Oratorium Oratorium 1972 Germany, Krautrock, Gospel Psychedelic Rock

Oratorium - Oratorium 1972 (Germany, Krautrock, Gospel Psychedelic Rock) One of the best hidden treasures of German early 1970s psych Krautrock private pressings! The only LP from this young 6-piece group (3 brothers and friends) from Hof (Bavaria), 9 great songs full of haunting melodies, swirling, wailing Farfisa organ, guitars, sparkling piano, bass and drums, and - in opposite to most other private Krautrock LPs - superb vocals. The dark echo-ey / reverb-laden sound sometimes reminds me of Mary Butterworth and gives this LP this particular spine-chilling, goosepimples-producing feeling of those magnificent 1960s psych-garage ballads. By lyrkoss Sounds more like a 1968 era American garage psych album, than anything typically coming from Germany circa 1972. Excepting the semi-narrated vocals in German of course. Somewhat like Ainigma’s “Diluvium“, but a better reference is some of the 45’s coming from the German underground as featured on Garden of Delight’s “Psychedelic Gems“ series. Straightforward rock n roll songs, with Farfisa organ, slightly fuzzy guitars, echoed piano and a lot of vocals. A very unusual sound for Germany, so I can understand the collector appeal. All music composed by Bernhard Hornig, all lyrics written by Georg Hornig. 01. Ich bin nicht mehr allein - 4:13 02. Du bist die Antwort - 4:42 03. Du bist die Stimme - 2:37 04. Wir feiern gro?e Festlichkeiten - 3:14 05. Denkt daran - 2:40 06. Vater unser - 2:46 07. Uberall in dieser Welt - 3:31 08. It’s Love (Es ist die Liebe) - 9:03 09. Seid ihm dankbar - 3:19 - Rainer Hornig - vocals, guitar - Bernhard Hornig - organ, piano, bass, backing vocals - Georg Hornig - piano, organ, percussion, backing vocals - Helmut Busschel - guitar, bass, drums, percussion - Rolf Huber - bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals - Bernd Winterstetter - drums, backing vocals