Julian Cope Krautrock sampler - Progressive Rock Music Forum

yesterday i started to read this book and i think that is well written and easy to read, besides have lots of info.

comments, opinions please.

Vibrationbaby wrote:

Julian overlooks a lot of bands.

Good point here Vibrationbaby.Nevertheless Alberto it's a good book which introduced me to this magnificent Krautrock and made me eager to know more about it.Try also Cosmic Dreams at Play(Dag Erik Asbjornsen) and A crack in the cosmic egg(Alan and Steven Freeman)

I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world

of searchers with the help from

crimson king

A very enjoyable and at times,very humourous read. This book was almost responsible for nearly getting me into debt.

Some of the stories are absolute hoots,especially the section on the Cosmic Jokers etc.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

fusionfreak wrote:

Vibrationbaby wrote:

Julian overlooks a lot of bands.

Good point here Vibrationbaby.Nevertheless Alberto it's a good book which introduced me to this magnificent Krautrock and made me eager to know more about it.Try also Cosmic Dreams at Play(Dag Erik Asbjornsen) and A crack in the cosmic egg(Alan and Steven Freeman)

thanks i have both books and i like it a lot

I would not bother with this Krautrock Sampler book

I would get this instead:


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The Crack In The Cosmic Egg German music encyclopedia

Probably everything you needed to know about Krautrock & the wider prog, electronic, experimental music scenes from Germany. Vastly expanded from the book edition. As far as we know, it's compatible with all modern computers on all browsers! Menu driven (no scripts or flash), 689 mb, and some 3,000+ pages. To realistically price this project, taking in all the work that was involved, would have meant a crazily high price. But, we are not greedy, so we decided upon pricing it the same as the original book at £20, which I'm sure you'll agree is remarkable value for something that is so mind-bogglingly huge! Until further notice, the standard product contains... 1 x 689 mb, PC html CD-ROM + colour cover + souvenir insert + DVD size case *Now on its 2nd 500 copy pressing, & a slightly revised/corrected edition in a blue DVD type case!* + free The Cosmic Auricle & Other Eggshells CDR sampler + free Psychedelic Underground 14 CD sampler Shop Price: £20 (P&P = 4 units, see postage rates). Wholesale rates upon request.
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The Crack In The Cosmic Egg German music encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik, & other progressive, experimental & electronic musics from Germany, CD-Rom by Steven Freeman & Alan Freeman "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" has been hailed by the musicians as the most informative insight into German rock and related musics, endorsed by Faust's Jean-Hervé Peron, Amon Düül 2's Chris Karrer, really enthused about by Guru Guru's Mani Neumeier, and it so impressed Out Of Focus' Remigius Drechsler that he helped us launch our Krautrock label "Cosmic Egg"! The book version, first published in December 1996, has been out of print for a while now, and is now becoming quite a collectable. We described the book version as the definitive encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik and all things weird and wonderful from Germany. It contained 1177 entries (Krautrock bands, soloists, etc.), 2500 albums (including musician details), plus non-LP singles, compilation contributions, as well as two 16 page picture sections, including many rare photos, 150+ LP covers. In its pages were histories, biographies, reviews, discographies, articles on major scenes, indexes, etc. Well-over 4,000 copies were sold! Financing such a publication wasn't easy, and since then the printers we used closed down and all quotes from elsewhere were far too pricey, which meant it was not at all possible to do a new revised book print, unless someone could work as a partner or finance it for us. That invitation has been out there for a long while now with no takers. So, after sussing out how easily I could do a web-site and html CD-Rom's, I came up with the idea of doing "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" as an expanded and revised CD-Rom version. The guts of the project were already established, and the Internet meant that revision and research would be a lot easier. I never expected how it would catapult the project in leaps and bounds, snowballing into an amazing monster reference tool! Over ten years on from the book, and with six or more years of intensive research, the revised PC CD-Rom edition has become an enormous beast. Almost everything you ever wanted to know. An interactive off-line web-site of html pages, with lots of extras, like colour photos of everything we can get our hands on, as well as rare adverts, posters, gig photos, etc. There are even some choice exclusive music samples (3 hours) and videos! Everything that can be revised and updated has been, and there so many additional entries - you wouldn't believe you could fit so much on one disc! Here are some figures: the 2,068 main entries comprise of... ISBN 0-9529506-0-CDROM
You can also get "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" CD-Rom from... UK: Swordfish Records, Synth Music Direct Germany: green-brain-krautrock.de (wholesale: Garden Of Delights distribution) USA: Doug Larson Imports, Forced Exposure, Wayside Music, Syn-Phonic Notes: several other places have shown an interest, so watch this space. Not all suppliers will have the free samplers. In case your supplier doesn't have them, for a limited time you can order those for a nominal GBP 5 world-wide inc. P&P and fees via PayPal to: [email protected].
Notes... Next edition When we later decide to do revised editions of the CD-Rom we will require the return of the original disc (not the packaging or extras) to qualify for a new disc at a special price (probably just £5.00). This will possibly be in 2 years or so. So, even if you install the "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" on your computer, take care to keep your disc in a safe place. Work is already underway on this project! Errors & omissions Anyone noticing errors or missing info, we'd really like to hear from you. We'd love to be able to eradicate the "Rumours & Mysteries" section for instance, fill in the gaps of concert listings (tickets & posters too) and get any missing or better album cover or group pictures. Music & video We'd also like to hear from anyone able to supply rare music samples and videos. Every little bit helps We cannot pay for any such assistance, as it is all a labour of love that we've done purely for the music. We haven't even paid ourselves for the 6+ years of intensive work involved! Any criticisms or advice? We won't be offended! By the way, if you wanted something flashier than how The Crack In The Cosmic Egg looks, we did toy with such ideas, but decided to go with the simplest option that should work on all PC systems. No scripts, no flash. We're told it even works fine on modern Mac's!

jon 89

Rather like his music, I find Cope's writing to be inspiring and irritating in more or less equal measure, but Krautrocksampler does a good job of identifying most of the key players and essential albums from the Krautrock scene so I'd give it a cautious thumbs up.

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom