VA - Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 (Teil 1- 4) @ 320

Four-part double CD series - comprehensive documentation of the relevant German contribution to the international phenomenon of rock music.

Towards the end of the 1960s, German bands began their first attempts to emancipate themselves stylistically from their US and British role models.

ProgRock and Pchychedelia from Germany were initially smiled at internationally and disparagingly called 'Krautrock' by cult DeeJay John Peel, among others.

Unorthodox formations could not be pigeonholed, and so a scene with a wide musical range was created.  'Kraut! Die innovativen Jahre des Krautrock 1968-1979 Bear  Family  release a double CD every three months in 2020. The four editions are regionally structured. 

The fourth and final part is dedicated to the West Berlin scene of the day and presents popular bands such as Ash Ra Tempel, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Agitation Free, Dissidenten, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream alongside e.g. Karthago, Mythos, Emtidi, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Cluster, Harmonia, or Os Mundi. 

All editions are compiled by Burghard Rausch and commented on in detail (in German language). The publisher of several books on 'Rock in Germany', radio author and presenter, drummer (Agitation Free, among others), vinyl collector and DeeJay with enormous expertise has already been in charge of the NDW series for Bear Family.

Bear Family convinced that 'Kraut!' will be the most comprehensive CD documentation of this era, which has shaped the history of rock music in Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krautrock

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VA - Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 (Teil 1, Der Norden) 

CD1 

 01. Lucifer's Friend - Ride The Sky 

 02. Atlantis - Rock'n'roll Preacher 

 03. Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen 

 04. Tomorrow's Gift - Ants 

 05. Ikarus - Mesentery 

 06. Cravinkel - Keep On Running 

 07. Silberbart - Chub Chub Cherry 

 08. Novalis - Wer Schmetterlinge Lachen Hört 

 09. Ougenweide - Ouwe 

 10. Ramses - La Leyla 

 11. Jane - Redskin 

 12. Frumpy - How The Gipsy Was Born 

CD2 

 01. A.R. & Machines - Schönes Babylon (Beautiful Babylon) 

 02. Nektar - Desolation Valley 

 03. Eloy - The Light From Deep Darkness 

 04. Galaxy - Supermarket 

 05. Gash - A Young Man's Gash (Part 2) 

 06. Thirsty Moon - Big City 

 07. Percewood's Onagram - Braindrops Won't Kill The Fire 

 08. Missus Beastly - Uncle Sam 

 09. Abacus - Capuccino 

 10. Parzival - Souls Married To The Wind 

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VA - Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 (Teil 2, Die Mitte) 

CD1 

 01. La Düsseldorf - Rheinita 

 02. Lilac Angels - Rock'n Roll Lady 

 03. Message - Turn Over 

 04. Sweet Smoke - Silly Sally 

 05. Passport - Uranus 

 06. Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique 

 07. Gomorrha - Lola 

 08. Streetmark - Eileen 

 09. Straight Shooter - Friday On My Mind 

 10. Annexus Quam - Osmose I 

 11. Floh De Cologne - Fließband Baby (Manchmal Träum Ich) 

 12. Necronomicon - Tips Zum Selbstmord 

 13. Shaa Khan - The World Will End On Friday 

CD2 

 01. Bröselmaschine - Schmetterling 

 02. Sperrmüll - No Freak Out 

 03. Triumvirat - Dimplicity (Single Version) 

 04. Electric Sandwich - China 

 05. Witthüser & Westrupp - Illusion 1 

 06. Hoelderlin - Waren Wir 

 07. Pell Mell - Toccata 

 08. Wallenstein - Braintrain 

 09. Epitaph - Outside The Law 

 10. Faithful Breath - Autumn Fantasy / 1St Movement: Fading Beauty 

 11. Sixty Nine - Crayfish 

 12. Xhol Caravan - Planet Earth 

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VA - Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 (Teil 3, Der Süden)

CD1 

 01. 18 Karat Gold - See Me In Your Dreams 

 02. Emergency - Jump Into Your Grave 

 03. Niagara - Gibli 

 04. Sahara - Rainbow Rider 

 05. Between - Uroboros 

 06. Deuter - Soham 

 07. Embryo - Tausendfüssler 

 08. Gift - Blue Apple 

 09. Ihre Kinder - Menschen Wie Sand Am Meer 

 10. Aera - Mechelwind 

 11. Joy Unlimited - Contacts - Rudiment 

 12. Kin Ping Meh - Good Times Gracie 

 13. Kraan - Holiday Am Marterhorn 

CD2 

 01. Checkpoint Charlie - Haben Rock 

 02. Et Cetera - Mellodrama 2A 

 03. Bullfrog - I'm Coming Home 

 04. Dzyan - Fohat's Work 

 05. Volker Kriegel - Mindwill 

 06. Octopus - We're Losing Touch 

 07. Orange Peel - Tobacco Road 

 08. Guru Guru - Der Elektrolurch 

 09. Action - Miscarriage Of Human Thinking (Part Ii) 

 10. Brainticket - Black Sand 

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VA - Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 (Teil 4, Berlin (West)

CD1 

 1. Karthago - Donґt Send Me Your Money, Send Me Your Heart 

 2. Birth Control - Gamma Ray 

 3. Os Mundi - Childrenґs Games 

 4. Dissidenten - Germanistan 

 5. Metropolis - Dreamweaver 

 6. Lokomotive Kreuzberg - Nostalgie 

 7. Ton Steine Scherben - Halt dich an deiner Liebe fest 

 8. Mythos - Eternity 

 9. Emtidi - Saat 

 10. Agitation Free - Malesch 

 11. Ash Ra Tempel - Light And Darkness, Light - Look At Your Sun 

CD2 

 1. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra 

 2. Klaus Schulze - Ways Of Changes 

 3. Cluster - Rote Riki 

 4. Harmonia - Walky Talky 

 5. Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Regenmacher 

 6. Human Being - Human Being 

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