Frumpy All Will Be Changed Vertigo New Zealand Vinyl Record Kraut Prog Rare LP
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Incredibly rare Vertigo record. There hasn’t been one of these for sale on eBay since 2014, and none on Discogs EVER!
Priced as I have no idea on value. Send offers if you’re interested, my inbox is always open.
A few minor marks but nothing that impacts play. Sounds fantastic! Disc VG, Cover VG, please see images.Line-up: Carsten Bohn, dr/ Jean-Jacques Kravetz, keyb, sax/ Inga Rumpf, voc, gtr/ Karl-Heinz Schott, bsgtr.
Production: Rainer Goltermann.
Cover-design by unknown.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured by unknown.
Recorded at Phonogram Studios, Netherlands.
Track listing A-side: Life Without Pain (Inga Rumpf + R.Coules) 3'45''/ Rosalie Part I (Inga Rumpf) 5'54''/ Otium (Jean-Jeaques Kravetz) 4'23''/ Rosalie Part II (Inga Rumpf) 4'10''/ Indian Rope Man (Ritchie Havens) 3'17''.
Track listing B-side: Morning (Inga Rumpf) 3'20''/ Floating Part I (Inga Rumpf + R.Coules) 7'33''/ Baroque (Jean-Jeaques Kravetz) 7'33''/ Floating Part II (Inga Rumpf + R.Coules) 1'23''.
The Vertigo logo on front is yellow.
Matrix number A-side:
10 AA 6305067 1Y 320
Matrix number B-side:
10 AA 6305067 2Y 320
These are German matrix numbers in a German font, including that country's code, 320. They are machine-stamped.
Rarity scale: R3
First album of this band, that struggles on this release with rather disparate interests and has difficulty to blend them into a meaningful musical unity. The single Life without pain tries to be commercial soul-rock, expertly executed but very predictable. The bluesy ballad Rosalie is monotonous and bleak, but almost saved by the great vocal performance of Rumpf. Otium raises a hectic atmosphere with flashy organ riffs, while the Ritchie Havens cover Indian rope man sounds competent, but not very exciting. Side B is completely different. Morning adds carloads of percussion but fails to swing anyway. Floating is suddenly quite experimental, especially the organ parts, and even incorporates a reasonably palatable drumsolo. Baroque makes use of strongly dissonant progressions at first, but ends on a doubtful beefed-up note. Still a long way to go, the album at least attempts at a sound of its own. There are no electric guitars on the record!
The inventive op-art gimmix sleeve that was fitted over the cover proper (in Germany, that is) has been discarded. Instead, just the gatefold cover survived, which is nice enough in itself and needs no comment. Inside the gatefold the black and white wave-lines are difficult to appreciate without the gimmix outer sleeve.
The lettering nicely evokes a ''reptilian'' impression, very fitting and properly placed too.
Notes: This was released in Germany on Philips (6305 067, which is also the matrix for the NZ issue) in 1970.
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