Brain was a

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-based

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prominent in the 1970s releasing several important Krautrock records by bands such as

Neu! Neu! (; German for "New!"; styled in block capitals) were a West German krautrock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother following their departure from Kraftwerk. The group's albums were produced by Conny Plan ...

, Cluster and

Guru Guru Guru Guru is a German krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums), Uli Trepte (bass) and Eddy Naegeli (guitar), later replaced by the American Jim Kennedy. After Kennedy collapsed on stage due to a serious ill ...

. Many of its more prominent records are currently being reissued on CD by

Repertoire Records Repertoire Records is a German record label from Hamburg, Germany, specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally issued in the 1960s and 1970s. The chairman is Thomas Neelsen. See also * List of record labels File:Alvin ...

. In the middle of 1971, Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's management style at

Ohr ''Ohr'' ("Light" he, אור; plural: ''Ohros/Ohrot'' "Lights" ) is a central Kabbalistic term in the Jewish mystical tradition. The analogy of physical light is used as a way of describing metaphysical Divine emanations. ''Shefa'' ("Flow" an ...

caused two of his A&R men, Bruno Wendel and Günter Körber, to leave Ohr and set up their own record company, which they called Brain. Wendel & Korber brought Guru Guru with them from Ohr, and immediately signed Cluster, who had recorded one LP for Philips; they soon recorded and released ''Cluster II''. Brain was rapidly a success throughout West Germany and much of western Europe, although had little presence in the US. Signings throughout the seventies and into the eighties included Neu!, Cluster,

Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; grc, Ἁρμονία /Ancient Greek phonology, harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Rome, Roman counterpart is Concordia (mythology), Concordia. Her Greek op ...

Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers ...

, Edgar Froese, Guru Guru, Grobschnitt,

Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (), was a German polymath who was a writer, philosopher, poet, aristocrat and mystic. He is regarded as an idiosyncratic and influential figure of ...

, Jane, Birth Control, Embryo,

Popol Vuh ''Popol Vuh'' (also ''Popol Wuj'' or ''Popul Vuh'' or ''Pop Vuj'') is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit Guatemala and the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and ...

, Curly Curve,

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Electric Sun Electric Sun was a heavy metal band formed by Uli Jon Roth after his departure from the Scorpions in 1978. They recorded three albums between 1979 and 1985. Their first album, ''Earthquake'', was released in 1979 and features guitarist/vocalis ...

, Accept and many more. A later reissue series called ''Rock On Brain'' saw many early Brain recordings reissued, although mostly with entirely different sleeves and even album titles. Brain also reissued a number of recordings licensed to their parent company Metronome, such as Amon Düül's first album ''Psychedelic Underground''. Many came out on the M2001 label which is closely linked to Brain. Brain licensed and issued a number of British releases for the West German market, in this case mainly featuring the original sleeves. These included

Greenslade Greenslade were an English progressive rock band, formed in the autumn of 1972 by keyboard player Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves, with keyboardist Dave Lawson and drummer Andrew McCulloch. History The band made their live debu ...

, Caravan, If,

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, Atomic Rooster,

Alexis Korner Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major in ...

Gryphon The griffin, griffon, or gryphon ( Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and ...

and Steamhammer. There were of course exceptions - the Brain issue of Atomic Rooster's ''Nice n Greasy'' features an entirely different sleeve to the UK issue, and If's ''Double Diamond'' didn't receive a UK release at all. Some Brain releases later proved highly influential. Brain 1004 was Neu!'s eponymous debut ''

''; Brain 1062 was ''

Neu! 75 ''Neu! 75'' is the third studio album by the krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded and mixed at Conny Plank's studio between December 1974 and January 1975. It was released in 1975 by Brain Records, and officially reissued on CD on 29 May 2001 by ...

'', which undoubtedly contributed to the sound of punk rock. Körber left in 1976 to start

Sky Records Sky Records was a Hamburg, Germany-based independent record label specializing in krautrock/ Kosmische Musik and electronic music. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, industrial, ambien ...

, which released much Cluster-related music plus

Michael Rother Michael Rother (born 2 September 1950) is a German experimental musician, best known for being a founding member of the influential bands Neu! and Harmonia, and an early member of the band Kraftwerk. Early life and education Born in 1950, ...

's early solo work, and bands like Streetmark. When he left the labels of Brain LPs changed from green to orange.

Discography

*1001 –

– ''

Lonesome Crow ''Lonesome Crow'' is the debut studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions. It was recorded soon after Scorpions became a fully professional band under the production of Conny Plank, apparently in only six or seven days, and released 9 F ...

'' *1002 – Jane – ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

'' *1003 – Gomorrha – ''I turned to See Whose Voice It Was'' *1004 –

– ''

'' *1005 –

– ''St. Radigunds'' – licensed release (UK: B & C, 1042) *1006 – Cluster – ''Cluster II'' *1007 –

– ''Känguru'' *1008 – Grobschnitt – ''Grobschnitt'' *1009 – Steamhammer – ''Speech'' – licensed release (non German band) *1010 – Caravan – '' Waterloo Lily'' – licensed release (UK: Deram, SDL 8) *1011 – Atomic Rooster – ''Made in England'' – licensed release (UK: Dawn, DNLS 3038) *1012 – Spirogyra – ''Old Boot Wine'' – licensed release (UK: Pegasus, 13) *1013 –

Light Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), corresponding to frequencies of 750–420 te ...

– ''Story of Moses'' *1014 – Gash – ''A Young Man's Gash'' *1015 – Os Mundi – ''43 Minuten'' *1016 – Wolfgang Dauner Group – ''Rischka's Soul'' *1017 – Creative Rock – ''Gorilla'' *1018 – Electric Sandwich – ''Electric Sandwich'' *1019 – Khan – ''Space Shanty'' – licensed release (UK: Deram, SLDR 11) *1020 – Sameti – ''Sameti'' *1021 –

Thirsty Moon Thirsty Moon is a German Krautrock band. The band was founded in the early 1970s in Bremen and plays progressive rock with strong jazz influences. Band members were the brothers Jürgen and Norbert Drogies, Michael Kobs, Harald Konietzko, Erw ...

– ''Thirsty Moon'' *1022 –

– ''Korner & Snape'' – licensed release (US: WB, BS 2647) *1023 – Embryo – ''Steig Aus'' *1024 –

– ''Bells, Boots and Shambles'' – licensed release (UK: Polydor, 2310 246) *1025 –

– ''Guru Guru'' *1026 – Spermüll – ''Spermüll'' *1027 –

– ''Greenslade'' – licensed release (UK: WB, K 46207) *1028 – Neu! – ''

Neu! 2 ''Neu! 2'' is the second studio album by the krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded in January 1973 and mixed in February 1973, both at Windrose-Dumont-Time Studios in Hamburg, Germany, and released in 1973 by Brain Records. It was officially re ...

'' *1029 –

– ''Banished Bridge'' *1030 –

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– ''Full Horn'' *1031 –

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– ''Tears are going home'' *1032 – Jane – ''Here we are'' *1033 – Atomic Rooster – ''

Nice 'n' Greasy ''Nice 'n' Greasy'' is the fifth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in a different sleeve (pictured) to most territories and retitled ''Atomic Rooster IV'', as their first album, '' ...

'' – licensed release (non German band) *1034 – Kollektiv – ''Kollektiv'' *1035 – if – ''Double Diamond'' – licensed release (Canada: GRT, 9230-1032) *1036 – Embryo – ''Rocksession'' *1037 –

Emergency An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...

– ''Get Out of the Country'' *1038 – Caravan – ''

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night ''For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night'' is the fifth studio album released by the Canterbury scene band Caravan. Richard Sinclair and Steve Miller left the band prior to the recording of this album. They were replaced by John G. Perry and ...

'' – licensed release (UK: Deram, SKLR 12) *1039 – Alexis Korner & Snape – ''Live on Tour in Germany (2LP)'' – licensed release (non German band)? *1040 – Curly Curve – ''Curly Curve'' *1041 – Thirsty Moon – ''You'll never Come Back'' *1042 – Greenslade – ''Bedside Manners are Extra'' – licensed release (UK: WB, K46259) *1043 – Steamhammer – ''This is...'' (2LP) *1044 –

– ''Musik von Harmonia'' *1045 – Yatha Sidra – ''A Meditation Mass'' *1046 – Various – ''Krautrock'' (3LP) *1047 – Zabba Lindner &

Carsten Bohn Carsten Bohn (born 18 August 1948) is a German drummer and composer. He was the drummer for the German progressive rock band Frumpy from 1969 to 1972 and had a long career in the German music scene. He has recorded with Peter Baumann (ex-Tang ...

– ''Vollbedienung Of Percussion'' *1048 – Jane – ''Jane III'' *1049 – Satin Whale – ''Desert Places'' *1050 – Grobschnitt – ''Ballermann'' (2LP) *1051 –

– ''Black Dance'' *1052 – Emergency – ''No Compromise'' *1053 – Edgar Froese – ''Aqua'' *1054 – Caravan – ''Caravan and the New Symphonia'' – licensed release (UK: Deram, SKLR 1110) *1055 – If – ''Not just another Bunch of Pretty Faces'' – licensed release (UK: Gull, 1004) *1056 – Release Music Orchestra – ''Life'' *1057 – Guru Guru – ''Der Electrolurch'' (2LP) – Reissue of ''Känguru'' (1007) and ''Guru Guru'' (1025) *1058 – Tasavallan Presidentti – ''Milky Way Moses'' – licensed release (Finland/UK: Sonet, SNTF 658) *1059 – Jukka Tolonen – ''Tolonen!'' – licensed release (Finland: Love, LRLP 47) *1060 – Hardcake Special – ''Hardcake Special'' *1061 – Creative Rock – ''Lady Pig'' *1062 – Neu! – ''Neu 75'' *1063 – Tasavallan Presidentti – ''Lambert Land'' – licensed release (Finland/UK: Sonet, SNTF 636) *1064 – If – ''Tea Break Over Back'' – licensed release (UK: Gull, 1007) *1065 – Cluster – ''Zuckerzeit'' *1066 – Jane – ''Lady Jane'' *1067 – Klaus Schulze – ''Picture Music'' *1068 – Achim Reichel – ''Erholung'' *1069 – Eroc – ''Eroc'' *1070 – Novalis – ''Novalis'' *1071 –

– ''Red Queen to Gryphon Three'' – licensed release (UK: Transatlantic, TRA 287) *1072 – Release Music Orchestra – ''Garuda'' *1073 – Harmonia – ''De Luxe'' *1074 – Edgar Froese – ''Epsilon in Malaysian Pale'' *1075 – Klaus Schulze – ''Time Wind'' *1076 – Grobschnitt – ''Jumbo (version en Ingles)'' *1077 – Klaus Schulze – ''Irrlicht'' *1078 – Klaus Schulze – ''Cyborg'' (2LP) – reissue (Kosmische Musik, KM2/58.005) *1079 – Thirsty Moon – ''Blitz'' *1080 – Günter Schickert – ''Samtvogel'' – reissue (Sch 33003) *1081 – Grobschnitt – ''Jumbo (version en Aleman)'' *1082 –

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup ...

– ''Alpha Centauri/Atem'' (2LP) – reissue (Ohr, OMM12 & OMM31) *1083 – Release Music Orchestra – ''Get the Ball'' *1084 – Jane – ''Fire, Water, Earth & Air'' *1085 –

Locomotiv GT Locomotiv GT (often abbreviated LGT, and sometimes using the nickname Loksi) was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1971. Starting out as a progressive rock band, they later experimented with many other styles including jazz, funk, and Pop music, pop ...

– ''Mindig Magasabra'' – licensed release (non German band) *1086 – Tangerine Dream – ''Zeit'' (2LP) – reissue (Ohr, OMM21) *1087 – Novalis – ''Sommerabend'' *1088 – Klaus Schulze – ''Moondawn'' *1089 – Guru Guru – ''Tango Fango'' *1091 – Various – ''Brain history of German Rock'' (2LP)

60.000 – series

*60.007 – Eroc – ''Zwei'' *60.008 – Edgar Froese – ''Macula Transfer'' *60.009 – Thirsty Moon – ''A Real Good Time'' *60.010 – Schicke, Führs & Fröhling (SFF) – ''Symphonic Pictures'' *60.019 – Birth Control – ''Backdoor Possibilities'' *60.031 – Ruphus – ''Let Your Light Shine'' *60.000 – serie (en Brain naranja) *60.039 – Guru Guru – ''Globetrotter'' *60.040 – Klaus Schulze – ''Mirage'' *60.041 – Grobschnitt – ''Rockpommel's Land'' *60.042 – Gate – ''Live'' *60.047 – Klaus Schulze – ''Body Love'' *60.053 –

To Be In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' i ...

– ''To Be'' *60.055 – Jane – ''Between Heaven and Hell'' *60.065 – Novalis – ''Konzerte'' *60.066 – Birth Control – ''Increase'' *60.068 – Schicke, Führs & Fröhling (SFF) – ''Sunburst'' *60.078 –

Message A message is a discrete unit of communication intended by the source for consumption by some recipient or group of recipients. A message may be delivered by various means, including courier, telegraphy, carrier pigeon and electronic bus. A ...

– ''Using the Head'' *60.079 –

– '' Herz aus Glas'' *60.093 – Gate – ''Red Light Sister'' *60.094 – Novalis – ''Brandung'' *60.097 – Klaus Schulze – ''Body Love Vol.2'' *60.104 – Blonker – ''Die Zeit Steht Still'' *60.105 – Führs & Fröhling – ''Ammerland'' *60.115 – Release Music Orchestra – ''Beyond the Limit'' *60.117 – Liliental – ''Liliental'' *60.120 –

Zeus B. Held Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was involved with several artists of the krautrock, disco, and new wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dea ...

– ''Zeus' Amusement'' *60.124 – Jane – ''Age of Madness'' *60.139 – Grobschnitt – ''Solar Music Live'' *60.149 – Birth Control – ''Titanic'' *60.164 – Novalis – ''Vielleicht Bist Du Ein Clown?'' *60.165 – Message – ''Astral Journeys'' *60.167 – Popol Vuh – '' Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts'' *60.173 – Schicke, Führs & Fröhling (SFF) – ''Ticket to Everywhere'' *60.185 –

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– ''Return to Reality'' *60.186 –

Anyone's Daughter Anyone's Daughter is a German progressive rock band founded in 1972 in Stuttgart by Uwe Karpa und Matthias Ulmer. They are considered Progressive rock, similar to German bands like Eloy and Novalis. History The band started out playing cov ...

– ''Adonis'' *60.187 – Guru Guru Sunband – ''Hey Du!'' *60.188 – Accept – ''Accept'' *60.194 – Release Music Orchestra – ''News'' *60.196 –

– ''Earthquake'' *60.197 – Eroc – ''Eroc3'' *60.218 – Jane – ''Sign No. 9'' *60.219 – Novalis – ''Wer Schmetterlinge Lachen Hort'' (compilation) *60.223 – Führs & Fröhling – ''Strings'' *60.224 – Grobschnitt – ''Merry Go Round'' *60.225 – Klaus Schulze – ''Dune'' *60.240 – Birth Control – ''Live '79'' *60.242 – Popol Vuh – '' Die Nacht der Seele'' *60.274 – Epitaph – ''See You In Alaska'' *60.291 – Grobschnitt – ''Volle Molle'' *60.000 – serie (en Brain negro) *60.353 – Klaus Schulze – ''Dig It'' *60.354 – Jane – ''Jane'' *60.365 – Grobschnitt – ''Ilegal'' *60.385 – Epitaph – ''Live'' *60.397 – Scorpions – ''Lonesome Crow'' (reissue) *60.510 – Grobschnitt – ''Razzia'' *60.519 – Jane – ''Germania''

80.000 – series

*80.001 – Jane – ''Live at home'' *80.013 – Various (Jane, Novalis, etc.) – ''Brain Festival Essen'' *80.014 – Neu! – ''2 Originals'' – Reissue ''Neu!'' (1004) and ''Neu!2'' (1028) *80.017 – Various (Novalis, SFF, etc.) – ''Brain Festival Essen 2'' *80.018 – Guru Guru – ''Live'' *80.023 – Klaus Schulze – ''X'' *80.048 – Klaus Schulze – ''Live''

200.100 – series

*200.145 – Guru Guru – ''This Is Guru Guru'' *200.146 –

Amon Düül Amon Düül was a West German political art commune formed out of the student movement of the 1960s that became well known for its free-form musical improvisations. This spawned two rock groups, Amon Düül (sometimes referred to as Amon Düü ...

– ''This Is Amon Duul'' *200.148 –

Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and ...

– ''This Is Julie Driscoll'' *200.149 –

Brian Auger Brian Albert Gordon Auger (born 18 July 1939) is an English jazz rock and rock music keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond organ. Auger has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, a ...

– ''This Is Brian Auger'' *200.150 – Wolfgang Dauner – ''This Is Wolfgang Dauner'' *200.151 – Atomic Rooster – ''This Is Atomic Rooster'' *200.164 – Caravan – ''This Is Caravan ''

Albums Sampler

*201.035 – Various (neu, guru guru, release music orchestra, emergence, cluster, grobschnitt, jane, hardcake special) – ''German Super Rock '' *888 – Various (Neu, Kollektiv, etc.) – ''German Rock Scene'' – 1973

References

External links

www.discogs.com/label/Brain
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