Guru Guru - Hinten 1971

With its usual bass/drums/guitar parts, Guru Guru plays a trippy blues-kraut jamming. It's mostly instrumental and improvised with very original rhythmic and lead guitar sections, sometimes interrupted by monologues in German and strange screaming vocals. The last track contains a lot of psychedelic effects thanks to electronic gadgets.This album is a great answer to the English heavy and blues rock scene led by The Cream and others but really more outrageous and exciting. In the band's career, this album is in the direct line of their first effort UFO, a total free form rock with delicate psychedelic touches. Guru Guru representative style at his summit. (http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5019)

Amon Düül - Experimente ( 1983 )

Posthumously released first in 1983, 'Experimente' offers up what I'm sure many of us hope to be the final leftovers from the groups famous 1968 jam session. In total, there are 24 tracks simply titled 'Special Track Experience'. Surprisingly, the material comprising 'Experimente' features slightly less percussion and is more coherent and interesting than any of the material on 'Disaster' or 'Collapsing'. Each of the 'Special Track Experience' tracks appears to be trimmed from a longer body of music, a trick that BASF should have considered before their release of the aptly titled 'Disaster'. Musically, the material shows a heavy influence from the sixties garage band sound as evidenced by the discordant 'Louie Louie' jam heard on Track 20 and the Sonics-esque sound on Tracks 10 and 11. Contrasting this is a primal melodic sound more akin to early Velvet Underground as evidenced by Track 23. However, the true gem on the album, Track 24, is an early version of a guitar riff later used on 'Archangels Thunderbird' from the album 'Yeti'. If you are thirsting for a little more Amon Duul in your life, you certainly could do worse than this album!

Amon Duul II - Only Human (1978)

Review by thellama73
COLLABORATOR Eclectic Prog Team
3 stars. Okay, look. This album is way better than people give it credit for. Granted, it does not sound like Phallus Dei at all, but that doesn't make it bad, just different. What we have here is a band stretching out to encompass the style of the times, while adding its own unique flavor. As such, Only Human shows strong Disco influences, often incorporating elements from World Music.

Spaniards and Spacemen is a delightful highlight, fusing flamenco guitar with cutting edge electronic dance music. Kismet is also wonderful, with a distinct Middle East flavor. So if you're open minded and not averse to a little Disco, give Only Human a listen.

Amon Düül [UK] - Airs On A Shoe String 1987 (Best Of...)

Country: United Kingdom - Germany


  Whether the UK branch of Amon Düül really needed a compilation after the release of just two studio albums is an interesting question. However, "Airs On A Shoestring" is an interesting album in its own right, comprising the long, freaky improvisation "One Moment's Anger Is Two Pints Of Blood" from their debut, two more commercial hard rock tracks from "Meetings With Menmachines Unremarkable Heroes From The Past", and "Hymn For The Hardcore", which would later appear on "Fool Moon".       But the real gem - and the real reason to buy this - is the otherwise unreleased "Olaf (Where's My $20,000)?",      a majestic, slowly unfolding progressive masterpiece that just may be the best thing they ever recorded.
Review by Politician

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Hymn for the hardcore (4:22)
2. Pioneer (4:11)
3. One moment's angel is two pints of blood (12:42)
4. Marcus Leid (9:44)
5. Olaf (Where's My $20,000?) (13:29)

Total Time: 44:30
Line-up / Musicians
- Anderson / Weinzierl

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biography
The British Amon Düül were formed in 1981 in Great Britain by guitar player John Weinzierl (Penguin) and bass player Dave Anderson, who both had been members of Amon Düül 2. They published a few albums during the 80s; sadly most of them with very little information about who played on them; only "Die Lösung" gives some detailed information on the cover. From the information on "Die Lösung" one can see that the line-up was very interesting, at least on this record; besides Weinzierl and Anderson it features Robert Calvert of Hawkwind as singer (he was also responsible for the lyrics), Julie Wareing on vocals, Guy Evans of VdGG on drums and Ed Wynne and Joie Hinton of the Ozric Tentacles on guitar and synths. Their records were of varying quality; I recommend "Die Lösung", which should be something every prog-fan should like, and "Hawk Meets Penguin" for those who are not afraid of free-form improvisation in the style of the early Krautrock.

Jane -1976- Live At Home

Jane -1976- Live At Home [Live/Deluxe] (Digipack)SPV2008

Jane got together in Hanover in autumn 1970. Although repeated line-up changes in the subsequent years resulted in an inconsistent musical style, Jane attracted a massive following, not only in Germany but also at their shows in Austria and Switzerland, counting among the top sellers in the German music scene of the Seventies. Their eleven LPs, released between 1972 and 1982 on the German rock imprint, Brain, sold over two million copies.
Their debut, Together, and the concept album, Fire Water Earth & Air (1976), are considered milestones in German rock history – just like the live cut, Live At Home, from August 1976. Even experts rubbed their eyes in surprise when Jane rented the huge Niedersachsenhalle in Hanover for the recordings of their live album.
Live At Home was a great success. The extra bonus material includes the band’s full concert at the WDR radio studios on 8 January 1977 on the radio show 'Nachtmusik', with amazing versions of classics such as Fire Water Earth & Air, Out In The Rain and Hangman, plus an interpretation of their epic Windows that is even longer than the one featured on Live At Home. Truly rare stuff!

Disk: 1    
1. All my friends - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
2. Lady - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
3. Rest of my life - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
4. Expectation - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
5. River - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
6. Out in the rain - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
7. Hangman - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
8. Fire, Water, Earth & Air - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Ha    
9. Another way - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
10. Daytime - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover) 
Alle 11 Titel anzeigen.

Disk: 2    
1. Windows - Live (1976/Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover)    
2. Lady - Live (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln)    
3. Fire, Water, Earth & Air - Live (1977/ Westdeutscher Rundfun    
4. Another Way - Live (1977/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln)    
5. River - Live (1977/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln)    
6. Out In The Rain - Live (1977/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln)    
7. Hangman - Live (1977/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln)    
8. Windows - Live (Westdeutscher rundfunk, Köln)      
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"Jane" had a misfortune to be baptized as "Krautrock", although it's just an exceptional prog-rock band from Hanover (founded 1970: Peter Panka on drums and lead vocals, Charly Maucher ob vocals, Werner Nadolny - keyboards, vocals, etc, etc). Strongly influenced by vintage Deep Purple (circa "Smoke On The Water"), on this excellent live album (1976) the band performs top-quality geniune rock. Early albums of "Jane" are truly good - 1973 Here We Are; Fire, Water, Earth & AirJane III. Together with "Frumpy"Live, "Jane" is a cornerstone of progressive rock, and without this album any collection is not complete . The founder and main driving force of "Jane", Peter Panka, died in 2007

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