VOLKER KRIEGEL
JAZZ / EUROPEAN JAZZ / JAZZ ROCK 1969-1980
VOLKER KRIEGEL: ZOOM
THE LEGENDARY MPS SESSIONS
MOTOR MUSIC GMBH, MPS 559 909 2(LP)
(P)(C)1999 MOTOR MUSIC GMBH, GERMANY
RECORDED: 1969-1980
RELEASED: 1999, GERMANY
CREDITS (productions) :
CD compiled and produced by Stephan Steigleder
Mastered by Willem Makkee at Emil-Berliner-Haus Langenhagen
Linernotes by Alexander Schmiz
Notes edited by Stephan Steigleder & John C.Constable
Photos by Hans Harzheim & Jörg Becker (Page 7 & Front)
Art direction & design by Dirk Rudolph
CREDITS (musicians) :
guitars, sitar: Volker Kriegel
electric piano: Dewey Terry, Wolfgang Dauner, John Taylor,
Rainer Brüninghaus, Thomas Bettermann
vibes: Dave Pike
bass: J.A.Rettenbacher, Eberhard Weber, Günter Lenz,
Neville Whitehead, Peter Trunk, Hans Peter Ströer
drums: Peter Baumeister, Marc Hellman, Todd Canedy,
Robert Wyatt, Charly Antolini, John Marshall, Joe Nay,
Evert Fraterman
percussion: Djalam Correa, Edson Emeterio de Santana,
Onias Carmadell, Cees See, Nippy Noya,
Hans "Batt" Behrendt
violin: Don "Sugarcaine" Harris, Zbigniew Seifert
harp: Jonny Teupen
trumpet: Shake Keane
trombone: Jiggs Whigham, Albert Mangelsdorff
saxophone: Alan Skidmore, Heinz Sauer, Stan Sulzman
TRACKS :
DISC 1 / THE SIDEMAN (total time 72:22) :
1. Mather (3:42) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Noisy Swington" (MPS 15.215)
2. Vian-De (3:19) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Noisy Swington" (MPS 15.215)
3. Teaming Up (3:43) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Noisy Swington" (MPS 15.215)
4. Riff for Rent (3:54) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Live At The Berlin Philharmonie" (MPS 15.257)
5. The Secret Mystery of Hensh (8:15) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Live At The Berlin Philharmonie" (MPS 15.257)
6. Big Schlepp (4:05) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Album" (MPS 15.309)
7. Country Shit (2:44) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Album" (MPS 15.309)
8. Inside Crime (3:55) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Album" (MPS 15.309)
9. Suspicious Child (3:57) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Infra Red" (MPS 15.280)
10. Soul-Eggs (2:37) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Infra Red" (MPS 15.280)
11. Four Reasins / Sitting on My Knees (5:45) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set: Four Reasons" (MPS 15.253)
12. Baiafrock / Volker (3:38) [Volker Kriegel]
from "The Dave Pike Set & Grupo Baiafro De Bahia: Salomao" (MPS 15.370)
13. Q (5:28) [Dewey Terry]
from "Don 'Sugarcaine' Harris: Keyzop" (MPS 15.418)
14. Where's My Sunshine (11:46) [Don Harris]
"Don 'Sugarcaine' Harris: Got The Blues" (MPS 15.333)
15. from Harp Revolution (5:10) [Jonny Teupen, Johann Anton Rettenbacher]
from "Jonny Teupen: Harpadelic" (MPS 15.247)
DISC 2 / THE BANDLEADER (total time 76:31) :
1. Zoom (6:57) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel: Spectrum" (MPS 15.301)
2. More About D (9:42) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel: Spectrum" (MPS 15.301)
3. Ach Kina (5:13) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel: Spectrum" (MPS 15.301)
4. Slums on Wheels (13:28) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel: Inside: Missing Link" (MPS 15.362)
5. Für Hector (5:47) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel: Inside: Missing Link" (MPS 15.362)
6. Lift! (6:50) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel & Friends: Lift!" (MPS 15.390)
7. Mindwill (6:43) [Volker Kriegel]
from "Volker Kriegel & Spectrum: Mild Maniac" (MPS 15.403)
8. Saturnalia (2:42) [Hans Peter Störe]
from "Volker Kriegel: Tropical Harvest" (MPS 15.471)
9. Und schön ist die Fahrt (5:45) [Thomas Bettermann]
from "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac: October Variations" (MPS 15.495)
10. Ghana Marathon (6:24) [Thomas Bettermann]
from "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra: Long Distance" (MPS 15.549)
11. Resonance (6:42) [Thomas Bettermann]
from "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra: Live In Bayern" (MPS 15.569)
TRACK CREDITS (DISC 1):
"Mather", "Vian-De", "Teaming Up"
Volker Kriegel: guitar, sitar / Dave Pike: vibes, tambourine / J.A.Rettenbacher: bass / Peter Baumeister: drums / Recorded January 21, 1969 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Rolf Donner / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Joachim Ernst Berendt / P1969 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set: Noisy Swington" (MPS 15.215)
"Riff for Rent", "The Secret Mystery of Hensh"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Dave Pike: vibes / J.A.Rettenbacher: basses, cello / Peter Baumeister: drums / Recorded November 7, 1969 live at the Berlin Philharmonie / Recording engineer: H.Mühlmann / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Willi Fruth / P1970 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set: Live At The Berlin Philharmonie" (MPS 15.257)
"Big Schlepp", "Country Shit", "Inside Crime"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Dave Pike: vibes / J.A.Rettenbacher: basses / Peter Baumeister: drums, percussion / Recorded March 15, 1971 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer / P1971 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set: Album" (MPS 15.309)
"Suspicious Child", "Soul-Eggs"
Volker Kriegel: guitar, sitar / Dave Pike: vibes / J.A.Rettenbacher: basses / Peter Baumeister: drums, percussion / Recorded June 15&16, 1970 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Rolf Donner / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Willi Fruth / P1970 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set: Infra Red" (MPS 15.280)
"Four Reasins / Sitting on My Knees"
Volker Kriegel: guitar, sitar, e-bass / Dave Pike: vibes, tambourine / J.A.Rettenbacher: basses, cello / Peter Baumeister: drums, percussion / Recorded August 1969 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Rolf Donner / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Willi Fruth / P1969 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set: Four Reasons" (MPS 15.253)
"Baiafrock / Volker"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Marc Hellman: drums / Dave Pike: vibes / Eberhard Weber: bass / Djalam Correa: pinicos, atabaques, timbales, agogo, triangle, various percussion instruments / Edson Emeterio de Santana: atabaques, surdo / Onias Carmadell: berimbau, atabaques, pandeiro / Recorded: June 18-21, 1972 at Somil Studios, Rio de Janeiro / Recording engineer: Selio S.Martins / Recording director and producer: Claus Schreiner / P1972 MPS Records
Originally released on: "The Dave Pike Set & Grupo Baiafro De Bahia: Salomao" (MPS 15.370)
"Q"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Don "Sugarcaine" Harris: e-violin / Dewey Terry: e-piano / Günter Lenz: bass / Todd Canedy: drums / Recorded: September 1974 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Rolf Donner / Recording director and producer: Willi Fruth / P1975 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Don 'Sugarcaine' Harris: Keyzop" (MPS 15.418)
"Where's My Sunshine"
Volker Kriegel: el-guitar / Don "Sugarcaine" Harris: e-violin / Wolfgang Dauner: keyboards, electronic device / Neville Whitehead: el-bass / Robert Wyatt: drums / Recorded: November 5, 1971 at Berlin Philharmonie / Recording engineer: Eberhard Sengspiel / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Joachim Ernst Berendt / P1972 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Don 'Sugarcaine' Harris: Got The Blues" (MPS 15.333)
"Harp Revolution"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Jonny Teupen: harp / Jiggs Whigham: trombone / Shake Keane: trumpet / Charly Antolini: drums / J.A.Rettenbacher: bass, el-piano / Dave Pike: vibe, percussion / Recorded: July 7-9, 1969 in Cologne / Recording engineer: Wolfgang Hirschmann / Recording director and producer: Willi Fruth / P1969 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Jonny Teupen: Harpadelic" (MPS 15.247)
TRACK CREDITS (DISC 2) :
"Zoom", "More About D", "Ach Kina"
Volker Kriegel: guitar, sitar / John Taylor: electra-piano / Peter Trunk: bass, e-bass, cello / Cees See: percussion / Peter Baumeister: drums, percussion / Recorded February 1st and 2nd 1971 at MPS Studios Villingen / Recording engineer: Rolf Donner / Recording director: Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1971 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel: Spectrum" (MPS 15.301)
"Slums on Wheels"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars, acoustic guitars / Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone / Alan Skidmore: soprano saxohone, tenor saxohone / Heinz Sauer: tenor saxohone / John Taylor: electra-piano / Eberhard Weber: electric bass, bass guitar / Cees See: percussion, voice, flutes, effects / John Marshall: drums Recorded March 20th and 21st 1972 at Tonstudio Walldorf / Recording engineer: Klaus D.Stingel / Recording director: Dieter V.Goetze / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1972 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel: Inside: Missing Link" (MPS 15.362)
"Für Hector"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars, acoustic guitars / John Taylor: electra-piano / Eberhard Weber: bass, electric bass, bass guitar / Cees See: percussion, voice, flutes, effects / Peter Baumeister: drums Recorded March 22nd and 23rd 1972 at Tonstudio Walldorf / Recording engineer: Klaus D.Stingel / Recording director: Albert Mangelsdorff / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1972 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel: Inside: Missing Link" (MPS 15.362)
"Lift!"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars, acoustic guitars / Stan Sulzman: soprano saxophone, flute / Zbigniew Seifert: electric violin / John Taylor: electra-piano / Eberhard Weber: bass, cello, electric bass, bass guitar / Cees See: percussion / Peter Baumeister: drums Recorded March 5th-10th 1973 at Biton Studio, Frankfurt/Main / Recording engineer: Hugo Gneipelt / Recording director: Willi Fruth, Dieter V.Goetze / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1973 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel & Friends: Lift!" (MPS 15.390)
"Mindwill"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass-guitar / Rainer Brüninghaus: keyboards / Eberhard Weber: bass, electric bass, bass guitar, cello / Joe Nay: drums / Recorded February 18th-23rd 1974 at Studio Walldorf, Frankfurt / Recording engineer: Klaus D.Stingel / Recording director: Willi Fruth / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1974 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel & Spectrum: Mild Maniac" (MPS 15.403)
"Saturnalia"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars / Hans Peter Ströer: acoustic guitar, synthesizers / Recorded December 16th-22nd 1975 at Studio Walldorf, Frankfurt / Recording engineer: Klaus D.Stingel / Recording director: Volker Kriegel / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1976 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel: Tropical Harvest" (MPS 15.471)
"Und schön ist die Fahrt"
Volker Kriegel: electric guitars, acoustic guitar, sitar-guitar / Thomas Bettermann: keyboards / Hans Peter Ströer: bass guitar, bass synthesizer / Evert Fraterman: drums / Nippy Noya: Percussion / Recorded October 28th-November 3rd 1975 at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart / Recording engineer: Rainer "Gibbs" Platen / Recording director: Volker Kriegel / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1977 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac: October Variations" (MPS 15.495)
"Ghana Marathon"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Thomas Bettermann: keyboards / Hans Peter Ströer: bass guitar / Hans "Batt" Behrendt: congas, percussion / Evert Fraterman: drums / Recorded: May 1979 at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart / Recording engineer: Rainer "Gibbs" Platen / Recording director: Volker Kriegel / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1979 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra: Long Distance" (MPS 15.549)
"Resonance"
Volker Kriegel: guitar / Thomas Bettermann: keyboards / Hans Peter Ströer: bass guitar / Hans "Batt" Behrendt: percussion / Evert Fraterman: drums / Recorded: December 1980 live at Club Marienköfer, Munich / Recording engineer: Rainer "Gibbs" Platen, Christoph Wertz / Recording director: Volker Kriegel / Producer: Volker Kriegel / P1981 MPS Records
Originally released on: "Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra: Live In Bayern" (MPS 15.569)
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