Ash Ra Tempel – 50th Anniversary Edition

140gr black vinyl. 50th Anniversary re-edition, re-cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching, 350gsm quadro fold out sleeve, A2 poster, two A4 inlay (German and English) with original bio sheet written by Manuel Göttsching in 1970. Ash Ra Tempel is the eponymous debut studio album by the krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel. It features guitarist Manuel Göttsching with drummer Klaus Schulze and bassist Hartmut Enke. Engineered by Conny Plank it was recorded in March 1971 and released in June 1971 on Ohr Records. This 50th Anniversary album will be released in memoriam of all the musical contributors to this release and on Manuel Göttsching’s MG.ART label. It’s the fourth and headlining edition in this series and was finalised, carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself in the late Autumn of 2022
Much has been written about the record and band. Having finished a first musical chapter with their Steeple Chase Bluesband and still at the very young age of only 17 and 18 years old Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke met Klaus Schulze. Together they started to write and and compose what, to many, became one the holy grails of psychedelic rock and early electronic music – the German variant which was later also named “Krautrock”:
“The trio of Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke decided to abandon conventional composition and songwriting, in favour of free-form improvising and developing a new musical language. As such, they became notorious for jams that could exceed 30 minutes.” Says Discogs. “Some of these recordings can be found on Manuel Göttsching’s “The Private Tapes” releases”, which will be re-released on MG.ART as well, following this edition. “AllMusic called the album both astonishingly prescient and just flat out good, a logical extension of the space-jam- freakout ethos into rarified realms.”