Grobschnitt CDs question
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Topic: Grobschnitt CDs question
Posted By: mithrandir
Subject: Grobschnitt CDs question
Date Posted: May 26 2011 at 18:31
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So tell me, is it just impossible to find any of the main Grobschnitt albums on CD now? I can't seem to find them anywhere for a decent price. I used to have Ballermann on CD, but I sold it at a time I was thinning out my collection, (I regret that now, obviously). Any help with a good distro or online store that has these would be much appreciated. Also is any of those ../album.asp?id=7299" rel="nofollow - Die Grobschnitt Story CDs any good? If they are quality releases I'd like to pick one up that concentrates on their mid/late 70s era. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 26 2011 at 19:17
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The International Story is a good live retrospective, but that's about the best I can do for you as I don't own the albums proper. |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: May 27 2011 at 05:44
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I got mine ages ago and never knew they might be sought after now. A quick look on German Amazon reveals that there are a number of them still available, but sadly not all. Strange, because I don't think the Eroc remixes are all that far back. As for the Grobschnitt Story albums I couldn't say. I gather most of them are live? and are probably OK especially as Grobschnitt was mostly supposed to be a live band very reliant on strong visuals. I always find endless jams very tedious (needless to say I'm neither a Grateful Dead or Phish fan). And as the visual element is obviously missing on audio I don't see the point. The Grobschnitt pure live audio I know isn't anywhere near what I look for in their albums. So I never bothered with the Story albums, the regular studio albums were always quite enough for me, although I did find their later New-Wavey output very trying. OK though if you like German bands like Spliff, for instance. My favourite was always Jumbo, and NOT! Rockpommel's Land. Incredibly strong melodies on J, which I missed on R'sL. Jumbo is possibly amongst my top 15 or 20, but it stands way out from their other output. |
Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: May 27 2011 at 15:10
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Be patient--I'm sure they'll be back around. Keep tabs on http://www.synphonic.8m.com" rel="nofollow - www.synphonic.8m.com , because Greg Walker is a huge Grobschnitt fan and will have them as soon as they're available. ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |
Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: May 27 2011 at 15:17
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Regarding the Grobschnitt Story CDs, I have a few of them and occasionally spin them. The first one is especially good, as well as number 4 (a full live concert from the Illegal tour, with them doing all their best stuff--which I just realized is inexplicably absent from PA). Zero is pretty good, with a bunch of early demos and such. Two isn't as good. I don't have 5 or 6. Three is History of Solar Music vol. 1. ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 28 2011 at 13:49
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thanks for the replies, yeah Syn-phonic was the first place I looked but no luck, I might just have to settle for DLs for now, btw I PMed you Todd |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 29 2011 at 14:06
is this it here? http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6410" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6410 |
Todd wrote:Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: May 29 2011 at 19:39
Oops! Yes, that's the one. Quite a remarkable concert!  ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |