Torfrock: ....Dat Matscht So Schön and Rata-Ta-Zong

Two albums from German band Torfrock. Pretty weird stuff going on. 

Album 1

A1

Torfmoorholmer Regionalhymne

A2

Spruch: Arbeitstag In Torfmoorholm

A3

Rut Mit'n Torf (...Dat Matscht So Schön)

A4

Spruch: Torfmoorholmer Arbeitswelt

A5

Sommertied-Blues (Summertime Blues)

A6

Spruch: Jochen Kurzschluß

A7

He, Jo

A8

Spruch: Torfmoorholmer Frühgeschichte

A9

Rollo, Der Wikinger

B1

Rollos Taufe

B2

Spruch: Fingerfertigkeit

B3

Karola Petersen (Oh, Carol)

B4

Spruch: Joe Verfällt Der Mystik

B5

De' Wind Secht Maria (The Wind Cries Mary)

B6

Spruch: Friedhelm Fusel

B7

Spuk Am Brautsee

B8

Spruch: Torfmoorholmer Gastfreundschaft

B9

Let's Wörk Togesser (Let's Work Together)

Album 2

A1

Die Sonntagsjäger

A2

Volle Granate, Renate

A3

Tarzan Von' Teer

A4

Die Butterfahrt

A5

Tanz Der Wikinger

B1

Presslufthammer B-B-Bernhard

B2

Ufos Über Torfmoorholm

B3

Watt?

B4

Wikingerbeerdigung

Rentnerband: ...alles klar

Yahoo! Those crazy Germans didn't half know how to take a well-known tune and do a little craziness to it. This album is an odd mix of cover versions of songs: "Lily The Pink" and "Liverpool Lou" and songs/tunes that, I think, were their own. There's a mad version of "The Entertainer" and their take on, the previously stated, "Lily The Pink" is almost as good as the original, as it adds, toward the end,  a mini-homage to "Rockbound The Clock" and "Ja, mir san mit'm Radl da" which is a song I love from the Die Moosacher band album. If you get off on strange, mid 70s Germania then this is your album. 

Klaus Wunderlich: Hammond Pop 5

Holy ORGAN Geoff! This is a fabulous concoction of Hammond arrangements made by Germany's premier concoctor of organ-stuff, Klaus Wunderlich.  Each track is a medley of two or three songs/tunes that were obviously created  to send young (and old) Germans mad with delight. It's not surprising why! It's a brilliant album of mad organ music. SIMPLES.