Jane – Jane III (1974/1997)
Artist: Jane
Album: Jane III
Genre: Krautrock, Progressive Rock
Label: Repertoire
Year Of Release: 1974/1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
1. Comin’ Again 9:40
2. Mother, You Don’t Know 5:52
3. I Need You 4:52
4. Way To Paradise 3:28
5. Early In The Morning 5:24
6. Jane-Session 4:20
7. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star 4:48
8. King Of Thule 0:39
9. Baby, What You’re Doin’ 3:08
Personnel:
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Charly Maucher
Composed By – K. Hess, P. Panka, W. Krantz
Drums, Percussion – Peter Panka
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Klaus Hess
Engineer – Conny Plank
Guitar [Leslie] – Wolfgang Krantz
Producer – Günter Körber
Piano – Wolfgang Krantz (Track: 4)
Vocals – Peter Panka (Track: 4)
While it would be easy to tag German chooglers Jane with the often overused Krautrock label, the band have far more in common with the bongwater-soaked riffage of Deep Purple and Grand Funk Railroad, than the more academic, experimentally minded sounds of Can, Neu! and even Amon Duul II. This album–the band’s third and released in 1974–is easily their high-water mark. Epic guitar solos collide with space-boogie grooves, white blues vocals, and Age-of-Aquarius mysticism to create what is certainly a forgotten classic. That Jane were bona fide rock stars in their native land makes the album all the more interesting. Originally released on the German psych/prog label Head, Britain’s SPV reissued it in 2007 with informative liner notes.
