(Progressive rock, Jazz-rock, Krautrock) Xhol Caravan (Soul Caravan, Xhol) Дискография 1967 - 2006, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

Soul Caravan
Their first album, Get In High, appeared on the German CBS label in 1967 and exemplifies the band's early "soul" sound. The R&B feel of the record stems largely from the presence of black American vocalists James Rhodes and Ronnie Swinson, and with the choice of material. The Get In High LP prominently featured a stylized remake of the classic American soul tune "Shotgun" and original compositions that incorporated African-American themes and elements, including "Kerd-I-Wai (African Song)" and "So Much Soul." The live recordings Soul Caravan: Live 1969, Altena 1969, and Xhol 1970 feature this R&B sound as well. But because they also include improvisational pieces stretching in some cases well beyond 25 minutes in length, it is clear the group was exploring psychedelic music very early in their history. The "Freedom Opera," heard on the 2001 Motherfuckers Live album but recorded in 1968, clocks in at nearly 50 minutes.
Xhol Caravan
Their second album, Electrip, was released with the group's name changed to Xhol Caravan. On the record, the group moved away from its earlier R&B roots and the vocals were taken over by American drummer Skip Van Wych as James Rhodes and Ronnie Swinson had quit and returned to the United States. Many Krautrock fans think that it is with Electrip that Xhol Caravan found their unique voice, which fuses free jazz and psychedelic rock together with a satirical, sometimes X-rated, sense of humor and the occasional studio manipulation of sounds and timbres. It is because of these traits that Xhol Caravan is sometimes described as "Zappaesque" or thought of as a Canterbury scene group despite their mostly German origins. Xhol Caravan's jazz rock can be compared with that of Soft Machine up to a point, but the group's unusual use of effects (channeling saxophones or the Hammond organ through wah-wah and fuzz pedals, for example) and their preference for long, spontaneous improvisation over tidy pop songs and high production values sets Xhol apart from much of the Canterbury scene.
Xhol
After Electrip, the band released two more albums, both on the obscure Ohr/Metronome label and both with the band name reduced to Xhol to avoid possible confusion with the British Canterbury Scene group Caravan. The 1970 album Hau-RUK contains two 20-minute-plus improvisations recorded live in a German bar earlier that year. Xhol's last LP, Motherfuckers GmbH & Co. KG consists of several pieces recorded more or less live in the studio. Many Xhol fans regard MF (as it is often called for obvious reasons) as the group's high point in spite of the patchwork nature of the record. It was recorded in 1970, but released only in 1972 due to creative differences between Xhol's members and Ohr label boss Ralf-Ulrich Kaiser. These differences even influenced the packaging for MF: although Ohr/Metronome usually lavished great care on the sleeves for its records - commissioning custom artwork with glossy lamination and gatefolds for even single LPs - the sleeve for MF was perfunctory at best. It was a cheap, matte laminated single sleeve featuring a photograph of what appeared to be the master tape box for MF, smudged and worn, surrounded by a garish orange frame. There was no information about the band, nor pictures or text of any kind save the handwritten titles of the songs on the record and the words "2 years old" scrawled crudely with green permanent marker on the front. In spite of such austerity, the music on MF offers the listener perhaps the best studio recordings ever made of the group, and shows them at their creative peak, combining rock and jazz elements seamlessly and forging into some experimental Hammond organ drone/minimalism.

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01. My Favorite Things (8:37)
02. All Green (13:14)
03. Skipping (4:01)
04. Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (4:16)
05. Lick A Stick (7:20)
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Музыканты:
Belbe, Tim (sax)
Briest, Klaus (bass)
Fischer, Hansi (sax)
Funk, Werner (guitar)
Wyck, Skip van (drums)
Цcki (keyboards)
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01. Breit (24:02)
02. Schaukel (21:03)
03. Sьden twi Westen (21:53)
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Line-up/Musicians
- Skyp van Wyck / drums
- Tim Belbe / saxophone
- Klaus Briest / bass
- Ocki / keyboards
- Norbert Domling / bass
- Hansi Fischer / flute, saxophone
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01. I Can't Wait (35:13)
02. Electric Fun Fair (9:27)
03. Xholenium (36:55)
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Tim Belbe / tenor saxophone
Hansi Fischer / soprano saxophone, flute
Öcki Brevern / keyboards
Klaus Briest / bass
Skip / drums
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01. Sparkling Geysers (23:28)
02. ''A'' Freak-Out Blues (7:45)
03. Weird Bossa (6:17)
04. Surrealistic Scenery (12:12)
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- Tim Belbe - tenor saxophone, flute
- Ocki Brevern - keyboards
- Klaus Briest - bass
- Skip - drums
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01. Electric Fun Fair (6:28)
02. Pop Games (6:56)
03. All Green (7:38)
04. Raise Up High (17:46)
05. Walla Mashalla (1:40)
06. Planet Earth (2:47)
07. So Down (3:29)
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Line-up/Musicians
- Skip van Wyck / drums
- Tim Belbe / saxophone
- Hansi Fischer / saxophone, flute
- Klaus Briest / bass
- Öcki / keyboards
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01. Freedom Opera (56:53)
01. WDR Radio Live 1969 (57:02)
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- Skip van Wyck / drums
- Tim Belbe / saxophone
- Hansi Fischer / saxophone & flute
- Klaus Briest / bass
- Öcki / keyboards
- James Rhodes / vocals
- Werner Funk / guitar
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01. Olé (10:11)
02. So Damn, So Down And So Blue (4:38)
03. Psychedelic Sally (4:12)
04. Emptiness (4:37)
05. Freedom Opera (56:47)
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