KRAAN vs Canterbury

I have been comparing the best of Kraans output
with the best output from Canterbury and have come
to this ranking order.

1. Kraan - Wiederhoren
2. Khan - Space Shanty
3. Kraan - Andy Nogger
4. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
5. Kraan - Flyday
6. Soft Machine - Third
7. Kraan - Let it Out
8. Caravan - In the Land of Pink and Grey

yes all three are good but different, Wake up, debut
and 4 letter monday......
I like em!

ever listen to Andy Nogger or Wiederhoren?

the English have advertised this little group of
musicians and made genre and another genre out
of the non sense known as Canterbury. How about
an american genre called San Francisco that went
on to form PIO! all the bands that played psychedelic
rock!
If you listen to progressive fusion outside these
overrated english beatniks youll find they didnt
exactly set the world on fire, maybe their backyard!

Edited by DallasBryan

you think I should move it up or replace it with Henry
Cow, Gong or Daevid Allen?

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DallasBryan wrote: you think I should move it up or replace it with Henry Cow, Gong or Daevid Allen?

Gong, allen and henry cow easily beat your kraan!

Oh ive just looked up Kraan in the archives and i like the sound of them. Im going to check some tunes out.

Oliver - I dont think DB should smell the flowers he should to smoke them

Petra wrote: Oh ive just looked up Kraan in the archives and i like the sound of them. Im going to check some tunes out. Oliver - I dont think DB should smell the flowers he should to smoke them

 

Petra start with Live (Kraan's 5th album - EMI Germany have remastered it in lasted 4 years) - which DB has omitted, but IMHO I feel is superior to the Kraan studio albums listed. Long work outs of tunes from earlier albums and  their 6th (Helmut Hattler's bass is resounding throughout) - I recently  added to my Kraan collection and now have the first 7 albums.

In passing DB has listed an excellent collection of Kraan and Canterbury  albums, all worth seeking out and listening to.

Beau Heem wrote: Just picked up Kraan's Flyday on vinyl last week for 2 Euros (a mint copy...) I haven't yet had the time to really listen to it. I've put in on my turntable a couple of times already but some distraction always seems to come my way when I start digging through my vinyl pile... I tend to rip my vinyls to mp3s, though... I couldn't bear it if I ruined the condition of a record I bought mint Cheers -Beau

That's horrible to convert (more exactly, to ruin)
the best format into the worst...

And where was Kraan Live (the 1975 one, obviously) - the finest hour and a bit of an excellent band.

Aside from the jazz influence,which manifested itself in vastly different ways, I don't see many grounds for comparing Kraan with any of the Canterbury acts, although Pierre Moerlen's Gong have something in common I suppose. Kraan are more of a jamming band, whereas the Canterbury pilgrims veered between carefully scored pieces and free inprov. A better point of comparison may be the Fripp/Collins/Burrell/Wallace edition of King Crimson - check out Live in Berkley '71 to hear how awesome they could be.

DallasBryan wrote: you think I should move it up or replace it with Henry Cow, Gong or Daevid Allen?

 

No but i think Daevid allen's 'Bannana moon is excellent...

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DallasBryan wrote: I actually really like Good Morning, but I cant find a copy these dayz!

 

Good morning is fantastic but ''This is the happiest time of our lives'' is his best for me.But 'Bannana moon' has a feast of artists playing..Rob Wyatt etc.

Excellent.