Langsyne from Barmen played some sophisticated English-language
psych-folk with a large variety of partly exotic instruments like the
psaltery, koto, glockenspiel, banjo, flute, slide guitar, or the Jew's
harp. Their only LP was released in 1976, as an edition of only 200
copies, and is today sold at a price of about € 1000 to € 2000 in mint
condition. It is thus probably the most expensive Krautrock LP except
the first edition of "Monster movie" by Can. It contains only
self-written tracks. Especially remarkable is that the musical
interaction of the three musicians is of somnabulistic perfection. There
have been several new editions of "Langsyne", both as LP and as CD,
some of them with a bonus track. The Garden of Delights CD has been
drawn from the master tapes and contains fifteen bonus tracks, each of
them of a perfect sound quality. GOD
Tracklist :
1 Medina 8:30
2 Morning 3:35
3 Changing 6:43
4 Cynghanedd 7:42
5 A Very Sarcastic Song 6:51
6 Carnivore 4:01
7 Mignon 1:54
- BOMUS TRACKS -
8 Lady Mary 3:48
9 Sir Nogbert's Galliard 1:26
10 Nocturne For E 2:08
11 Flying 2:10
12 Arcadia 3:00
13 Heckinghausen 2:42
14 Tatzelwurm 3:40
15 Raps-o-die 2:32
16 Dance The Night Away 1:40
17 Rainforest Song 3:10
18 Dance With The Knight 1:16
19 Langerfeld 2:50
20 Kinderseele 2:38
21 Im Nebel 2:50
22 Fiumicino 3:56
Credits :
Banjo – Matthias Mertler
Flute – Ulrich Naehle
Glockenspiel – Matthias Mertler
Guitar – Egbert Froese, Matthias Mertler
Organ – Egbert Froese
Percussion – Matthias Mertler
Sitar – Egbert Froese
Vocals – Egbert Froese, Matthias Mertler, Ulrich Naehle
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