COSMIC ACID KRAUTROCK KLUSTER "TWO EASTER EGGS" Prog Psych 1970 RARITY LP
$
36
$ 36
Sold For
Aug 15, 2021
Sold Date
Aug 12, 2021
Start Date
7
Number Of Bids
USA
Country Of Seller
eBay
Auctioned at
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING: Please read the entire auction listing, including shipping costs, before writing to ask a question. OUR GOAL IS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. In order to meet that goal, we will ALWAYS work with our customers on any concerns that may arise. Because of that dedication, there should be no need to open a resolution dispute before working with us. Please keep in mind, we would prefer to continue to provide you the opportunity to acquire the rare music we present each and every week. Payment is required within seven days. We mail all paid items ONE WEEK after auctions end. Our listings are time consuming in detail and we are often traveling to find these gems, which at times delays the delivery schedule by a day or two. We ALWAYS process and ship every paid order. We have no control over parcels once they are mailed from our local Post Office. Overseas mail to some countries (Italy, Russia, France, in particular) has become very slow. Opening a dispute for slow mail is unacceptable. We work hard to provide excellent service as is represented by our well over 18,000 positive feedback. We use an ultrasonic KLAudio machine and thoroughly clean all records. Each order is carefully packaged by removing the LP from the jacket to avoid seam splits, use of 3 ml plastic cover sleeves over each LP and jacket, cardboard pad inserts, and placed in sturdy record mailers for safe delivery. We take Customer Service seriously, and want you to be satisfied. Please give us 5 stars in each category through the feedback system, and we will be able to effectively continue to fulfill your passion for rare and collectible music! We have served thousands of satisfied customers - far more than our feedback records indicate - and our aim is to continue to do so. Thank you for your interest and support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHIPPING: USA ~ 1 LP = $4.00 Media Priority rates vary by area; please inquire. All Canadian and Overseas shipping ~ Please inquire about rates. Priority shipping rates required on any order $200+ ~ Also, in the best interest of all of us, safe Express shipping rates on any order totaling $400+
Note to International buyers: If you are unable to bid on our auctions, send us an e-mail and we will try to fix your problem. WE DO NOT USE EBAY's GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM. Be certain that your Customs forms are processed by us and your package will be postmarked and mailed at our local Post Office. Discount shipping on multiple LPs in same order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.
- ORIGINAL COSMIC - ACID as RECORDED in 1970
..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- KLUSTER
- "ZWEI OSTEREI"
- ["Two Easter Eggs"]
- ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- GERMANY ~ SCHWANN Records - AMS512
- Long-time-GONE
- ...With a fabulously rare initial 1970 vinyl pressing of just 300 releases, due to an ever-growing desire of fans, the Kluster group issued another pressing in small quantity approx 40+ years ago, find it is very difficult. The other pressing will set you back just under $2000. Then of course the CD and another reissue followed.
- This "Schwann" master-tapes 40+ years ago album, we are offering, has a unique group designed cover which you will find no-where else.
- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
- Zwei-Osterei (Two Easter Eggs), opens to a quiet eastern drone, it lacks the sheer uptempo verve of the first volume Klopfzeichen but slowing down a bit allows it to scrape gentler heights of transcendence. On "Part One" the baritone spoken narrative of Manfred Paethe on death and resurrection edges towards schlock horror-cliche. But the industrial junkyard ambience of "Part Two" showcases Kluster's mutated take on the small scale intimacy of chamber music. Stark, clanking sound events jostle with alarm clocks that erupt into banshee-like wails of visceral timbre. Today, you might casually filed this under 'Industrial' or 'Illbient'. Back then, it was music so alien that no one had a name for it (a concert poster of the time brackets Kluster as a 'progressive pop group'
"Zwei Osterei" is the second part of a recording session which took place on a single day in November 1970. Klopfzeichen is the first part. Yet the uncompromising ("TWO EASTER EGGS") surpasses the earlier Klopfzeichen album by some distance in terms of its harsh noisiness and near brutal sonic attacks.
Everything that was left of the revolutionary verve of the late 1960s seems to have been distilled into this music with a burning glass: aesthetic destruction to liberate the mind and ears for utopian designs; the definitive coalescence of art and pop-music into something completely new; unbridled musical freedom, coupled with a love of noise. "Zwei Osterei" is all of this. How unsettling Klusters music must have been for the professional avant-garde of the period (music journalists, critics etc.). Kluster turned pretty much everything associated with so-called progressive pop-rock music on its head. No song structure, no rhythm, little more than muffled pulsation. No heroic poses, no transfigured gestures on stage. This attitude, or rather anti-attitude is particularly in evidence on track two of Zwei Osterei. Still no electronic instruments, just guitar, drums and non-musical sonic sources as Kluster unleash a sound spectacle which anticipates the industrial artists who emerged some years later. Conny Plank played a pivotal role as sound engineer with the relatively limited studio equipment available to him. His meticulous reading of the bands intentions led to the creation of pure, electroacoustic music -- loud, violent, real-time improvisation. Shrill feedback, tape echo loops and layers of sonic cascades dominate this section of the album. This was no longer psychedelic, nor "progressive." It was more like sonic warfare, waged against all musical categories and conventions. Many a listener posed the rather helpless question "What is that supposed to be??... art? Music? A happening?" According to statements made by the band, none of the above. It was simply Kluster. A lofty claim which Zwei Osterei fulfills one hundred percent. Translated, the statement is nothing more nor less than a challenge to ignore the accumulated theory of art and music, with all the risks and side effects this entails. Back in 1970, Kluster could not have known that they were setting in motion a process which would endure until the present day. But they no doubt hoped as much.
- 1.
- Electric Music Und Text (22:50)
-
2. - Kluster 4 (22:09)
-
CONDITION: - The cover: rated: M- the very fragikle 40+ years of age cover is in TOP shape, NO issues, flat & suare has 4 sharp corners... unique cover design to this issue only, hard to find. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY, looks - and plays smooth and clean everywhere ! both German "Schwann" labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
................................................
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee!
BEFORE BIDDING: IF you have a problem PLEASE agree in letting us solve an issue
for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! ................................................ GRADING SYSTEM:
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
price rating
