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Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser

finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
edited May 2012 in Strut Central
Yesterday a certain person called Ulrich Kaiser has won a krautrock record in an auction from me. (where is the mythtical raer graemlin if you need it?) :oof:




Now I'm wondering if I have found the mystical krautrock mogul, whom the whole world is looking for the last 30 years. I just asked in an e-mail if he is the one. Very excited for the answer at the moment....

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf-Ulrich_Kaiser
http://www.musikalischerzirkel.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=13&Itemid=27

Couldn't find anything in english about him, sorry.

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  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    What record did he buy?
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    Dope! It's gotta be him.
    You should hand deliver the record to his address. Then chill at his pad and listen to Krautrock records together.
    :hard_as_fuck:
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    you can take it to the bank, that I will. I will bring him some "lucy in the sky with diamonds" as well. ;-)
  • DanteDante 371 Posts
    nice, i didn't know about him. according to this piece:

    http://www.eurock.com/Display.aspx?Content=rukaiser.aspx

    it isn't likely he'll answer, even if it is him.
  • YemskyYemsky 710 Posts
    Dante said:
    nice, i didn't know about him.

    Same here.

    Dante said:

    This includes a few geographical pointers. So which city or postcode do you need to send this Kraftwerk record to?

    There is of course another possible explanation: your buyer is not using his real name but a funny pseudonym for his krautrock related ebay purchases. As long as the address is correct the name on the package doesn't really matter, does it?
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    Yemsky said:
    There is of course another possible explanation: your buyer is not using his real name but a funny pseudonym for his ebay auctions. As long as the address is correct the name on the package doesn't really matte, does it?

    Good point man. If ebay user "David_Axelrod" bought an Electric Prunes record off me, I wouldn't necessarily start thinking it's the genuine article.
  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts
    After reading in which circumstances Kaiser probably lives today, I hardly believe he's buying Krautrock records on the internet. Also Ulrich Kaiser is a rather common name. But still, if there's a slight chance it could be him I hope for you he's answering.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    Yemsky said:

    This includes a few geographical pointers. So which city or postcode do you need to send this Kraftwerk record to?

    There is of course another possible explanation: your buyer is not using his real name but a funny pseudonym for his krautrock related ebay purchases. As long as the address is correct the name on the package doesn't really matter, does it?

    It goes to a a city in the soiuthern part of Germany, in which is the federal constitutional court is located as well. This should be hint enough to know what city I'm talking about. I don't want to name the city explicitly, for some reason.

    It was not his ebay moniker, but his real name.
    I don't think that a package will arrive if the name doesn't match the address, but I could be wrong...

    I alredy received th payment via paypal under the same name. Unfortunatly/of course he didn't answer my question (yet?).
  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts
    finelikewine said:

    I don't think that a package will arrive if the name doesn't match the address, but I could be wrong...

    It's easy. You just have to put a sticker with the additional name to your mailbox. Many years ago we had the name of a non-existing radiostation on our mailbox to receive promotional vinyl and it worked quiet well.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I have sold records to all kinds of famous people. Known names and behind the scene people.
    All have been very generous.
    Their purchases often surprise.
  • YemskyYemsky 710 Posts
    finelikewine said:
    It goes to a a city in the soiuthern part of Germany, in which is the federal constitutional court is located as well.

    KA does not seem close to the other pointers, which indicated Sauerland etc.

    According to some web stories he would not have used the name Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser publicly but would have called himself "Meson Cristallis" - or would have used Gille Lettmann's PF address. It's all very intriguing. Let us know if you hear more....
  • jimeyjimey 279 Posts
    so what happened?
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    nothing spectacular, to be honest. He didn't answer my question and I just sent the record.
  • jimeyjimey 279 Posts
    certainly wasn't him anyway. would love to hear his story though...


    great read
    http://janreetze.blogspot.de/2011/05/rolf-ulrich-kaiser-gille-lettmann_1460.html
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Last month I sold an original of the sheet music for "One Bad Apple" on the bay to some dude called osbro#1.

    Was it Alan, Merrill, Wayne or Donny?
    No, some random dude with an Osmonds fixation.

    Not that that's a bad thing.
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    "I was born in Dusseldorf and that is why they call me Rolf"
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    The-gaffler said:
    "I was born in Dusseldorf and that is why they call me Rolf"

    I don't get that quote, please elaborate.
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