(krautrock) Hallelujah - Hallelujah Babe (1971 - UK) - 1995, FLAC (tracks+.cue)

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 15. March 2009, 15:12

Hallelujah / Hallelujah Babe

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2 | 7:49.55 | 4:26.70 | 35230 | 55249
3 | 12:16.50 | 4:02.00 | 55250 | 73399
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8 | 25:55.45 | 6:43.05 | 116670 | 146899
9 | 32:38.50 | 5:35.57 | 146900 | 172081

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A Krautrock oddity, in that although an intrinsic part of Krautrock history, Hallelujah were an Anglo-German duo. They split off from Doldinger's Motherhood (causing Doldinger to form Passport) absconding to England to make their album, with the aid of much travelled top session-musicians Rick Kemp and Pete Wood. But, even with such prestigious talents, they couldn't get a UK release for it and the album only gained release in Germany!

Adventurous and creative, though quite wordy in the song department (some most memorable ones, they were certainly excellent songwriters), Hallelujah's influences were wide: a touch of the Beatles' "A Day In A Life", a hint of Wonderland, and lots of Pink Floyd folky Roger Waters stylisms. In all, it amounted to an accessible blend of progressive and psychedelic styles that has a characteristically Krautrock feel to it, and a remarkably good album. Probably its slightly eccentric edge and daring invention was too offbeat for the British market?

The album is also notable for its striking (controversial) cover art, and is now one of the most collectable albums from Metronome's pre-Brain era.

After this, the duo went their separate ways, and occasionally met-up again i.e. in the supersessions of Nowy, with Paul Vincent becoming a successful solo artist, whereas Keith Forsey went to 18 Karat Gold before becoming much sought after as a session talent. ~ The Crack In The Cosmic Egg