompendium in Kolour which I've uploaded to Rapidshare if anyone's interested (65 mb PDF). You can either read it online HERE in full screen size or download it directly, as it's issued free, from the link below.

http://rapidshare.com/files/204127590/Krautrock.rar

[2066]

Thank you too much, Rob!

[Stephen]

I preferred the Julian Cope 'Krautrocksampler' but this is still quite a good read.

[2066]

I guess you also have "Crack In The Cosmic Egg"?

[Damn!t]

Damn!
Thanks Rob.

[Stephen]

I guess you also have "Crack In The Cosmic Egg"?

Yes I have that one too Terry.

[2066]

A bandmate once lent me a book on Krautrock that was a price guide of some sort with some cool colour pictures of labels and record covers in it. For the life of me I can't remember what the name of the book was. I certainly now know what the priciest record I own is . My Twenty Sixty Six And Then record was listed at 450 Euros (I don't know what that is in dollars, but I'm sure it's a lot). I paid $15 for it at a record convention back in 1983 and I thought that was an exorbitant amount of money to pay for a used record back then, but it looked so cool. I remember buying shitloads of Krautrock at used record stores around here and remember this one guy who was cashing me out giggled, shook his head and said "why are you buying all this shit?" You could barely give that stuff away back then.

[Stephen]

A bandmate once lent me a book on Krautrock that was a price guide of some sort with some cool colour pictures of labels and record covers in it. For the life of me I can't remember what the name of the book was.

THIS one ?

I remember buying shitloads of Krautrock at used record stores around here and remember this one guy who was cashing me out giggled, shook his head and said "why are you buying all this shit?" You could barely give that stuff away back then.

Wish I'd had the foresight to do the same as you did Terry.

[2066]

That must be it, man. I believe the one I borrowed had a different cover, but that could have been because of my acid flashbacks!

[AtomHeartMomma]

If we are talking about German groups, I guess one can start with The Scorpians, and then go to Accept, to Megaherz, and lastly to Rammstein. Rammstein, I beleive, has been the God of Krautrock for the last decade. Although I speak no German whatsoever, the music of Rammstein rocks.

[danielcaux]

Where's the "Thanks!" button in this VBB engine?

I'm adding the Kompendium to my really really long "Remember to read..." list of books

[Massed Gadgets]

Thanks Rob, I'm downloading it now! Looking forward to checking it out.

[wiped]

Ta Rob ... interesting read

[PublicImage]

Amon Düül II are back together and have a new album out (!) at the moment, entitled Bee As Such. There's a 26-minute Psychedelic Suite on it, so it could be interesting. It's only available as a download though, with the CD due out later in the year (apparently).

More importantly, Faust have a new double-album due out next month, Faust is Last. This one is by Hans Joachim Irmler's Faust, so it's not the same lineup that released C'est com...com...compliqué in 2009 (which is great, but this is coming from someone who likes post-reunion Faust just as much as the original stuff, which is a minority opinion). Nevertheless, it should still be good because his keyboards are a big part of the original lineup's sound.

[Massed Gadgets]

Amon Düül II are back together and have a new album out (!) at the moment, entitled Bee As Such. There's a 26-minute Psychedelic Suite on it, so it could be interesting. It's only available as a download though, with the CD due out later in the year (apparently).

Interesting! I listened to the samples though and wasn't sure about them...they didn't grab me right away. But how much justice can a 30 second sample do a 26-minute long piece? I'd like to hear the entire album before I shell out my money for it.