LP RUFUS ZUPHALL Phallobst (Re) LONG HAIR MUSIC 000147 - STILL SEALED

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LP RUFUS ZUPHALL Phallobst (Re) LONG HAIR MUSIC 000147 - STILL SEALED

LP   RUFUS ZUPHALL

Phallobst

Country of release: Germany, 2015

Original released: 1971

Label: Long Hair Music

Catalogue Number:   LHC 000147

Barcode: 4035177001471

Gatefold / Gatefold Sleeve: Yes / Yes

Includes insert

 Condition Record: MINT

Condition cover: MINT

  LP is still sealed / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo from my own LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

Tracks Side 1:

In the same year as "The devil knows," appeared on the Pilz label BASF the second and for a long time last album of Rufus Zuphall. "Phallobst" was somewhat hasty in just a few days in June 1971 recorded in Dieter Dierks Studio. So very happy the band with the end result was not revealed. Discussions with producers, management and the record company should also characterize the more short history of the group. On a single release you could, for example, not a few. As a result, was the promotion of "Phallobst" by the record company nil. In summer 1972 the German Jethro Tull broke - as they had been dubbed by some critics - on.
A certain tonal relationship to the British band to Ian Anderson is certainly given to "Phallobst". Always then when flutist Klaus Gülden plays in the foreground and the band rocks to bluesy this association is unlikely to be avoided. However, Rufus Zuphall yet remain independent enough to clearly stand out from the British colleagues, affects their music but simple and delicate than that of Tull's (also is by no means always geflötet). The occasional, very pleasant and hard accent singing burdened by Günter Krause (it is sung only in English - the pieces with German titles are instrumental numbers) gives the music also a very unique character.
A bluesy-folky rock playing Rufus Zuphall as I said, dominated by the double occupy guitars (electrically amplified or acoustic). For this, the rhythm section, the flute and the vocals come (more than half of the pieces comes from but without vocals). From time to time - in "Portland Town" and "I'm On My Way" for example - is also a Mellotron honor, which apparently standing around in Dieter Dierks Studio. Earthy and bluesy, folky pastoral, and also slightly jazzy, the band from Aachen rocks by the eight numbers. Especially herbaceous or bumpy what is offered is not, could be the country of origin of the musicians also quite imagine across the Channel.
"Phallobst" is a pretty varied album, which impressively produced and performed with virtuosity quite fun. But the disc is characterized not necessarily by exuberant originality or excessive ingenuity. A very attractive, contemporary and only moderately progressive hardware / folk / blues rock is offered here, which is nice to listen to, but at the same time does not leave too deep impression. (Babyblaue-seiten.de)

I have Played my copy (in original!) Of this album enough times and loved it to say indeed it is a masterpiece, in absolutely original Work That Combines Westcoast styled psychedelia with flute and guitar driven progressive rock and folksy passages here and there, with tremendous energy and enthusiasm from the whole group.Rufus Zuphall are Often Referred to as "the German Jethro Tull" Not only is this gravely unfair to Rufus Zuphall, so it is the wrong comparison for Jethro Tull as the flute is GeneRally much quieter and I can not hear too many Tull similarities on this album.There is more guitar / dual leads here than there are flute solos and flute riffs, thus marking a difference.The album is Songs of two different types: there are half instrumentals with titles in German and half vocal tracks with titles in English.The voice is quiet, almost a whisper, dark sounding, and very Germanic.This album is full of olde German and olde English dark and mystical vibes juxtaposed with healthy doses of humor and energy.It is more psychedelic than progressive, with a rough edge and some phasing effects on the flute here and there. I like this much more than the Spanish group Pan And Regaliz who sing in very broken English and are really just a Tull cast off. Tull are so great indeed emulating them and Their unique sound is potentially fatal. Rufus Zuphall may havebeen Influenced by Tull, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fairport Convention, and someother bands, but never do they copy or imitate. In fact, I would have to say this is one of the most original albums I've heard of late and did it alone makes refreshing. When I am bored and I put this on it elevates me and makes me feel better. Music is supposed to bring your spirits up, not make you miserable, right! It's hard to choose a favorite track here, I actually would not be able to pick only one track. The record opens brilliantly with "Closing Time-" a fast paced jazzy rocker, and then it moves into two driving / atmospheric instrumentals before a very different slow vocal number "Wasteland." These guys are way, way better than Parzival, Perhaps more than folk and krautrock THEREFORE more interesting. In 1971 a lot what happening, and this album is full of the excitement being generated then by bands who cared only about Producing great music and not making a lot of money. Phallobst bombed, but since it is on the collectable mushroom label has been a lot of praise Given alongwith Their first album Which I have not heard. So, I say this is a Masterpiece of progressive music? I am, but I am so stretching the term "progressive" to mean simply "innovative." The songs are not long, there are not a ton of time changes, not a lot of polish, but this is psych into progressive era circa Germany 1971 at its best, and a complete and total gem all the way through. (bristolstc / progarchives.com)

Günter Krause - Guitars, Mellotron, Vocals
Thomas Kittel - Guitars, Clavinet
Manfred Spangenberg - Bass
Klaus Gülden - Flute
Udo Dahmen - Drums, Percussion

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