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Monday, August 2, 2021

Krokodil - Don't Make Promises / Hurra! Alive (1969) [Mono Single]

Krokodil - "Don't Make Promises" b/w "Hurra! Alive"

Original German 45 RPM Mono Single
Liberty 15 229  (Discogs)
~ThePoodleBites rip in 96kHz / 24bit FLAC + full high-res scans!~

These two songs were included on the 1999 Second Battle reissue of the debut Krokodil LP (see below) as bonus tracks. Unlike the main album tracks, however, these tracks seem to have been sourced from an original 45, not tapes. While not an altogether bad rip, the Second Battle bonuses suffer the same bad EQ, compression, & limiting as the LP tracks, so this "flat" high-res transfer inevitably sounds far more natural in comparison. Audiophiles and cheeserock (gruyèrerock?) fans rejoice!

Major thanks to the record phantom C.F. for sharing his Krokodil records in the name of blogdom!




Track listing:
1) "Don't Make Promises" -- 4:03
2) "Hurra! Alive" -- 3:07

Vinyl condition: M-
Dynamic Range: DR12

Equipment Lineage:
– Audio-Technica VMN40ML stylus on AT150MLx dual moving-magnet cartridge
– Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB direct drive professional turntable (internal stock preamp/ADC removed)
– Pro-Ject Phono Box S2 Ultra preamp with dedicated Zero Zone linear power supply
– Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 MkII (96kHz / 24bit)
– Adobe Audition CC 2020 (recording)
– iZotope RX 8 audio editor (manual declicking, EQ subtraction, additional adjustments)
– Audacity 2.3.3 (fades between tracks, split tracks)
– Foobar2000 v1.5.1 (tagging, dynamic range analysis)

B-side also on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojb9QUitByU

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Besondere Kennzeichen:

KROKODIL ist eine neue avantgardistische Gruppe aus der Schweiz. Von den bekannt gewordenen "Sauterelles" löste sich der Drummer Kurt "Düde" Dürst und wurde Initiator dieser interessanten Sound-Mechaniker. Um ihn scharten sich:  der Sanger mit der "Metallstimme" Hardy Hepp, auch Violinist der Gruppe, Walter Anselmo (g+sitar), Moio Weideli (harm+fl) und der Engländer Terry Stevens (bg). Bemüht um ein eigenes musikalisches Profil verzichtet KROKODIL bewußt auf jede Kopie kommerzieller Vorbilder. 

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Special marks:

KROKODIL is a new avant-garde group from Switzerland. The drummer Kurt "Düde" Dürst broke away from the well-known "Sauterelles" and became the initiator of these interesting sound mechanics. Crowded around him: the singer with the "metal voice" Hardy Hepp, also violinist of the group, Walter Anselmo (g + sitar), Moio Weideli (harm + fl) and the Englishman Terry Stevens (bg). Endeavoring to develop its own musical profile, KROKODIL deliberately refrains from copying commercial models.

9 comments:

  1. Amazing, getting better all the time TPB, many thanks!!

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  2. Thanks for this nice single as well as the previous LP -- I'm diggin' it man! Groovy

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  3. Thanks for al the latest updates on the site, and i'd like to ask you if these are planned to have an EQ subtracted update:

    Beacon Street Union - The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union (1968) [Original USA Mono WLP] {FLAC 96-24}
    Cold Sun - Dark Shadows (1993) [Original Rockadelic RRLP-2.5] {FLAC 96-24}
    Hollins And Starr - Sidewalks Talking (1970) [Original Quadraphonic Reel-To-Reel Tape] {FLAC 96-24}
    Love - Four Sail (1969) [2019 Reissue] [Original Arthur Lee Mixes] {FLAC 96-24}
    Makiah - God Of Aud - Big Rhyder (1971) [Original US Single] {FLAC 96-24}
    Marcus - From The House Of Trax (1979) [US Original] {FLAC 96-24}
    Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck - Funny Feeling - I (2nd Version) [1969]
    Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck - I - Funny Feeling (1st Version) [1968]
    Rick Saucedo - Heaven Was Blue (1978) [2014 Guerssen LP] {FLAC 96-24}
    Rick Saucedo - Heaven Was Blue (1978) [Original] {FLAC 96-24}
    Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [2019 Sundazed Mono] {FLAC 96-24}
    Strawberry Alarm Clock - Tomorrow - Birds In My Tree [US Mono Single] {FLAC 96-24}
    The Beat Of The Earth - Our Standard Three Minute Tune (1994) [Original US Pressing] {FLAC 96-24}
    The Beat Of The Earth - The Electronic Hole (1970) [Original US Pressing] {FLAC 96-24}
    The Frantics - Human Monkey - Someday (1966) [Original US 45RPM Single] {FLAC 96-24}
    The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! (1966) [The Original Aborted Version] {FLAC 96-24}
    Truth And Janey - No Rest For The Wicked (1976) [US Original] {FLAC 96-24}
    Ultimate Spinach - Ultimate Spinach (1968) [Sundazed Mono] {FLAC 96-24}
    Zerfas - Zerfas (1973) [1994 Reissue] {FLAC 96-24}

    Thank you!

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    1. Thanks for the list -- but they are all already corrected! See here:
      https://upvhq.blogspot.com/2021/03/all-links-have-been-updated.html
      Some of them may not have "EQ subtracted" in the metadata, probably just because I forgot to type it... I _should_ probably fix that... :)

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    2. Hi, i think you should re-check them, cause i downloaded each one and compared to the old files and the flac are the same size.

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    3. As I stated above, they are all correct. Many of them were never posted as "non-subtracted" to begin with. :)

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  4. Just wanted to say thank you for this, it's new to me. Looking forward to it.

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    1. Ah, great! Thanks for the comment & hope you enjoy it!

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