The band Kraan is one of the oldest German bands. They are still performing. Only the first albums can be classified as "Krautrock". On their later albums they turned to jazzrock. The excellent self-titled debut album was recorded in 1972 in a farm house in Wintrup in the county of Westfalen, where the band lived as a commune for several years. It contains interesting jazz rock with Krautrock, Arabian and progressive elements.
Thank you very much to Hellmut Hattler for providing the photographs.
01. Jerk of Life 02. Nam Nam 03. Holiday am Marterhorn (incl. Gipfelsturm) 04. Sarah's Ritt durch den Schwarzwald 05. Andy Nogger 06. Andy Nogger / Gutter King 07. Hallo, ja ja, I don't know 08. Lonesome Liftboy 09. Kraan Arabia
01. Rush Hour 02. Dinner for Two 03. Vollgas Ahoi 04. You're Right 05. Wintruper Echo 06. Nam Nam 07. Holiday am Marterhorn 08. Air Bass (bass solo) 09. Nachtfahrt 10. Favorite Land 11. Jerk of Life 12. Kunststück 13. Kraan Arabia
Bonus on the Insideout release (2005): 14. Ausflug 06:39
01. Rockets 02. Good Enough 03. Egyptian Cha Cha 04. Polarity 05. Dancing in the Shade 06. Banana Moon 07. Is this the Way 08. Middle East Beat 09. One Day
01. Weeyeea (different mix on sampler and on the re-release 2000) 02. Soul of Stone 03. Walking on Time 04. Beat Hotel 05. Seven days 06. Famous People 07. Wenn die Kraaniche zieh'n (also on Hattlers: Bassball - different recording) 08. Wondergirl 09. Parachute 10. Ein Lied für die Königin
01. let it out 6' 27" 02. borgward 8' 31" 03. let's take a ride 5' 17" 04. hallo jaja - i don't know 7' 36" 05. vollgas ahoi 6' 02" 06. dinner for two 1' 34" 07. far west 4' 24" 08. yaqui yagua 7' 19" 09. jerk of life 4' 18" 10. nam nam 14' 28" 11. andy nogger 3' 54"
12. 01 - 06 recorded at the herzberg festival 6/'00 by daniel schindler 13. 07 - 11 recorded at the international donau festival ulm 6/'00 by juergen schlachter on the occasion of kraan's 30th anniversary in 2001
01. Unser Lied 02. Soulkeeper 03. Solemn Sundown 04. Slomocean 05. Run Sonny Run 06. Urlaubsmusik 07. Now What(Arewegonnado) 08. Moxx MUSIC 09. Through