Eulenspygel - "Staub auf Deinem Haar"
(Garden of Delights 2004, CD107)
Eulenspygel - "Staub auf Deinem Haar"
(Garden of Delights 2004, CD107)
From Aural Innovations October 2007 update
Eulenspygel came from the Swabian area in the south-west of Germany. This album
is a live recording that originally came out in 1973 and the lineup is Mulo
Maulbetsch vocals and guitar, Detlev Nottrodt guitar and keys, Nic Nicoll sax
and clarinet, Matthias Thurow bass and Gunter Klinger drums............DER FREMDE
a nice Renaissance Faire intro! Moody prog rock sung in German, not bad! The
spoken word section is very nice and then back to the jazzy rockout....This
hits closest to a classic "Krautrock" sound than most of the Garden
of Delights re-issues I've reviewed so far. STAUB AUF DEINEM HAAR nice uptempo
rock, very Soft Machine'esque...some early 70's macho rock vocals! Oh Yeah!
Some nice exploratory raga rock with clarinet. This is a pretty badass track,
this is the kind of stuff that made them famous!? MENSCHENMACHER uptempo pop
rock with a "groovy" lead vocal that sounds pretty outdated, whereas
the long improv pieces sound very modern, cutting edge etc! Eulenspygel were
a very left wing band which caused problems with their record label and ultimately
caused them to not be re-signed. UNTERTANENFABRIK horn section intro and then
into the German version of David Clayton Thomas (Blood Sweat and Tears vocalist).
The difference between Eulenspygel and Amon Duul II is that Amon Duul II was
creating something truly unique in every aspect with no aspirations to top 40
music....Heavy riffage with sax that's ominously wicked! But then back to the
goofy vocals! RING FREI (MEDLEY) goofsome intro, then off the hook instrumental,
and then back to the vocal! Some nice acoustic guitar strumming!! KINDERLIED
more affected male vocals, kinda like the vocals in a musical?!? Along with
very reverby murky rock music...KONSUMGEWASCHE more groovy wild and crazy guy
vocals along with big wall of standard fare "rock" music! Then goes
jazz take five with Gunther and the boys...pretty rockin'...then some harmonica
boogie woogie! TEUFELSKREIS nice uptempo rock music! I guess I just don't care
for singers that sing "good," just like I don't like "good"
writers! What's wrong with me? I guess too many Black Flag shows?!!?!? But I
think it's really cool that Garden of Delights has re-issued this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out the Garden of Delights web site at: http://diregarden.com
Reviewed by Carlton Crutcher