Various - Pop & Blues Festival '70 Live

Originally released as a 2 LP set in 1970, this thing sports what might be one of the worst album covers ever, but is actually an awesome slab of krautrock history! The two Frumpy tracks, I think, have been used as bonus tracks on later editions of their albums, but the tracks by Thrice Mice and Tomorrow's Gift are unique to this, and the other two bands, Beatique In Corporation and Sphinx Tush, never recorded an album. Anyway I found no real info about this album on the net, but the Cosmic Egg CD has this to say:

"Originally a one day event on 19 October 1969 at the Gruga Hall in Essen, that was such a huge success that it was soon followed up by a huge three day international festival held at the Ernst-Merck Hall, Hamburg, and a further two festivals in Essen.

The Hamburg event was held over the Easter weekend in March 1970, it was attended by a reputed 17,000 rock fans. With 22 acts in all, and such talent as Blodwyn Pig, Colosseum, The Nice, Steamhammer, Warm Dust, and others, the then new and mostly unknown German acts also showed their worth, as being every bit as good, if not better. The album documenting the German acts at the March 1970 festival has extraordinary recordings from Tomorrow's Gift, some heavy Frumpy and very Blodwyn Pig inspired Thrice Mice! There are also the two virtually unknown bands: Beatique In Corporation and Sphinx Tush. In all, essential for the Krautrock and prog collector, and the ideal companion to the LOVE AND PEACE festival album" (Crack In The Cosmic Egg)

1. Frumpy - Duty (7:35)
2. Thrice Mice - Vivaldi's Revival (7:12)
3. Beatique In Corporation - Going Straight (3:41)
4. Tomorrow's Gift - Sound Of Which (19:58)
5. Frumpy - Floating (12:14)
6. Beatique In Corporation - Things We Said (5:21)
7. Sphinx Tush - Crashville (4:40)
8. Beatique In Corporation - Sunwave (15:15)

EAC-FLAC-LOG-CUE-SCANS 538 MB

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