Off Topic: julian cope/kraut rock

[Andrew Gilham]

In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951129105721.3420A-100000 at mallard.duc.auburn.edu>
This Krautrocksampler sounded interesting, so I popped into Virgin this
lunchtime and bought a copy - seven pounds ninety-nine for a slim(ish)
paperback, but (a) I don't suppose it's exactly mass-market and (b) you
get lots of cool colour reproductions of album covers.

The book itself consists of a brief histroy of Krautrock, followed by
Cope's (very sound, as far as my knowledge goes) list of 50 top Krautrock
albums, with a review of each.

I've not read the whole thing by any means, but it's written with obvious
intelligence and an infectious enthusiasm for the topic, and I'd say it's
a good reference and an excellent introduction.

- Andy

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