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)