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Love Krautrock.... I've got tonnes of this music ranging from the easy to get to the ridiculously obscure..... love it.💪 I agree about Faust too.

Hi Jonas, some lovely records shown - I would recommend the Tarot record by Walter Wegmuller (Cosmic Couriers). Also the other Faust and Neu records, and I'm still looking for the Electric Sandwich LP which is so hard to find or afford. Cheers, Paul

At last! A krautrock list that features Frumpy!!!

Eloy and Jane are awesome German prog bands Cosmic jokers cluster and Harmonia I love everything you showed

Fantastic video. You have shown most of the main bands in my view but as we know there were so many great bands in Germany in the 70s. My challenge with Krautrock is often as you explain the wide scope it covers. I am more of a progrock / hardrock guy and there are wonderful bands who tick this box. Many 1 album band as well. Sure you know Long Hair label. I can only recommend them as they did a fantastic job to re issue these hard to find gems (I.e Gomorrha, Ainigma, gift, et cetera, … and you name them). Btw it is the second time I hear you speaking about Scorpions. I understand your point but I love so much their second album’ fly to the rainbow, that I had to make the point 😅 Thanks for this great video

Very cool video and collection! My recomendations would be: Klaus Schulze (Irlicht, Cyborg and later ones from the 70s), Cluster, Harmonia, La Dusseldorf, Cosmic Jokers, Conrad Schnitzler, Deuter (first two albums).

Great collection! Krautrock has become a focus for me the past couple of years. It's a hard genre to collect originals and early pressings so I commend you. I'm thankful that a lot of these have been reissued recently which has helped me add some of these into my collection. I did a flip style video of my collection recently. There's still so much more to find as I'm sure you know. Take care.

Fantastic picks. I also enjoy Annexus Quam, Brainticket's "Celestial Ocean", Nektar, Ashra's "New Age of Earth" and Dom's "Edge of Time" 😊

I only grew to love Zeit when I had to write some sleeve notes for it - it's their first masterpiece

Nice collection! Also really good stuff: Embryo, Grobschnitt, Jane and Novalis!

Small correction: Klaus Schulze was not the main man behind Tangerine Dream at all ;) Awesome channel, keep it up! :)

Those first two NEU! Records were reissued within the past few years, I believe and shouldn’t be too difficult to find. As good as the third album is, the first two are fantastic. The first one is definitely in my top 100 list! Great video, as always.

Michael Rother’s Flammende Herzen needs to be on the list ;)

We've had a similar journey as far as acquiring the same records. Several favorites here, I think Ash Ra Tempel's debut really grabbed my attention to pick up more from the scene in the last couple years. Love the classical transition on that Popul Vuh, really beautiful. Zeit is my fave by Tangerine Dream. You can get wrapped up in those worlds every time. I think Silberbart is a must when it comes to the heavier side. Dies Irae record could also be essential for the track "Trip" alone. Gomorrha's "Trauma" was the last one I streamed. Still huntin' at the very least a reissue.

Wow! Liked your video and how you talked about Krautrock. Love your channel! My recommendations would be: A.R. & Machines - Die Grüne Reise (The Green Journey) for me one of the best Krautrock records, it's like a symphony. And Pacific Sound - Forget Your Dream! since I'm from Switzerland. You can count this as Krautrock. I would also recommend Krokodil or Brainticket from Switzerland. Thanks for your video and your recommendations!

Nice collection 😊. I don’t have the Necronomicom album but I remember it because my friend at school had a German student over on an exchange arrangement and he bought that album over and I always wanted him to play that. On the Michael Rother side Harmonia are very good as are Cluster. Klaus Dinger went on to form La Düsseldorf and they made some good albums.

One of my favorite Krautrock records if not my favorite of the whole genre is Embryo’s “Steig Aus” perfect album! Have you heard it before??

Great selection! Can Tago Mago is perhaps ( not only for me personally ) the most important Krautrock record ever, Ege Bamyasi is important too. Amon Düul Yeti is great too, although I rate Phallus Dei higher, Psychedelic Underground I also like. Hoelderlins Traum is a Masterpiece, the same with Emtidi Saat, better then their very rare other album on Thorofon that is superhard to find even here in Germany. If you like this kind of trippy Acid Folk-Psych like Hoelderlins Traum or Emtidi I can recommend you the "Henrich & Hochstetter" LP on Philipps from 1971, totally underrated. There are two Ash ra Temple LP´s that I personally prefer over their debut: "Schwingungen" & "Starring Rosie". Kraftwerk, I only like their first 2 LP´s + the Pre Kraftwerk Tone Float record + the Ibliss-Supernova, where Kraftwerk Members were involved. Their other albums are definitely important but not my cup of coffee. Frumpy All will be changed (by the way I have three Philipps first press copys with the Plastic Gimmick cover, perhaps I can let one go) is not exactly what I call a typical Krautrock Group, like Atlantis too for example. For me Frumpy and Inga are tryin a little too hard to imitate Janis Joplin or Big Brother & the Holding Co or similar US Groups, but without reach their level, but the Chameleon Coverart is iconic. I prefer the first Karthago LP or the Creative Sound-Gorilla LP on Green Brain over Frumpy each day, perhaps a Band like Emergency too. Guru Guru were a fantastic Band and I like nearly all there first LP´s, same with Embryo: Embryos Rache & Steig Aus are two of my all time favorites. Brainticket (OK they were a swiss / Italian Band but you can call them to the Krautrock-Scene, like Krokodil, Shiver, Duffy or TOAD that were also Swiss Bands) were fantastic and supertrippy too, Psychonaut is a crazy LP, Cottonwoodhill too. Generally there were so many great Bands in Germany with fantastic records, sometimes only one. Others I like are: Electric Sandwich, Gomorrah, Gift (their debut LP on Telefunken is awesome), Tomorrows Gift, the first 2 Wallenstein LP´s, Ruphus Zuphall, Virus, Dis Irae, Out of Focus, OS Mundi, Niagara, Joy Unlimited, Et Cetera, Dauner Group-Rischka´s Soul, Kühn Brothers and the Mad Rockers, McChurch Soundroom, 2066 and Then, Jeronimo and so on and so on. There are too many.

i have been collecting krautrock since 1979. there was a store in vancouver canada " black swan " i spent sooo much there i got my OG copy of frumpy for 30 $ good times. cheers!

Thank you for showing your albums! Here is one which I think you will like: McChurch Soundroom Delusion. Thank you once again. Klaus from Texas

All those wonderful records that I can’t afford - or in many cases can’t even find!

I recommend Annexus Quam-Ozmose Embryo-Embryo's Eache Ash Ra Tempel-Join Inn Thirsty Moon-S/T Guru Guru -Hinten

Great show Nice collection.

I would suggest to add to your collection: Annexus Quam, Ibliss, Electric Sandwich, Eiliff, Bröselmaschine, Virus, Lily, Wind, Alcatraz, Kollektiv, Os Mundi and many more ...

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Nice collection, maybe you are missing Eloy,Lava,Gift,Epsilon,Orange Peel,Epitaph,Out Of Focus,Jeronimo,Toad,Atlantis,Eela Craig,Nektar,Cornucopia,Nosferatu,Rufus Zuphall,Gäa,Ikarus,Paternoster,Wind,Weed... I also like the krautrock scene from the 70s.

Solid collection ! Well done.

Check out Nine Days Wonder, a jazzy mix of Zappa, King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Soft Machine and others.

Jonas killer Krautrock collection man I’m still after Message Book in Dreams it so so expense and the prices today are so overpriced another great one you showed was Ashra Temple one I definitely need love your collection Jonas great stuff.

Yeeeeeeeeees! I love sourkraut! Bästa landet för underskattad prog/kraut/heavy/70talshårdrock. Bäst!

Great choices! Masterpieces most of them, very close to my own personal preferences. I agree about Tago Mago, Zeit, ART's first, Kanguru, Yeti, Holderlin's Traum etc. being the most important releases from these legendary bands... Other important albums: Irrlicht , Timewind, Mirage ( K. Schulze), Cluster '71, Kraan ( first ), In the Garden of Pharaohs ( Popol Vuh), Broselmaschine, Cosmic Jokers ( first), Inventions for Electric guitar (Manuel Gottsching), Ypsilon in Malaysian pale ( Edgar Froese), Full Horn ( Cornucopia), Edge of Time ( Dom), Deluxe ( Harmonia)...

Amazing collection! How do you feel about Novalis or Jane? My dad asked that I find a couple of their albums for him. My dad got back into vinyl before I did. I bought the Novalis “Sommerabend”. I like the original Brain label. I like Amon Düül II a lot, but I only have Hijack on vinyl. I would love to get Yeti. You know, these albums are beyond rare in the states. I found “Hijack” in a store, but I think I would have to get online to get their other albums. Even a reissue of “Yeti” is very expensive though. I saw they sold a reissue on Bandcamp. I subscribed to their page in chance if they ever release another one. Brilliant video, thanks again!

Great list! While TEE is my favorite Kraftwerk album you really cannot go wrong with any from Autobahn to Computer World in my opinion. I would add The Cosmic Jokers and Viva by La Dusseldorf to my list, fantastic stuff.

Excellent video thanks for sharing! I picked up Gila Free Electric Sound a while back and really enjoy it I’ll have to check out Wounded Knee Love that Kanguru record 🔥 I have UFO but like Kanguru more and haven’t seen an affordable copy Take care ☮️

Wow, yuur selection of Kraut Rock recoords is great, I just have a couple bands from your list, but many of records from your list are on my wish list. Interesting thing is about Zeitt, that record is in my collection since 1976 becouse of my late cousin who lived in Germany, he gave to me back then. Cheers!!!

Love the video!! I am yet to move past Can / Kraftwerk and maybe Neu.. but maybe I will have to in the future..

Hello again. I like this genre too. For me it started with the german man Woolfie who had a recordshop In Stockholm. I buyed Ash Ra Temple first and Nektar. Never heard Message 2 and Hölderlins traum shall try them... Keep on.....

Can-tago mago is great, perhaps ahead of its time!? I have it on CD

That´s a genera I still need to go through more deeply, Jonas. A big hug, Nelio.

You should check out Thomas Dinger - Für mich f you've missed it. Fantastic motorik-driven instrumental album by what i think is Klaus Dingers brother

I have necronomicon,guru guru,ash ra temple,and amon duul 2 on CD

Hi! I enjoyed this as have been into Krautrock since 1972, when one of the first albums I heard was the first Faust album, along with Amon Düül II (Dance of the Lemmings) and the great Dutch band Earth and Fire album 'Song of the Marching Children' ... anyway I don't think anyone has mentioned Kraan and the 'Andy Nogger' and 'Live' album! Also check out Grobschnitt first album and 'Solar Musick Live' and I also enjoy Floh De Cologne 'Profitgeier'!

I'm fortunate in that I live a short train ride away from the famous Ultima Thule Records in Leicester, England. Run by the Freeman brothers authors of "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" possibly the definitive inventory / encyclopedia on Krautrock and Kosmiche music which turned me into this scene big time. Once you start digging in this field there are some other lesser known gems to be discovered: bands like Code III, Brave New World, Dennis, Cluster, Emtidi and others made fantastic albums that stretched the musical vocabulary. Krautrock bought into being whole new genres and forging new directions for music to expand into.

Cosmic Jokers 1 Cosmic Couriers Cluster Faust the Faust Tapes Amon Duul 2 wolf city & Pyrogynyy x Nektar recycle Kingdom come journey Xhol caravan Khan space shanty

In the message album,I can hear some nektar influences

Try Silberbart, amazing album

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‘Klaus Schulze was the main man behind TD’ in some parallel universe - he was in the band for 10 months tops and wasn’t even a founding member. Superb composer nevertheless. RIP Klaus

Have a lot of Krautrock in my collection too and have some strong opinion about Faust. My two favorite bands are Can and Faust. But, I am in agreement that their first record while iconic, because of the cover, I find it my least favorite record and prefer the studio side vs. the live side. I really LOVE Faust Tapes, So Far, and IV.

All great picks, no doubt. A local shop got a kraut rock collection of around 800 lps last year. Insane stuff and in the main original copies. I limited my buys, only got 18 Lps and didn't look through the collection again. My pal didn't show the same restraint and has bought around a 100 lps over a year period. I kick myself now for not doing the same when I look at what he's got (Organisation Tone Float, Frumpy 1st UK og, first two Guru Guru's and so many more classics). I really need to get Saat, what a great lp. Cheers Nigel

2066 and then was a great band

Hi Jonas its a easy way to collect some krautrockish Album when you dig via reissue Labels for this Genre i want to introduce you to the garden of delights label. This one Release some of the most interesting Acts of these field.they do publishing these Kind of music wich were ahead this Time. At there existince there were poor sellings of their stuff And many remained unknown but a small circle of people knew about them and they become collectors items.some i will mention now are released on vinyl via garden of delights.as there is: Xhol caravan -electrip from1972. Vita nova selftitled from 1971 Virus - thoughts Sub' concert from 1970 Lightshine feeling 1976 Kalacakra - crawling to.lhasa 1972 Joy unlimited-schmetterlinge 1971 Gäa-.Auf der Bahn.zum Uranus 1974 Faithful breath- fading beauty 1973 Epidaurus'earthy paradise. 1977 Embryo-.father son.and holy ghost 1972 Ejwuusl.wessahqqan selftitled 1972 Drum circus magic theatre 1971 Ardo dombec selftitled 1971 Ax genrich highdelberg so i wish you a good challenge bye Bodo.

I have scorpions-lonesome crow on CD

I have Faust on cd

Neu!, Ashra Tempel, Kraftwerk (first album). Mythos,

Cluster…..

Cool, there is a modern Krautrock band called Electric Orange who are good. Also an old Krautrock band from about 1970 called Shizofrenia the album is called A Taste Of Blues who sound a lot like Can.

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