| Description | : STREAMLINE 1022, 2002 ; HOLY SHIDE! THE SPACE-HIPPIES ARE BACK! JEDENFALLS AUF DIESER SCHEIBE: DIE EXPERIMENTELL & IMPROVISIEREND ARBEITENDEN KRAUT-PSYCHEDELIKER XHOL CARAVAN WERDEN HIER 30 JAHRE SPÄTER DER EXPERIMENTAL-SZENE WIEDER ZUGÄNGLICH GEMACHT, UND ZWAR MIT LIVE-AUFNAHMEN VON 1968/1969 ("FREEDOM OPERA", UND EINER RADIOAUFNAHME FÜRS WDR). DAZU GIBTS EINE BONUS 12" HOT BUTTERED XHOL MIT TRIBUT-AUFNAHMEN VON CURRENT 93, NURSE WITH WOUND WITH XHOL, UND CHRISTOPH HEEMANN. DIE DO-LP KOMMT IM GATEFOLD-SLEEVE, DIE 12" IM EXTRA-COVER. COVERARTWORK BABS SANTINI. "XHOL WERE YEARS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME AND MY TIME. I STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THEM!" (DAVID TIBET), "XHOL CARAVAN WERE ONE OF THE FIRST GERMAN PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND BANDS TO APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR (THE DAWN OF A GRAND TRADITION!). MOTHERFUCKERS LIVE CONTAINS THE FIRST RECORDINGS TO BE RELEASED BY XHOL CARAVAN SINCE 1970. THIS DOUBLE LP CONTAINS TWO ENTIRE CONCERT PERFORMANCES FROM 1968 AND 1969. THE FIRST LP FEATURES THE ONLY EXISTING RECORDING OF THE XHOL CARAVAN 'FREEDOM OPERA,' WHICH WAS PLANNED AS AN ALBUM RELEASE BUT NEVER REALIZED IN THE STUDIO. THE SECOND LP, RECORDED FOR GERMAN RADIO IN COLOGNE, SHOWS A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE LINE-UP THAT CAN BE HEARD ON THEIR TWO OHR RELEASES. MOTHERFUCKERS LIVE COMES PACKAGED WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE 12" 'HOT BUTTERED XHOL' INCLUDING COVER VERSIONS OF XHOL CARAVAN PIECES BY NURSE WITH WOUND, CURRENT 93 AND CHRISTOPH HEEMANN." [PRESS RELEASE], |
