THE BEGINNING OF KRAUT ROCK III - live at Vestlandhalle in Recklinghausen 1970

 

Once more, down to the 3^rd division of German Rock: the amateurs. Again the recordings are live, and the sound is fine. This compilation is musically definitely not as good as the previous two. Some of the bands don't play in time and obviously lack instrumental skills. But I had to complete this mini-series, and, yes, what you get to hear here was also some of the daily musical food in Germany way back then. 

Yet, I’ve saved some real adventurous stuff for this last offering.

So this is: Part III of THE BEGINNING OF KRAUT ROCK

Recorded live at Vestlandhalle in Recklinghausen in January 1970.

The event was still headlined “7. Beat Festival”, although times had changed, but the organizers, town council officials, didn’t know. Even the German bands were now turning progressive, copying their Jethro Tulls and what else, and - as a side effect - throwing in their own compositions. Albeit, some were still a year or two behind… Some clinging to the Blues as if their life depended on it. And the lead guitarist switched to overload would ruin everything – you know, it’s the note you don’t play, that counts.

Yet, if you share that musical anarchist streak with me, these performances might be the ones you’ve been looking for. Listen to Panabata play Motherkiller, that is sheer dilettante avantgarde. I bet they didn’t get the highest votes by the jury.

I don’t know anything about the bands, not even have the faintest clue, except for The Faces who were regulars at the Vestlandhalle Festivals. I’ve heard the name The Barrels, but wouldn’t have been able to put it anywhere but Delmenhorst. And their lingo is as fanciful as their musical performance.

Yeah, again some stuff here is really trashy and punky… and that’s what Germany was about then…. still making up for good.

 

01 TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE  -  Sunday Smiling (Mülheim/R.) (Karl-Heinz Klapperschmidt, org, Dieter Berndt, dr, Wolfgang Formero, g, Hartmut Traub, b)

02 FÜR ELISE  -  Sunday Smiling (Mülheim/R.)

03 I WOKE UP THIS MORNING  -  Galaxies Blues Band (Bottrop) (Gerd Wirkner,  g, Jürgen Pluta, b, Wolfgang Teske, dr, Dieter Fehrenberg, sax, Ludwig, voc)

04 PSYCHEDELIC  -  The Headless Type (Recklinghausen/Herne) (Klaus Fengler, org, Siegfried Gorky, g, Helmut Schröder, dr)

05 MY SUNDAY FEELING  -  The Faces (Dortmund) (Chris Braun, voc, Elmar Krohn, fl, Alfred Göring, g, Bill Brkini, dr, Jochen Bernstein, b)

06 SEASON OF THE WITCH  -  The Faces (Dortmund)

07 FIRE TOWN (Joe Willis)  -  The Lovers Union (Castrop-Rauxel) (Pit Stübner, g,  Javis Beyer, b, Steffen Meyer, dr, Joe Willis, org, g, Harry Röster, sax, g)

08 ONE DAY  -  Cast Mile (Herne) (Siegfried Hamann, ld g, Wolfgang Hamann, dr, voc, Hans-Joachim Hamann, rh g, voc, Friedrich Schmidt, ld g, voc)

09 SUNDAY DRIVE  -  Jamie & Oliver (Duisburg-Hamborn) (Wolfgang Deutz, g, voc, Wilhelm Hagen, g, voc)

10 WHITE BLUES  -  Panabata (Hemer) (Günther Haase, b, Günther Seglitz, dr, fl, Kurt Ebbinghaus, g, harm, Heinz Kühn, voc, g)

11 MOTHERKILLER  -  Panabata (Hemer)

12 SON OF A DAYDREAM (Barrels) (ital.)  -  The Barrels (Duisburg) (Michelle Dangari, g, August Dangari, ld g, Peter Saeb, b, Kurt Koch, voc, org, Rüdiger Dromkik, dr)

13 ODE TO THE GUARDHOUSE (Barrels) (ital.)  -  The Barrels (Duisburg)

 

THE BEGINNING OF KRAUT ROCK II - live at Vestlandhalle in Recklinghausen 1970

 

JOIN INN 1972

Again, let us go down to the 3^rd division of German Rock: the non-professionals. And let’s see if they have got something to offer?! And, please, don’t complain about the sound quality! It’s really good enough for a genuine listening pleasure. And just be happy, that somebody plugged his/her tape recorder in.

So this is: Part II of THE BEGINNING OF KRAUT ROCK

Recorded live at Vestlandhalle in Recklinghausen in January or February 1970.

The event was still headlined “7. Beat Festival”, although times had changed, but the organizers, town council officials, didn’t know. Even the German bands were now turning progressive and - as a side effect - throwing in their own compositions. Albeit, some were still a year or two behind…

Mystic Eyes of Hannover were probably not the veterans of the Beat scene who had been playing residencies and shows since 1965, and now, with a changed line-up, were going Blues. The Mystic Eyes – the originals featuring Günther Radny – had hailed from Regensburg, which is a long way down south. But Mojo Mama’s Band from Recklinghausen were the remains oft The Dakotas.

The Union Faces (sponsored by the Union brewery of Dortmund?) had been around for quite a while as the Faces, which they’d soon become again. And they obviously had learned their Vanilla Fudge lesson. “Stop! In The Name Of Love” – f…ing wonderful! Trash Prog Punk !! Third World War (the British band) couldn’t do it better. 

Join Inn later recorded an album and was quite popular in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Coloured could as well be spelled The Colour Red. Who knows? Well, somebody does (or did)!

But all these musicians were amateurs, mostly Grammar School or College boys. In their incompetence they would do some astonishing interpretations… just listen to “Whole Lotta Love”. (Great lyrics, by the way - truly spacebound!)

Yeah, some stuff here is really trashy and punky… nevertheless it turns me on. And additionally – from the historical point of view – it’s an example of what was going on on the highschool scene in Germany 1969/70. These bands could and will have played in most of the school auditoriums in their region then.

 

01 YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON  -  The Union Faces (The Faces) (Dortmund) (Horst Schreiber, gtr, voc, Frank G. Kusching, ld-gtr, Frank Wölm, b, Dieter Bölker, org, Alfred Schade, dr)

02 STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE  -  The Union Faces (The Faces) (Dortmund)

03 WALKIN’  -  The Union Faces (The Faces) (Dortmund)

04 YOU DON’T LOVE ME  -  (unknown) Band 18

05 SUZY Q  -  (unknown) Band 18

06 AIN’T YOU COMING HOME  -  (unknown) Band 18

07 I’M A MAN  -  The Coloured (Wattenscheid) (Jürgen Vogt, ld gtr, Dieter Gorny, b, voc, Thomas Neckel, voc, harm, rh gtr, Siegfried Niemöller, dr, Rolf Friedrich, org, p)

08 AIN’T YOU COMING HOME  -  Join Inn (Marl)

09 GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT  -  Mystic Eyes (Hannover) (Jochen Bertram, clar, voc, Axel Polasny, ld gtr, Horst Hengel, gtr, voc, Klaus-Dieter Hamann, b, Peter Henniges, dr)

10 BE MY BABY  -  Mystic Eyes (Hannover)

11 HARD ROAD (Mystic Eyes)  -  Mystic Eyes (Hannover)

12 HEARTBREAKER/LIVIN’ LOVIN’  -  The Red Devils (Hamm) (Manfred Koschnig, b, Egon Assmann, dr, Wolfgang Trapp, ld gtr, Johannes Koch, rh gtr)

13 A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE  -  The Red Devils (Hamm)

14 RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH  -  The Tea Set (Oer-Erkenschwick) (Detlef Brass, org, Karl Weber, ld gtr, Heinz Brentrop, b, Niklas Zeling, rh gtr, Wilfried Timmermeister, dr)

15 GROWING UP  -  Mojo Mama’s Band (Recklinghausen) (Marcel Sadowski, dr, Klaus-Dieter Bleek, tromb, gtr, Wolfgang Oberstuhl, org, Erich Gräber, b)

16 GOT MY MOJO WORKIN‘  -  Mojo Mama’s Band (Recklinghausen)

Polit-Rock from Cologne: FLOH DE COLOGNE - live Vestlandhalle Recklinghausen 1970

 

Von Kölner Studenten als Kabarett-Truppe gegründet, wurden Floh De Cologne bald zu einer der führenden deutschen Polit-Rockbands. Hier am Start sind wohl Hansi Frank, Markus Schmid, Gerd Wollschon, Dirk Städtler und Dieter Klemm.

Fließbandbaby / Der Traum vom besseren Leben / Hey Johnny  -  FLOH DE COLOGNE