"VELVET BIRD" (SAMTVOGEL") Gunter Schickert A.R. & MACHINES Krautock PSYCH PROG
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Nov 13, 2022
Sold Date
Nov 8, 2022
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- 1975 (GREEN BRAIN) ORIGINAL
- ACID GUITAR PROG PSYCH UNDERGROUND
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- Gunter Schickert
- "VELVET BIRD"
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SAMTVOGEL
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- Germany - (green) BRAIN - 1080 (1975)
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- PLAYS CLEAN
- RARE!!!
One of the hardest to find KRAUTROCK albums on the GREEN BRAIN label ...
For those in the know, think echo-plex master guitarist ACHIM REICHEL of the rare/highly sought "A.R. MACHINES" series of KRAUTROCK gems!
sound-on-sound acid guitar "space-rock" navigation's
Musically "Velvet Bird" aka "Samtvogel" provides a supreme sonic musical voyage turned to cycled psychedelic guitar playing with lot of echoes and delay. The first of two Gunter Schikert album's was published in 1975. The album presents an ambitious collection of spacey rock jams featuring a lot of electronic effects and arrangements. This album prefigures "acid" trips of krautrock guitar / minimal electronic explorers like the first classic recordings of ASH RA TEMPEL, and again, Achim Reichel & Machines.
Gunter Schickert is criminally unknown when it comes to the KRAUTROCK underground scene.
Truly is a pioneer when it comes to Achm Reichel echo guitar and is a multi-instrumentalist who in the 60's played Free Jazz before fronting many bands and also playing in concert with Klaus Schulze.
For this his first, and best album, he had only two tape recorders at his disposal so he would play one track and while listening to that he would add a second one, this he would do 4 times. When he mixed it he borrowed a third tape recorder and so added the last track to the master. One can't begin to imagine how frustrating and stressful this must have been because if he wasn't mixing fast enough with changing the tape...for then he had to start all over, until he "got it right" as released on this 1975 fascinating acid underground LP.
The tripped-out guitarist had a small mixer with 2 stereo and 1 mono and was possible to pan tracks. No equalization though and it all came out of his G2000 Dynacord guitar amplifier. AS noted above, If he made a mistake on one track, he had to start all over again.
Some Three months later this gem, "Samtvogel" was born, making the grade to be released on the major (green) BRAIN label some 47 years ago!
To the album:
Up first is the six minute "Apricot Brandy" which has some pretty trippy English lyrics. Gunter never did drugs but he certainly had an imagination. This is a slow paced piece with the focus on the almost spoken lyrics. Things get freaky after 3 minutes.
"Kriegsmaschinen Fahrt Zur Holle" is our favorite tune here.
At 17 minutes this song describes a wish that Gunter had since he was young. That all killing materials such as weapons etc. would take a journey to hell along with the thoughts that stand behind them. This song is very Electronic as it trips along with the odd outburst. Guitar-sounds echo and we get some German recitations around 4 1/2 minutes in.
It all turns louder 5 minutes in and man this is good. More spoken German recitations are added here and there. Everything seems more focused after 9 minutes and the vocals that are added really sound cool. 11 minutes in more sounds are added like earlier. This is catchy but very bizarre. It settles down 16 minutes in to the end.
"Wald" is the final track clocking in at over 21 1/2 minutes. There are no lyrics and Gunter says this song initially was a protest to the increase in vehicles in his city. When he was young growing up in the fifties he could play on the streets without worry of cars but that changed of course. Anyway he changed his idea of this song describing a walk through peaceful landscapes and suddenly is crossed by a huge noisy highway onto a walk through a dark forest with strange creatures crossing his path.
Man this is almost as good as the previous track and sort of similar in sound. It's such a cool trip regardless as sound-on-sound guitar's echo seemingly forever.
If you like the style of A.R. & THE MACHINES with all of those echoing guitar layers then you probably will love this one as well.
- Apricot Brandy (6:06)
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Kriegsmaschinen, Fahrt Zur Hölle (16:58)
- Side II
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Wald (21:35)
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CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: "EX"(excellent) beginnings of laminated peel (usual for early 70's Krautrock albums) However, this copy is far better than found (IF found.) View the photos! The back cover the same and yes should be quite accepted by anyone interested in this rarity!
- Only LIGHT-signs of previous handling, 47 years onward...
- very collectible KRAUTROCK on the green Brain label! ...
- The vinyl: near M- clean totally enjoyable entertaining audio!
- Both German (green Brain) labels are clean
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A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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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!
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