Various - The In Kraut Volume 3

the first 500 copies on white vinyl. guten tag! three is the magic number. willkommen to the third and final installment of jonathon ross championed in-kraut series. once again marina take a deep trip into the funky musical spheres of 1960s and 1970s germany - an undiscovered universe full of hammond-heavy grooves, tight big band arrangements and fuzz guitar enhanced dancefloor nuggets. dip into a motherlode of 20 rare soul, beat, now sound, mod, jazz and soundtrack gems. 'the in-kraut volume 3' kickstarts with the incredibly switched-on 'glory be' by daisy clan, a great mod stomper drenched in fuzz guitars and heavy percussion - masterminded by german music biz legends joachim heider and michael holm. wa-ouuh! the party continues with bavarian groove agent ambros seelos, a man who certainly knew how to cook up a groove and make you wanna shake your butt. just listen to his 'hangman's rope' from 1972! super-fantastisch! ik3 naturally features a couple of cool and unique cover versions. dieter zimmermann tackles led zeppelin's 'whole lotta love' orchestra-style - adding a whole lotta fresh new twists and turns to the played-to-death rock classic. inga, who later recorded as inga rumpf, rocks sonny and cher's 'the beat goes on' - full of deadpan icy vocals - la nico. and katja ebstein - a lady who represented germany at the eurovision song contest for an unprecedented three times (!) - delivers a great 'druggy' take on the beatles's 'a hard day's night'. her sitar-laden cover sounds like the fab four may have treated their 1964 classic in 1969 themselves. way out. speaking of 'way out': film music maestro peter thomas paints a crazy end-of-the-world scenario with the hilarious 'the world is gone'. musical and lyrical madness to the max. apocalypse now! hammond organ god ingfried hoffmann appears with two knock-out groove nuggets: the lonnie smith-like 'stroke it', and the supremely funky 'that's me boy' by his late sixties outfit memphis black. trombone ace peter herbolzheimer strikes with his all-star killer big band certain lions and tigers - delivering a great, latin-flavoured and most unusual version of 'fever'. rolf khn, one of germany's most distinguished jazz musicians ever, calms us down again with the deliciously chilled-out 'playmate', featuring a great fender rhodes part, topped off by claus ogerman-like strings. wunderbar! marina are also proud to present georgees's super-rare soundtrack nugget 'butterflies never cry'. written by long-time hildegard knef collaborator kai rautenberg, it sounds like something taken directly from the score to 'barbarella' (1968). yes, it's that good. the german top five are just as impressive. their take on rare groove classic 'the champ' - one of the most sampled tracks in hip hop history - is even more funky than alan hawkshaw's original. jawohl!