Sonntag, 31. Mai 2020

Checkpoint Charlie – Grüß Gott mit hellem Klang (1970)

Checkpoint Charlie were a German politico-prog-rock meets theatre outfit mostly active during the 1970's and early 1980's. Colleagues of "Floh De Cologne" and "Ton Steine Scherben", but with a very different approach, Checkpoint Charlie were much more angst and proto-punk in a way. Their debut LP is well-known as one of the most challengingly angry records of Krautrock. After that they refined their style along similar lines to Oktober on their next 3 albums.    

"Grüß Gott mit hellem Klang" was their debut, released in 1970, later reissued in the 1980s and the 1990s with 300 copies each.
The front cover gives the name as "Checkpoint Charlie", while the back cover says "Checkpoint Charly" and the labels have "Checkpointcharlie" (see included album art).

Tracklist:                          
Nancartan
Jesus
Geschichte von Herrn Müller I
Geschichte von Herrn Müller II
Das arme Waisenkind


Checkpoint Charlie – Grüß Gott mit hellem Klang (1970)
(ca. 192 kbps, cover art included)

4 Kommentare:

Anonym hat gesagt…

Thanx a lot for this. From Grego in Australia. Cheers mate.

zero hat gesagt…

You are welcome!

rm hat gesagt…

Group & UvT profile (in German)
http://www.taurus-press.de/rockd/IC10.html
http://www.v-trotha.de/index.php

zero hat gesagt…

Thanks a lot for the links. Best wishes!

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