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“the peak of the acid freakout”
★★★★★
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Cosmic Jokers
The Cosmic Jokers (LP)
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Re-mastered from the original analogue tapes. Released on the original Kosmische Kuriere label * The legendary debut album of the Krautrock all-star band from 1974. Produced at Dierks Studios with the collaboration of Dieter Dierks. What an amazing improvement in the sound of this 48 year old recording. Recorded in 1973 during a series of acid-fuelled all-night jam parties, Cosmic Jokers was the work of a veritable krautrock supergroup that included Dierks himself, Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Tempel), Klaus Schulze (Tangerine Dream), Jürgen Dollase and Harald Grosskopf (both of Wallenstein). This free-form freak out -- consisting of two epic tracks, the 22 min "Galactic Joke" and the 19 min "Cosmic Joy"--was first of five albums by the group to be released on Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's Cosmic Couriers label in the coming months. A first rate slab of space rock up there with other classics of the genre.
Details
Cat. number: KM 58.009.06
Year: 2021
Format
Quote from back sleeve:
The Cosmic Jokers. Eine Cosmic Courier Produktion von Gille Lettman & Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. Quadrophonisch aufgenommen und gemischt von Dieter Dierks in den Dierks Studios. Assistent Heiner Friesz. Fotos von Marcel Fugère. Foto Dieter Dierks von I. Blum. Cover von Peter Geitner. The Cosmic Couriers. Ohr Musik Produktion. Sorgfältig transferiert von den originalen, analogen Masterbändern in den Dierksstudios Pulheim-Stommeln im jahr 2021. Remaster von Dieter Wegner
[The Cosmic Jokers. A Cosmic Courier production by Gille Lettman & Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. Recorded quadrophonically and mixed by Dieter Dierks in Dierks Studios. Assistant Heiner Friesz. Photos by Marcel Fugère. Photo Dieter Dierks by I. Blum. Cover by Peter Geitner. The Cosmic Couriers. Ohr Musik Produktion. Carefully transferred from original, analog master tapes at the Dierks studios, Pulheim-Stommeln in 2021. Remastered by Dieter Wegner]
Release notes
Quote from back sleeve: The Cosmic Jokers. Eine Cosmic Courier Produktion von Gille Lettman & Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. Quadrophonisch aufgenommen und gemischt von Dieter Dierks in den Dierks Studios. Assistent Heiner Friesz. Fotos von Marcel Fugère. Foto Dieter Dierks von I. Blum. Cover von Peter Geitner. The Cosmic Couriers. Ohr Musik Produktion. Sorgfältig transferiert von den originalen, analogen Masterbändern in den Dierksstudios Pulheim-Stommeln im jahr 2021. Remaster von Dieter Wegner [The…
Tracklist
| 1 | Galactic Joke | 22:38 | |
| 2 | Cosmic Joy | 19:24 |
Credits
- Peter Geitner
- Cover
- Dieter Dierks
- Music By, Recorded By [Quadrophonisch Aufgenommen], Mixed By
- Harald Großkopf
- Music By
- Jürgen Dollase
- Music By
- Klaus Schulze
- Music By
- Manuel Göttsching
- Music By
- I. Blum
- Photography By [Foto Dieter Dierks Von]
- Marcel Fugère
- Photography By [Fotos Von]
- Gille Lettmann
- Producer [Produktion Von]
- Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser
- Producer [Produktion Von]
- Dieter Wegner
- Remastered By
- Heiner Friesz
- Technician [Assistent]
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