FLOH DE COLOGNE - FLIESSBANDBABYS 1st Press OHR 1970 EX KRAUTROCK ASH RA TEMPEL

	£		62
	$		82

FLOH DE COLOGNE -
FLIESSBANDBABYS
 OHR  OMM 56 000
1st DE 1970
 Machined 1st Press matrices 

An ultra rare Psych/Kraut masterpiece from Floh De Cologne. Rarely seen these days, in this barely played condition. Surely a major investment piece! Keyboard driven garage rock seamlessly blends with funny German skits to create an irreverent counter-hegemonic assault on the twin evils of residual Nazism and American cultural imperialism.  Highly original!



Floh de Cologne were formed in 1966 as a political and anarchic collective of students from the University of Cologne. The group is composed by Gerd Wollschon (voices, keyboards), Markus Schmidt (violin, bass), Hans-Jorg "Hansi" Frank (drums & keyboards) and Britta Baltruschat (voices). They recorded their first album "Vietnam" (Pläne) in 1968. This is their second album and again is very much in the same vein. The famous and controversial Rolf Ulrich Kaiser (OHR) produced their following albums, the classic "Rockoper Profitgeier" (1971) and "Lucky Streik" (1972). All albums contain provocative and humorous sketches about political and social facts. Musically their style can be considered as a mixture between krautrock, avant-folk, sound experimentations, free rock and narratives. Recorded in 1973, "Geier Symphonie" punctuates Floh de Cologne's original style to demonstrative, semi theatrical and symphonic rock attacks. 





 This is a very sought after original AND IN MY OPINION RAREST EVER GERMAN press! These were only put on a very limited amount of issues of this pressing!  Please note! This vinyl is up there with the very best that I have ever heard of this pressing! It is rare enough to find this label variation but to find with very near perfect audio will be very hard to surpass and it has got to be a must for any avid audiophiles or collectors out there!! 



Vinyl: EX. Stunning deep glossy vinyl. This album has not had much play!! A beautiful glossy vinyl with just a few wispy hairlines that are barely visible in normal daylight and really they are more like paper retraction trace lines. This has no effect at all on the stunning audio.  I subjected the record to a detailed listen on my high end system and it sounded great. Lovely channel separation without any distortion or crackle. This vinyl is a beautiful upgrade.  One label has a circular library sticker. Incredibly hard to find as an original in the first place, in this marvellous condition ...?


Gatefold sleeve: EX+.  A beautiful gatefold sleeve from the original printers in Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne. I was not sure whether to surrender this for auction quite yet, but here it goes. The sleeve has no faults whatsoever bar the original library sticker near the bottom corner which could easily be removed, this sleeve being laminated, but I do believe it adds to the 'patina' of its heritage. There is one small corner crease as seen in the picture and there are NO stains, NO tears, NO writing. The edges are sheer perfection and totally unworn. The spine is 100% without any colour loss. The opening is ultra crisp. 



This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.