Saturday 16 August 2008

Klaus Doldinger- The Ambassador


Just in the process of ripping this little gem on german liberty records. (i bought this a few years ago now outside the Jazz cafe in camden london off a guy called percy, he had some gr8 records back then!!! I still remember holding don Rendell and ian Carr-Dusk fire in one hand and Joki Freunds-Yogi jazz in the other!!! i only wish i had that much money lol)
Recorded in munich in 1969, its a double album with disk 1 recorded in the studio, and disk 2 recorded live at the Domicile Jazz Club in munich june 18th 1969 a day earlier than the studio recording!!
It has a Great modal version of scarborough fair, paul simon has never sounded so good lol!!!!
Also features Raga Up and Down and brazilian thoroughfare amongst others!!!
ripped at 320 Njoy n plz leave a comment ;)

31 comments:

AmBrOsE said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/137805528/Klaus_Doldinger-The_Ambassador.part1.rar

AmBrOsE said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/137807461/Klaus_Doldinger-The_Ambassador.part2.rar

E-mile said...

hi Ambrose,
not such a big fan of Passport (anymore, the "eloy-years" have left me for a few decades) anymore,
I'm gonna try this ANYWAYS...
(1969 + a very "funky" cover) I'll get back to you with the listening results... Thanks for the link back you're up over here as well:-)
peace, E-mile
PS Bradford did well!!! Absolute GEM & wish I'd head it in my shelves somewhere (and about 10 years earlier)
-rock on-

Anonymous said...

ummm, very interesting. it seems to have mixed music all over the world. thank you very much, Ambrose.

Simon666 said...

hey thanks for this!
Added you to the blogroll over at Neverenoughrhodes, keep up the good work mister :)

Anonymous said...

percy had a record shop called blue monk in turnpike lane during the mid 80s where I bought some great lps.mind you they were NEVER cheap !

Reza said...

Nice post thanks , will link you :)

Reza said...

Nice post thanks , will link you :)

avocado kid said...

Hey Ambrose! Nice new blog. Thanks for the rare grooves!

g.raf said...

Thanks Ambrose.
That version of scarborough fair is even better than the London Jazz Four's!

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AmBrOsE said...

Thanx for sharing Wara, but i have this album already...youve saved me uploading it hehe!!
Wot quality has it been ripped at tho??
Peace

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AmBrOsE said...

Hey wara thats cool, thanx for the great share,id forgot how nice that album was!!! :)
Ambrose

johnv said...

Thanks for this one Ambrose--best of luck too on the blog. What you have shared so far has been really nice.

Gianni aka Cesare Barbetta said...

I love klaus style.
thank you.
great blog

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much!

-Otto- said...

You can't believe what a pleasure this post means to me. This is for my taste the best Doldinger album -- period. I can't understand why it was never reissued on CD. The same is also true of Doldinger's Blues Happening (which was posted on CIA a few months back).

In any case, this is an outstanding rip you did here. I wish I had kept my copy of the LP in such pristine condition.

Many, many thanks!

And I agree that Doldinger's rendition of Scarborough Fair is the best I've come across. Simon & Garfunkel's version of this English ballad pales in comparison (although it was this Simon & Garfunkel version that most likely inspired Doldinger to record his version). Even the Cream's I Feel Fine gets a new and somewhat unexpected treatment here. In short, not a single lousy track on this double LP.

Anonymous said...

I just listened to this and I love every note. The zest, the confidence, the tone - already Doldinger uses an echoplex on some tracks, which would become mandatory, even cliched, in Passport, but here it still sounds original, fresh.

The sixties weren't just the Beatles and hippies. New talents emerged in many fields capturing a new mood.

I saw Passport in the 70's and they were the tightest best band ever, especially the drummer, but this early Doldinger stuff is something else again.

Unknown said...

I have this fabulous double lp but over the years it's impossible to get the digital recording on the conventionals music stores. Anyboby can help me?

Thanks

-Otto- said...

Josep, This double LP (as well as Blues Happening) were never issued on CD. AFAIK there have only been three cuts from Ambassador on three different compilation CDs (Brazilian Thoroughfare on Glücklich Vol. I; Raga Up and Down on Best of Doldinger ACT; Scarborough Fair on Bluesy Toosy ACT). They're all OOP. I wonder if Universal (who now owns Liberty) will ever reissue these recordings. Until that happens you just need to enjoy these rather excellent LP rips (counting the present Ambassador and Blues Happening on CIA as well).

Unknown said...

Thank you Otto. We have to wait (and maybe pressing Universal?). There is a similar case -not so difficult- with a Ray Charles album: Just between us. At last I got it! If there is some strange work you're searching for and I can help you... no doubt!!

Anonymous said...

Great post- thank you

Unknown said...

Otto and Anonymous: do you know a Joan Bibiloni soundtrack, VIAJE EN EL TIEMPO?. And the best Walter Wanderley work: WHEN IT WAS DONE?. For a long time it were difficult to get.... now they are on iTunes. I think one day we will find The Ambassador there
We have to write to Universal... maybe all together

Unknown said...

Sorry, WHEN IT WAS DONE it's not on iTunes

Andy said...

Thanks Ambrose nice to see your blog growing and getting a good core of followers.Nice post.

Anonymous said...

yeah..i remember percy..he had a shop called blue monk, i think it was in turnpike lane..went there a few times.
a nice guy with tonnes of jazz.

Michael said...

Thank you very much!

LYSERGICFUNK said...

VERY THANKS !!!!!
Guido/LF

Anonymous said...

Superb and rare album!
Thank you very much for sharing!
I'm searching the Motherhood i feel so free lp,can you/somebody help me?

soul quinquin said...

Hello superb blog! I wanted to download this album only the link is dead. Could you send me it please? and I would also like to ask you if you do not have the album The Motherhood "I Feel So Free" because I'm looking desperately this album for over thirty years. With thanks advance, friendship