Ear (record label)
Ohr was a German record label active between 1969 and 1973 in the distribution of the Metronome , which played a pioneering role in the spread of the so-called Krautrock . The founder (together with Peter Meisel ), key maker and producer was the music journalist and concert promoter Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser . Some of the most important nationally and internationally known German rock bands such as Tangerine Dream , Embryo , Guru Guru and Ash Ra Tempel received their first record deal with Ohr . A total of 33 long-playing records (including five double LPs) and twelve 7-inch singles were released on the Ohr label. Renamed in 1973 to Kosmische Kuriere (and later again to Kosmische Musik ), further LPs under the direction of Kaisers were released under contractually often unclear circumstances.
history
In the late 1960s, many major record companies (saw major labels ) by the exploding rock music market led to call new "progressive" label for this very special market into life (eg EMI with the label Harvest Records and Philips with Vertigo Records , both 1969). With Ohr, the Metronome label was given the chance to specifically market German groups. The Cologne music journalist Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, who had already co-organized the very successful “ International Essen Songtage ” in 1968 , used his experience and artist contacts he had made here and at the Burg-Waldeck-Festival and published more quickly after production began in late 1969 Follow a series of outstanding records whose artistic value was often only recognized years or decades later. The chief designer of the new underground label was the Mainz graphic artist Reinhard Hippen , who Kaiser had also known since the Burg Waldeck Festival; First Dieter Dierks and then the legendary Conny Plank were hired as sound engineer .
Many of the original editions of the ear long-playing records are now sought-after rarities among collectors.
Discography: The ear records in chronological order
LPs
| Order no. | Interpreter | title | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| OMM 56000 | Flea de Cologne | Assembly line babies beat show | March 1970 |
| OMM 56001 | Limbus 4 | Mandalas | March 1970 |
| OMM 56002 | Bernd Witthüser | Songs of vampires, nuns and the dead | March 1970 |
| OMM 56003 | embryo | opal | April 1970 |
| OMM 56004 | Tangerine Dream | Electronic meditation | June 1970 |
| OMM 56005 | Guru Guru | UFO | June 1970 |
| OMM 2/56006 | Various | Feast for the ears | September 1970 |
| OMM 56007 | Annexus Quam | osmosis | September 1970 |
| OMM 56008 | Amon Düül | Paradise towards Düül | January 1971 |
| OMM 56009 | Roger Bunn | Peace of Mind | 1971 |
| OMM 56010 | Flea de Cologne | Rock opera profit vultures | January 1971 |
| OMM 56011 | Paul and Limpe Fuchs / Anima | Stormy sky | January 1971 |
| OMM 56012 | Tangerine Dream | Alpha Centauri | January 1971 |
| OMM 56013 | Ash Ra temple | Ash Ra temple | March 1971 |
| OMM 56014 | Xhol | Hau-RUK | March 1971 |
| OMM 56015 | Birth control | surgery | March 1971 |
| OMM 56016 | Witthüser & Westrupp | Trips and dreams | March 1971 |
| OMM 556017 | Guru Guru | Back | July 1971 |
| OMM 2/56018 | Various | In the middle of the ear | |
| OMM 556019 | myth | myth | January 1972 |
| OMM 556020 | Ash Ra temple | Vibrations | March 1972 |
| OMM 2/56021 | Tangerine Dream | time | May 1972 |
| OMM 556022 | Klaus Schulze | Will-o'-the-wisp | May 1972 |
| OMM 556023 | Walpurgis | Queen of Saba | June 1972 |
| OMM 556024 | Xhol | Motherfuckers GmbH & Co. KG | 1972 |
| OMM 556025 | Birth control | Believe In The Pill | 1972 |
| OMM 2/56027 | Various | Cosmic music | July 1972 |
| OMM 556028 | Annexus Quam | Relationships | July 1972 |
| OMM 2/56029 | Flea de Cologne | Lucky Strike Live | November 1972 |
| OMM 556030 | Arno Clauss | To Aunt Gertie in Zons on the Rhine | 1972 |
| OMM 556031 | Tangerine Dream | breath | January 1973 |
| OMM 556032 | Ash Ra temple | Join Inn | January 1973 |
| OMM 556033 | Flea de Cologne | Geyer Symphony | 1973 |
Note: The catalog number OMM 556026 is not occupied. As far as possible, the recording / publication dates have been compiled from the books by Freeman and Asbjørnsen and from the corresponding volumes of the music magazine Sounds .
Singles
| Order no. | Interpreter | title | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS 57,000 | Amon Düül | Eternal Flow / Paramechanical World | 1970 |
| OS 57.001 | Flea de Cologne | St. Pauli, you my hole to the world / Bruno-Lied | 1970 |
| OS 57.002 | Witthüser & Westrupp | One day the night comes / Who swims there (Flipper) | 1970 |
| OS 57.003 | Birth control | Hope / Rollin ' | 1970 |
| OS 57.004 | Witthüser & Westrupp | Have a joint / let's go on a journey | 1971 |
| OS 57.005 | Birth control | The Work Is Done / Flesh And Blood | 1971 |
| OS 57.006 | Tangerine Dream | Ultima Thule | 1971 |
| OS 57.007 | Birth control | What's Your Name / Believe In The Pill | 1972 |
| OS 57.008 | Golgotha | Dies Irae / Children's Game | 1972 |
| OS 57.009 | Flea de Cologne | Emil in Erkenschwick / You have to pay | 1972 |
| OS 57.011 | Arno Clauss | Karlchen or So it can't go on / I'd like to hit some people in the face |
|
| OS 57.012 | Flea de Cologne | Der Löwenthaler / Bavarian Heimatlied (with Dieter Süverkrüp ) | 1973 |
Note: Catalog number OS 57.010 was never published.
literature
- Asbjørnsen, Dag Erik: Cosmic Dreams At Play. A Guide to German Progressive & Electronic Rock. Glasgow: Borderline 1996 ISBN 1-89985-501-7
- Freeman, Steven and Freeman, Alan: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg. Encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik & Other Progressive, Experimental & Electronic Musics from Germany. Leicester: Audion, 1996 ISBN 0-9529506-0-X
- Sounds plates 66-77. 1827 reviews. Frankfurt am Main 1979
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vinyl is trendy. Plattensammeln.de, accessed October 30, 2013.