HALLO 3 LP rare HEAVY KRAUTROCK PROG FUZZ PSYCH LP HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

"HALLO NO. 3"

Early 70's compilation on the German AMIGA label, STEREO 855 333

Cover:  NEAR MINT

FOLDOUT POSTER INSERT INCLUDED

Vinyl:  SUPER CLEAN, plays EXCELLENT

There've been a dozen or so of these HALLO compilations put out, and each one features a sampling of rare stuff from Germany circa late 60's early 70's.  As such, there's often a weird juxtaposition of styles, much like Germany itself, so you might find some beerbarrel polka rubbing shoulders with one of the most incredible cosmic Blue Cheer freakouts you've never even thought existed.  It's kinda like crate digging, you never know what you're gonna find.  Fortunately, I've done some of the digging for you, and, although it's just my opinion, HALLO 3 would appear to be one of the best volumes in this series.  That's because it's got an absolute MONSTER fuzzed-out Valkyrie cry by Die Pudhys called "Turen Offnen Sich Zur Stadt," which means something about opening doors in the city, if you trust my rusty German.  With its cool ascending fuzz riff, rat-a-tat Uzi drums and big  Wagnerian chorale backing vocals, it's what Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" might've sounded like if  Robert Plant had been born a REAL mountain person somewhere in the foothills of Bavaria.  If that's still not enough to sell ya on this puppy, there's also the fuzzed-out moody Satanic prog spooker "Nicht Eine Stunde" by Studio 66, and a little ripoff of Smiley Lewis (via Dave Edmunds) "I Hear You Knockin'" from a band called the TBA Combo.  But maybe, must maybe, even bigger than the Wagnerian Valkyrie calls of Die Pudhys, is the ripping-fuzz crunching-bass stone-cold mind-blowing BEAST called "Stapellauf" by the Joco Dev Sextett, which would be like the royal flush in this Teutonic poker round.  Phased within inches of its life, it's a synapse-shredding mystical color wheel of sound, made even better by the freakish spoken-word coda over the organ riff from Pink Floyd's "Careful With That Axe Eugene."  Now those are just FOUR of the eight songs on HALLO 3, so you may find some favorites of your own elsewhere.  But based on those two monsters alone, this is a can't miss sampling of the incredible heavy prog psych nuggets that still lie buried in the land of Oktoberfest.  Someone has clearly spiked the Jagermeister.

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