LP2 BOX WALTER WEGMULLER Tarot. Complete

$

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Walter Wegmuller LP2 BOX from 1972 called Tarot.
Label is Kosmische Musik KM 2/58.031.
Quality of item: Vinyl: Mint, Cover: M- (quite some laminations peeling off starting at the corners. This happens with almost all boxes by the way. There is quite some tension in the lamination at the front of the box. I have seen it more. At some temperatures it start peeling of. Please note that this can be an ongoing proces), Inserts: All Complete and Mint.
Great collector item. Boxed. Including all 12 Mint inserts plus Insert with tiny Tarot cards (This last one usually is missing because people played Tarot with them). Listed in the Krautrock top 100 in "The crack in the cosmic egg" by Steve and Alan Freeman. Walter Wegmüller was a well-known figure in the late-60's, as a mystic, artist, and as an eccentric and gifted talent. One of the group of Swiss friends that included Sergius Golowin and H.R. Giger, befriended by Timothy Leary whilst he was stuck in Switzerland in the early-70's. Reputedly, Timothy hatched the idea of a musical interpretation of Walter Wegmüller's new set of Tarot cards, and a concept centred on the trump cards was soon formulated. The band were an expanded amalgam of Wallenstein and Ash Ra Tempel musicians. TAROT is amongst the most remarkable projects in Krautrock, covering the whole range of cosmic music, and aptly elaborately packaged in a box with numerous cards and inserts. The first three sides cover a wide range of moods, with folky touches, strange electronic diversions and fiery space-rock drives, fronted by guitars, synthesizers and Mellotron. The fourth side is encompassed by a single suite that surges beyond Ash Ra Tempel, previewing the sound of The Cosmic Jokers. Throughout, Walter is our guide, narrating in a most imaginative manner his visions of the Tarot, in a weirdly accented German. At one of the Tarot sessions, Ash Ra Tempel's JOIN INN was also recorded, whilst the dynamic trio were waiting for the rest of the musicians to turn up! Walter Wegmüller (voice), Jerry Berkers (bass), Jürgen Dollase (keyboards), Hartmut Enke (bass), Manuel Göttsching (guitar), Harald Grosskopf (drums), Klaus Schulze (drums, electronics), Walter Westrupp (winds), + Dieter Dierks (choir), Rosi Müller (choir)

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