XHOL MOTHERFUCKERS '72 Prog Space SOFT MACHINE Psych
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OUTER SPACE SOFT MACHINE JAMMIN' KRAUT-PSYCH-ROCK
FROM THE UNDERGROUND
XHOL
Motherfuckers GMBH & CO.
SPAIN - Wah Wah/OHR - LPS 054
Beautifully MINT 2ndpress on the highly sought Spanish produced OHR label... The German underground band had released a 1971 album on the OHR label titled 'Hau-Ruk' ... before that another two or three Lp's (now prized collectibles) under the name "Xhol Caravan"...
HOWEVER:
Xhol's last studio release is certainly the one with the highest portion of Krautrock atmosphere by them and a highly experimental one. Actually three of the six tracks on here consist mainly of acid-underground progressive sound experiments whereas the other three depict really brilliant jammin' jazz-rock done in the best tradition of Canterbury bands. At the onset they released some albums by their original name, XHOL CARAVAN, but soon dropped the part 'Caravan' from their name to avoid confusion with the well-known (Caravan)band. It's worth mentioning that the material presented here had been recorded in 1970 which is shown by the label "2 years old" on the cover, being originally first released in 1972. Taking this fact into account this band certainly has to be considered as one of the most inventive and adventurous ones of those days.
The album starts quite oddly with tuning of a radio dial and getting interferences, bits of announcements and excerpts from some soul/blues songs (all of them from their fantastic 1st LP, Soul Caravan ). The last one reminding slightly to SOFT MACHINE leads over to "Leistungsprinzip" which is basically jazz-rock in Canterbury vein with organ, playful sax, droning bass and drums. Next one "Orgelsolo" is exactly what it's titled that is a quite extended spacey and "kosmische" weird solo on organ. Last song on side one of the vinyl "Side One First Day" is a rather up-tempo jammin' piece of jazz-rock with organ, flute, bass and drums. Second side starts with the next sound experiment "Grille" which is actually just the recorded sound of a cricket with some descrete flute and percussion in the back. The rest of the record is occupied by the long jammin' piece "Love Potion 25" which is actually a jazz-rocking rendition of a song the STONES and other garage bands did in the early sixties British Invasion. Having plenty of slightly psychedelic organ sound and great sax playing in its middle part and quite a fiery and rocking finish, this song is another album highlight and offers a kind of final reward for listening to this admittedly strangely fantastic album.
This oddly named album is certainly not suitable for every Prog fan and might be considered as aquired taste, at least in its experimental parts -- highly recommend it to any fan of Krautrock and adventurous music (early Soft Machine, etc).
- Skip van Wyk / drums
- Tim Belbe / saxophone
- Klaus Briest / bass
- Öcki / keyboards
1. Radio (2:30)
2. Leistungsprinzig (1:30)
3. Orgelsolo (9:26)
4. Side 1 first day (7:05)
5. Grille (6:58)
6. Love Potion 25 (13:11)
CONDITION: The cover is crisp and clean, MINT
The vinyl is all glossy clean, MINT
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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