Krankschaft - The Flame Red Superstar

[Jonathan Smith]

You will be surprised at how good these versions of Bob Calvert's songs are,
better than the originals in many ways. It's a shame Bob isn't alive to be
able to work with Krankshaft. I have listened to almost everything Bob
Calvert has recorded and can recommend this this anyone who enjoys his
work. Hopefully, these versions may get him some new fans too!

I don't often recommend stuff either....:)

Jonathan

2009/11/3 <gingoblin at easynet.co.uk>

> This is a really great album!  Highly recommended! Excellent versions of
> some of Bob's greatest songs, with great packaging too! Everyone here should
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>> Hi Everyone,
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>> I don't usually post plugs to lists, but I thought I'd update you on
>> the Krankschaft album of Robert Calvert songs.
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>> We've released it on CD as a Limited (250 copies) Edition with A2
>> colour poster and glossy photocard, it's also available as an MP3
>> download, find both versions at www.krankschaft.com.
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>> You can hear samples of every track on the MP3 page, but enough of my
>> ramblings let me leave you with a review posted to our website:
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>> "When I was younger Robert Calvert often provided my soundtrack. I was
>> born in industrial Sheffield and from my bedroom window I really could
>> see the canal. I could see the cranes, but it was Bob who made me see
>> them as an X-ray of the Taj Mahal. When I was 17 I'd sneak out at
>> night, take my Dad's Morris Marina and drive over the Pennines, flying
>> in fantasies and glorious solitude. When I heard '..Luminous Green
>> Glow..' I realized I wasn't a nut, other people got it.
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>> And then he died. It was like I'd boarded a plane that never took off.
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>> Many people felt that loss, not least Fred and Steve of Krankschaft,
>> and 'The Flame Red Superstar' goes a long way towards helping us all
>> feel a little better. All the classics are here but not as you know
>> them. I can't pick a favourite track. From the heaviest version of
>> 'Picket Line' you'll ever hear to a fragile, poignant 'Greenfly and
>> the Rose', it's clear that Steve and Fred love these songs and know
>> exactly how to treat them.
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>> This is not a compilation, it's an album. It does what an album should
>> do. It makes you dance, it makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It's an
>> integrated piece of audible art, right down to the silence between the
>> tracks. The sounds are beautifully complemented by Doctor Foxon's
>> excellent package and poster designs.
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>> Bob's songs were cruelly orphaned at an early age and like many
>> orphans some of them have been mistreated. One thinks of the poor
>> 'Ejection' dragged out and thrashed before the baying mob. Steve and
>> Fred however have nurtured those songs over the years and now we see
>> them, mature adults, taking their place in the world they were born to
>> inherit.
>> -Miniwood. "
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>> Sorry for the blatant advert!
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>> -Steve
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