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Various Artists
In-Kraut 3
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Daisy Clan: Glory Be
2. Ambros Seelos: Hangman's Rope
3. Gene Williams: My Soul Is Black
4. Dieter Zimmermann: Whole Lotta Love
5. Georgees: Butterflies Never Cry
6. The Rainbow Orchestra: La Avispa
7. Inga: The Beat Goes On
8. Heinz Kiessling: Drift
9. Certain Lions & Tigers: Fever
10. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: The World Is Gone
11. Frank & The Top Ten: Beach Bunny
12. Adam & Eve: The Witch
13. Hazy Osterwald Sextet: The Call
14. The German Top Five: The Champ
15. Katja Ebstein: A Hard Day's Night
16. Acid: Hipguard
17. Rolf Kühn: Playmate
18. Memphis Black: That's Me Boy
19. Ingfried Hoffmann: Stroke It
20. Karl Schiller: High

Guten Tag! Willkommen to the third and final installment of The In-Kraut. Once again, the Marina label takes you on a deep trip into the funky musical spheres of 1960s and 1970s Germany -- an undiscovered universe full of ... more »Hammond-heavy grooves, tight big band arrangements and fuzz guitar-enhanced dancefloor nuggets. Dip into a motherlode of 20 rare soul, beat, now sound, mod, jazz & soundtrack gems -- most of them appearing for the first time on CD, finally destined to move the Kraut. The In-Kraut Vol. 3 kickstarts with the incredibly switched-on "Glory Be" by Daisy Clan, a great mod stomper drenched in fuzz guitars and heavy percussion -- masterminded by German music biz legends Joachim Heider and Michael Holm. The party continues with Bavarian groove agent Ambros Seelos, a man who certainly knew how to cook up a groove. Super-fantastisch! This release also naturally features a couple of cool and unique cover versions. Dieter Zimmermann tackles Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" orchestra-style -- adding a whole lotta fresh new twists and turns to the played-to-death rock classic. Inga rocks Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On," and Katja Ebstein delivers a great "druggy" take on The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." Way out. Film music maestro Peter Thomas paints a crazy end-of-the-world scenario with the hilarious "The World Is Gone" and Hammond organ god Ingfried Hoffmann appears with two knock-out groove nuggets: "Stroke It" and the supremely funky "That's Me Boy" by his late '60s outfit Memphis Black. Trombone ace Peter Herbolzheimer strikes with his all-star killer big band Certain Lions & Tigers -- delivering a great, Latin-flavored version of "Fever." Rolf Khn, one of Germany's most distinguished jazz musicians ever, calms us down again with the deliciously chilled-out "Playmate," featuring a great Fender Rhodes part, topped with strings. There's also Georgees' super-rare soundtrack nugget "Butterflies Never Cry," sounding like something taken directly from the score to Barbarella. The German Top Five's take on rare groove classic "The Champ" -- one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history -- is even more funky than the original. The In-Kraut Vol. 3 was assembled by Stefan Kassel and Frank Jastfelder. Three is the magic number. Other artists include: Gene Williams, The Rainbow Orchestra, Heinz Kiessling, Frank & The Top Ten, Adam & Eve, Hazy Osterwald Sextet, Acid and Karl Schiller.

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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: In-Kraut 3
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Marina
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 6/10/2008
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Electronica, Easy Listening, Oldies, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 4047179113922

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Guten Tag! Willkommen to the third and final installment of The In-Kraut. Once again, the Marina label takes you on a deep trip into the funky musical spheres of 1960s and 1970s Germany -- an undiscovered universe full of Hammond-heavy grooves, tight big band arrangements and fuzz guitar-enhanced dancefloor nuggets. Dip into a motherlode of 20 rare soul, beat, now sound, mod, jazz & soundtrack gems -- most of them appearing for the first time on CD, finally destined to move the Kraut. The In-Kraut Vol. 3 kickstarts with the incredibly switched-on "Glory Be" by Daisy Clan, a great mod stomper drenched in fuzz guitars and heavy percussion -- masterminded by German music biz legends Joachim Heider and Michael Holm. The party continues with Bavarian groove agent Ambros Seelos, a man who certainly knew how to cook up a groove. Super-fantastisch! This release also naturally features a couple of cool and unique cover versions. Dieter Zimmermann tackles Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" orchestra-style -- adding a whole lotta fresh new twists and turns to the played-to-death rock classic. Inga rocks Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On," and Katja Ebstein delivers a great "druggy" take on The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." Way out. Film music maestro Peter Thomas paints a crazy end-of-the-world scenario with the hilarious "The World Is Gone" and Hammond organ god Ingfried Hoffmann appears with two knock-out groove nuggets: "Stroke It" and the supremely funky "That's Me Boy" by his late '60s outfit Memphis Black. Trombone ace Peter Herbolzheimer strikes with his all-star killer big band Certain Lions & Tigers -- delivering a great, Latin-flavored version of "Fever." Rolf Khn, one of Germany's most distinguished jazz musicians ever, calms us down again with the deliciously chilled-out "Playmate," featuring a great Fender Rhodes part, topped with strings. There's also Georgees' super-rare soundtrack nugget "Butterflies Never Cry," sounding like something taken directly from the score to Barbarella. The German Top Five's take on rare groove classic "The Champ" -- one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history -- is even more funky than the original. The In-Kraut Vol. 3 was assembled by Stefan Kassel and Frank Jastfelder. Three is the magic number. Other artists include: Gene Williams, The Rainbow Orchestra, Heinz Kiessling, Frank & The Top Ten, Adam & Eve, Hazy Osterwald Sextet, Acid and Karl Schiller.

CD Reviews

The Best For Last

Kurt Harding | Boerne TX | 10/14/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"So the end has come and it seems that Marina Records has saved the best compilation of In-Kraut recordings for last. Those who have heard the complete series can hear the over-weening US influence on German pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. Now I would not agree with the cover blurb hailing these songs as "mindblowing", but there is a lot more to like on this installment than on the previous two. And as with the first two, The In-Kraut Vol 3 comes with an attractive and informative booklet that tells the uninitiated about each of the featured musicians.

Now for the good, the bad, and the just plain execrable.

Out of twenty songs, there are actually ten that I enjoy to some degree. These include Daisy Clan's Glory Be, with its late '60s psych vibe; Hangman's Rope, which has the feel of a Cold Blood/Chicago hybrid; The Rainbow Orchestra's La Avispa which is strongly suggestive of Deodato in his Prelude/Deodato 2 period; an excellent German version of Sonny and Cher's The Beat Goes On that rivals the original; Heinz Kiessling's jazzy Drift; an equally jazzy take on the classic Fever; Frank and the Top Ten's Beach Bunny which evokes Herbie Mann; Adam and Eve's The Witch, featuring a pseudo-Latin beat and good only because of its hilarious deadpan lyrics; the suave jazz of Rolf Kuehn's Playmate; and Ingfried Hoffman's funky horn and organ powered instrumental Stroke It.

The bad include a retch-inducing instrumental cover of Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love; the repetitive shouting in the otherwise decent The Champ; Katja Ebstein's droll third-person cover of A Hard Day's Night; and Karl Schiller's awful stream-of-consciousness "song" High.

The execrable may leave you heaving so make sure your bathroom is unoccupied when you listen. These include My Soul Is Black, which features a cheesy mix of German and English lyrics; Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra's utterly silly and jejune The World Is Gone; Memphis Black's decidedly un-German piece of jivey schlock That's Me Boy; and the stinking piece of rot that qualifies as the worst song on the album, the 5th Dimension-like Butterflies Never Cry. That last piece makes Terry Jacks' Seasons In the Sun sound like a masterpiece of the avant-garde!

Despite uneven quality, the In-Kraut has been a fun series and is a musical window on a world that was soon to change forever with the advent of real German avant-garde recordings we classify today as Krautrock. If you like to experiment with what you listen to, then the In-Kraut series, particularly The In-Kraut Vol. 3 is worth a listen."

In Kraut

DD | NJ | 02/28/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Here in NJ we have a college radio station named,WPRB,out of Princeton,NJ.One day as I was in between plumbing jobs I turned on the radio to WPRB and heard the dj playing various funk from the early 70's.One of the songs was Hipguard by Acid.After some investigating I found this recording on The In Kraut Vol 3.I bought it off of Amazon and play it every so often.Being a musician I love all forms of music as these recordings capture some early 70's grooves."