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Trash Rock Archives present... Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3. An insight into the final convulsions of the roaring '60s, guiding you through the throes of the upcoming '70s. In the alpine banana republic of Austria in the '60s, the city of Vienna blissfully dozes in the stale air of the postwar era. Occasionally the sound of an accordion or a yodel from the countryside is brought in by the old-fashioned breeze. The initiated listeners of the Schnitzelbeat series, however, already suspect it: there was something else, something wild, outrageous. A booming fist punch in the smug faces of the petty bourgeois. But who would have guessed that the most impressive approach to the proto-punk of Blue Cheer or the MC5 would be issued on a conservative folk music label named Alpenton? (Albatross, "I Am Dead"). You can already hear the lederhosen hunting party scream in agony. And the mindless yelp of wild enthusiasm escaping the throats of open-minded Beat afficionados. The Seals also prove to be worthy fighters in the generation conflict. "You know nothing about the new generation/ because you live in the subway station": a surprising insight the young psycho punks from Vienna reveal in their number "Stop this War". And war is a common theme elsewhere, too: World War Two (The Cop Stigh, "War History"); the Vietnam War (Maybe Hair, "War"). On the other hand -- what would the age of the hippies and communards be without free love, flower arrangements and substance-induced states of perception? Manufactured boy group share the public's interest in love and so do The V-Rangers ("Make Love"). And the four members of Salzburg based Beat outfit Les Marquis, who bring a love-stoned California dream to life on the beaches of the Salzkammergut ("Sand on the Shore"). Schnitzelbeat Vol. 3 adds numerous fascinating chapters to the forgotten early history of Austrian rock music. Join Al Bird Sputnik and the labels Konkord and Digatone on another dive into the shimmering depths of dusty record crates. Follow them on a psychedelic pilgrimage to the place where the mountains are made of ice cream, with deadly nightshades doted on their slopes. Until you completely got lost in the faraway regions of vintage Austrian pop culture. Also features Novaks Kapelle, Charles Ryders Corporation, Expiration, Rocky F. Holicke, The Beatniks, Jack Grunsky, Les Sabres, The Hush, and Generation 2000.
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Digatone present the first official reissue of Fatty George Und Silke Schwinger's Trip the long lost and extremely rare Austrian hippie-rock/jazz/funk opera score from 1971. Features, among others, Su Kramer (also known from the Hair album and stage play featuring Czechoslovakian band The Matadors), Fatty George, Karl Ratzer, Peter Wolf, Richard Schoenherz, and Leszek Zadlo. Originally released in 1972 by Telefunken in Germany in a small quantity, and now highly collectable, the LP combines funk, pop, psychedelia, acid jazz, and gospel. Performed with electric guitar, flute, organ, sitar, and more, this music has been frequently sampled in recent years. Produced for Austrian TV, the story is about a guru who comes to Vienna to preach about a world with no technology, but with lots of drugs. However, when a young boy dies after an LSD trip, things go terribly wrong. Includes an insert supplying background information in German and English; Edition of 1000.
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A Sunday in August 1965: while the grown-ups are tending to their cars and gardens, a bunch of kids are mistreating budget guitars, cheap Italian combo organs, and ramshackle drum sets in the garage. Mandatory accessories: longer hair than all the other boys at school and black boots pointier than the tip of a knife. What had happened to these youths? What had infected the young, amateur musicians brought to you by Schnitzelbeat Vol. 2 was the exciting, new, hot sound seeping into cozy, provincial Austria from happening places like New York, London, and Hamburg. The artists compiled here translate the air of unrestrained abandon transported by the newly emerging popular genres into their own, locally flavored idiom. Presenting internationally operating exponents of the Austrian underground sound of the 1960s (The Slaves, The Gamblers) alongside recently rediscovered trailblazers of independent production (The Lost Generation, The Earls), Schnitzelbeat Vol. 2 is the first compilation of its kind to pay respect to the wilder side of the home-grown Austrian teenage sound of the 1960s in all its diversity: you'll find instrumental rock smashers, beat ballads, straight-up rhythm and blues pieces, jangling folksy harmonies, savage proto-punk blowouts, and -- of course -- off-the-wall appropriations of well-known international beat hits that often provided ambitious amateurs with the jump-start they needed to get their own sound up and running. Curated and compiled by Al Bird Sputnik of Trash Rock Archives (Vienna), this volume makes a compelling case for a revised history of Austrian pop and rock music. Also includes tracks by The Boys, The Beatfires, The Counts, The Desperates, The Rockets, Harry David Quintett, The Meadows, Herbert O und Die Beatniks 62, The Brand Brothers, The Lamberts, Les Fantoms, and The Seals.
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Previously unreleased soundtrack to Eddy Saller's 1968 sex-and-crime film Schamlos starring Udo Kier, Rolf Eden, and Marina Paal. Featuring the music of Austrian composer legend Gerhard Heinz and previously unreleased versions of songs by psych/beat groups The Sirs and Charles Ryders Corporation. A trashy gangster thriller with provocative sex scenes, the movie is now considered a classic of the exploitation period. Musically jumping from wild jazz to pounding up-tempo beat with a hint at the new psychedelic scene of the time. An essential soundtrack put together from Gerhard Heinz's original master tapes. Complete with 16-page LP-sized booklet containing liner notes in German and English.
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Isaiah's only album (1975) features a mix of jazz, blues and progressive rock elements. Led by the charismatic voice of flautist and guitarist Gert Raabe, the band counts as one of Austria's most versatile bands of the 1970s, often likened to Jethro Tull, Yes and ELP. Digatone restored their demos for the previously-unreleased second album which were declined by the label at the time for being too weird. The band disbanded in 1977. Original copies of the album very rarely come up for sale these days and when they do, command a price of several hundred Euros. For the first time available as a 2LP + 2CD deluxe reissue including their rare original album, an LP full of unreleased songs, liner notes & enhanced bonus material. Limited to 750 copies.
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Subtitled: Twisted Rock-N-Roll, Exotica & Proto-Beat Unknowns from Austria 1957-1965. Genre collectors (rock-n-roll, exotica, beat, garage punk) and friends of incredibly strange music will find an awesome collection here, restored to best possible sound quality and accompanied by an extensive booklet full of great stories and pictures. Comes with a 12-page LP-sized booklet, photos, and liner notes. Features artists Werner Gavac, Frank Roberts Und Die Bongo Band, Die 4 Bambis, Uzzi & Bill Grah's Olympia Band, The Hubbubs, Johnny & The Shamrocks, Franco Runa, Ferry Graf, The Austrian Evergreens, Dolf Kauer & The Charly-Combo, Errol Ribeiro & The Vienna Beatles, The Tramps, Jerry & The Cannons, Hannes Patek, and Rockie Jackson.
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