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Lokomotive Kreuzberg – Fette Jahre (1975) (16/44 Vinyl Rip)

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Lokomotive Kreuzberg – Fette Jahre (1975) (16/44 Vinyl Rip)

Lokomotive Kreuzberg – Fette Jahre (1975)
Max Flac 16Bit/44.1kHz = 236 MB | Mp3 VBR0 = 64 MB | Scans 140 dpi jpg | rar · zip
Vinyl LP | Pläne S 99104 | Krautrock | Berlin · Germany
Never released on CD

Info from The Crack In The Cosmic Egg:
An inventive Berlin polit-rock band, who were launched onto the scene in early 1972 with enthusiastic help from Floh De Cologne, to whom Lokomotive Kreuzberg were comparable in many ways. Amazingly creative, even on their debut, Lokomotive Kreuzberg blended hard-rock and blues together with more progressive sounds, with socio-political lyric and elements of satirical theatre. 'Kollege Klatt' was remarkable for its invention, accomplishing a sound that pre-dated Floh De Cologne's 'Tilt!', witty and creative, with original use of synthesizer and theatrics.
Later albums varied the mix somewhat, with 'James Blond' losing us completely with its very vocal theatrics in German. Their third album 'Fette Jahre' was much more tongue-in-cheek, being a parody of various musical styles from doo-wop through to psychedelic and experimental, feeling very much like a German Mothers Of Invention. 'Mountain Town' is the most Zappa cum Floh De Cologne mixture of all, and makes use of some luminary jazz guests for a wide ranging and engaging palette of styles, all with that wry tongue-in-cheek edge of political theatre, yet I'm not so sure about the reggae track!
Latterly the nucleus of Lokomotive Kreuzberg (without Andreas Brauer, who went on to release a couple of solo albums) ended up as being the backing musicians for Nina Hagen, and eventually transmuted into the pop-satire group Spliff.

Tracks
1. Rondo 05:00
2. Comeback 02:48
3. Requiem 04:28
4. Fette Jahre 05:36
5. Nostalgie 05:52
6. Leise Sohlen 04:19
7. Verfassungslied 03:07
8. Parlamentsmarsch 04:43
Total time: 35:47

Musicians
Bernhard Potschka: ac. guitar, el. guitar, vocals
Andreas Brauer: violin, piano, flute, percussion, synthesizer, vocals
Manfred Praeker: bass, ac. guitar, percussion, vocals
Uwe Holz: drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals
Karl-Heinz Scherfling: percussion, vocals, text
Conny Plank: engineer
Dieter Süverkrüp: graphics
Recorded Januar 1975 @ Connys Studio, Neunkirchen



These rips are about 10 years old, 16Bit/44.1kHz resolution was my limit in those days.
Record Player: Thorens TD 160 Link
Pre-/Amplifier: Kenwood KR 5030 Link
Mac G4 with Audiowerk 8-channel PCI Audio Card
Sound editing: SonicWorx by ProSoniq Link
Flac & Mp3 encoding: Max Link
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