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Artist:
COSMIC JOKERS
Title:
Galactic Supermarket
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14292
This wasn't released under the Cosmic Jokers mantle originally when issued under the old Cosmic Couriers imprint 1975, but it is Manuel Gottsching, Dieter Dierks, Jurgen Dollase, Harald Grosskopf & Klaus Schulze, again pursuing excellent, wigged, psychedelic space jamming sectors. 2 side-long tracks, as recommended as the above. One of those albums that has sounded better & better every time I've played it -- for 10 years or more.
Artist:
COSMIC JOKERS
Title:
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14293
The Cosmic Jokers were a German space/electronic/psych supergroup, who recorded for the legendary Cosmic Couriers label in the mid 70s. The line up was Ash Ra Tempel's Manuel Gottsching, Wallenstein's Harald Grosskopf & Jurgen Dollase, Klaus Schulze and scene engineer/sideman Dieter Dierks. This CD was their debut from 1974, and it's a pretty spectacular surge into 70s drugged byways, Gottsching's trademark acid guitar on top of instrumental waves of analog synth gurgling and spaced out electronic effects. Until recently this stuff was largely unknown and way underrated, at least in American circles. All 5 Cosmic Jokers CDs come in pleasing digipaks.
Artist:
COSMIC JOKERS
Title:
Sci Fi Party
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14884
The official hype on this one, "Probably the best album of the Cosmic Jokers. The original LP came out in 1974. A revolutionary album; they were among the first to combine the techniques of dub and sampling. Klaus Schulze also stars on this album," neglects to mention that this is a compilation of mostly, or all, otherwise available material, in extract form. A nascent "remix" album of sorts, with stuff off of the C. Jokers'
Galactic Supermarket
,
Zeitschiff
&
Planeten Sit-In
, as well as Ash Ra's
Seven Up
,
Starring Rosi
and Wallenstein's
Cosmic Century
.
Artist:
COSMIC JOKERS
Title:
Gilles Zeitschiff
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14885
Digipak edition of "My Spaceship," first released in 1974. An odd/confusing concept record, this is a tribute of sorts to the real Cosmic Couriers, especially Mr. Timothy Leary (also Brian Barritt & Walter Wegmuller). Klaus Schulze whips up some tripped out celestial organ backings, the erotic space-whisper of Gille Lettmann rants on about the gentlemen in question, and then excerpts from records (like Tim's album with Ash Ra Tempel,
Seven Up
), are segued in! Gottsching and other Couriers also appear. This is a good listen, a good laugh and definitely worth it for semi-completists; others should start with
Galactic Supermarket
or the CJ's self-titled first.
Artist:
COSMIC JOKERS
Title:
Planeten Sit-In
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14904
Fifth and final Cosmic Joker's reissue, from 1974. Klaus Schulze, Manuel Gottsching, Dieter Dirks, Harald Grosskopf, Jurgen Dollase, etc. Best of the CJ's "remix" albums, and a pretty tripped out affair.
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