Walter Wegmuller

• 4-CD 4 PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

Four CD version. Includes two remastered versions, each on two CDs

Wegmüller was born in Bern, the son of Romani travellers, and grew up in homes and farms with foster parents. He traveled around Europe and India, making paintings and jewelry. He settled in Basel in 1957 and became an expert on the tarot.

Working as a visual artist, Wegmüller designed a set of 22 tarot cards. His friend Timothy Leary introduced him to Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser of Ohr Records in Germany, and it was agreed that Wegmüller record an album on the theme of tarot, with musicians Klaus Schulze, two members of Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke, and other musicians collectively known as The Cosmic Jokers.

The album was recorded in 1972 and released in 1973, with an elaborate package that included a set of Wegmüller's cards. Wegmüller recites stories about each of the tarot cards on the album, which also contains lengthy instrumental passages.

The album comes in 2 remastered versions, each on 2 CDs. All combined in this package.

First remaster by Dierks/Flüchter and then a completely different mastering by Diet Wegner, who has already remastered many albums of the Krautrock catalogue, including the albums of the Cosmic Jokers.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE + CD THREE
• 00 Der Narr
• 01 Der Magier
• 02 Die Hohepriesterin
• 03 Die Herrscherin
• 04 Der Herrscher
• 05 Der Hohepriester
• 06 Die Entscheidung
• 07 Der Wagen
• 08 Die Gerechtigkeit
• 09 Der Weise10 Das Glücksrad
• 11 Die Kraft

• SIDE TWO + CD FOUR
• 01 Die Prüfung
• 02 Der Tod
• 03 Die Mäßigkeit
• 04 Der Teufel
• 05 Die Zerstörung
• 06 Die Sterne
• 07 Der Mond
• 08 Die Sonne
• 09 Das Gericht
• 10 Die Welt