Xhol Caravan - Electrip - 1969 PSYCH/Krautrock RARE

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Xhol Caravan - Electrip - 1969 PSYCH/Krautrock RARE

Original release from 1973. Cover G with some water damage at bottom as shown in photos. Record EX.

The short lived Xhol Caravan was one of the earliest underground Krautrock groups, and their unique fusion of jazz and rock was a precursor to the direction that Embryo, Out of Focus, Missus Beastly, Thirst Moon, Ikarus, Kraan, Vita Nova, Manju and countless other German groups would take in the 1970s. Formed by saxophonists Tim Belbe and Hansi Fischer, the group started out in 1967 under the name oul Caravan. With a Motown-influenced bassist as well as two African-American vocalists, James Rhodes and Ronny Swinton, the group made competent but conventional R&B and soul music, even doing covers of Sam & Dave. Later that same year they released the record Get In High on CBS. By 1968 after several lineup changes, their sound began to develop into a more distinct blend of psychedelic and progressive rock and free jazz, with a wide range of influences, including Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, Vanilla Fudge, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Albert Ayler and Peter Brotzmann. Eventually the group coalesced with Belbe, Fischer, Rhodes, Klaus Briest on bass, Skip Vanwych on drums, and Ocki Brevern organ. At a performance of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" guitarist Werner Funk joined the group on stage and stayed with them until the next year. Their live shows often consisted of long free-form jams, with a lot of experimentation and improvisation and a heavily drug-influenced vibe. In early 1969 they changed their name to Xhol Caravan to release a single "Planet Earth"/"So Down" on the Hansa label and then later that year, after both Funk and Rhodes had departed, the strange and excellent LP Electrip, one of the earliest Krautrock albums.

As one of the earliest Krautrock albums, Electrip contains high-energy, drug-induced freakouts and acid jams with wailing, electrified sax-riffs; swirling organ tones; an electrified flute; many electronic and other effects; and intense rhythm funk grooves. They also throw in some Zappa-esque humorous touches, like the toilet flush that begins "Electric Fun Fair" and the sped-up vocals at the beginning of "Pop Games," as well as other strange studio effects that suddenly erupt in the music. Whereas the first side is almost entirely instrumental, side two contains the 17-minute "Raise Up High," another extremely wild and drugged-out number with some energetic vocals in English and, at times, even more intense rhythm grooves. Electrip is a classic of early Krautrock, a uniquely German twist that took rock & roll into new realms, and the record was a blueprint for the many German jazz-rock groups that followed, at the same time the music is drenched in a druggy psychedelic vibe that gives it an almost surreal quality. — Rolf Semprebon

Features:

Electric Fun Fair
Pop Games
All Green
Raise Up High
Walla Mashalla

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