The Private Tapes Vol. 2 - Manuel Göttsching/Ashra/Ash Ra Tempel

I expect many will be jazzed to see this classic krautrock compendium finally made available again, after it's disappearance elsewhere in the music share blogosphere a while back. At this late date, It'd be hard to find anything particularly novel to add to the mountain of verbiage already expended on the marvels of Gottsching and Ash Ra Tempel. Suffice it to say that anyone
into the whole mythos really shouldn't be without this essential piece of the puzzle a moment longer, containing as it does some three solid hours of otherwise unavailable live Ash Ra Tempel material alone. Beyond that salient fact though lies one other detail, namely that the 20 odd minute Gottsching's solo track "Lotus" on disc 5 is for me easily one of the loftiest peaks in his entire recorded canon.

Tracklist

1. Manuel Göttsching: Deep Distance (Live, 1976) (00:00:00)
2. Manuel Göttsching: Shuttle Cock (Live, 1976) (00:21:21)
3. Manuel Göttsching: Wall of Sound (Studio, 1979) (00:39:44)
4. Ash Ra Tempel: Soirée Académique (Live, 1971) (00:51:57)
5. Ash Ra Tempel: Interview (KS) (1970) (01:16:25)