POPOL VUH Affenstunde LP LIBERTY RECORDS 1970 GER orig+foc LBS 83460 I
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POPOL VUH
Experimental band craft mind-expanding ambient Moog pieces supported by tribal percussion that mimicked Indian ragas.
Of the many now-legendary artists to emerge from the Krautrock movement, few anticipated the rise of modern electronic music with the same prescience as Popol Vuh -- the first German band to employ a Moog synthesizer, their work not only anticipated the emergence of ambient, but also proved pioneering in its absorption of worldbeat textures.
"AFFENSTUNDE"
Produced by Bettina Fricke and Gerhard Augustin
1970 LP LIBERTY RECORDS STEREO LBS 83 460 I
MADE IN GERMANY ORIGINAL PRESSING
UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
NOTES: First issue (THIS ONE) with "Liberty / UA GmbH, München" printed in label rim text.
Later issues have "United Artists Records GmbH München" printed in label rim text.
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LABEL: LIBERTY - BLACK /RAINBOW LABEL - SILVER TEXT (White on rim)
Catalog on cover: (spine& rear) LBS 83 460 I
Catalog on labels: LBS 83 460 I (LBS 83 460 A) /LBS 83 460 I (LBL 83 460 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): C 83460 A-2 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): C 83460 B-1 Made in Germany
On labels: rim text reads "Urheber.......Liberty /UA GMBH, Munchen."
All songs composed and arranged by Popol Vuh
Produced by Bettina Fricke & Gerhard Augustin
rECORDED AT bAVARIA mUSIC sTUDIO IN mUNICH
Rights Society: GEMA (boxed)
On Inside Right Panel: Tracklist & Credits
On Back Cover: Liberty /UA GMBH.......Printed in Germany by C. v. d. Linnepe, Ludenscheid
tracklisting
Side A: ICH MACHE EINEN SPIEGEL 1) DREAM PART 4 2) DREAM PART 5 3) DREAM PART 49
Side B: AFFENSTUNDE
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Affenstunde is the debut recording by composer and multi-instrumentalist Florian Fricke's Popol Vuh, named for the sacred Mayan text. It was issued on the Liberty label in Germany in 1970 and has been in print, off and on, in Europe, Japan, and even in the United States sporadically since that time. For those completely dislocated by Tangerine Dream's early experiments in sonic terror and dynamics, Affenstunde is somehow akin yet very different. Fricke's synthesizers are more interested in pulse and circularity, not utter dislocation and shock. The music here all seems of a piece, despite the different selection titles and the single percussion piece on the set, "Dream, Pt. 5" -- primitive hand drums run through the middle of the mix. Other than this selection, the entire album would have made a fantastic soundtrack for Andrei Tarkovsky's film Solaris. The sheer momentum of the title cut, which closes the album and integrates spacious electronic soundscapes, ever deepening tonalities, found taped choral vocals whispering in the background, and percussion is one of the most provocative pieces to come from the Krautrock generation. This is an auspicious debut, which holds up wonderfully in the 21st century...(AllMusic)
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