genre: avant, jazz
country: italy
quality : lossless (wavpack, cue, log, scans)
time: 39'41"
size: 220 mb
issue: live
ItalianProg:
Area were in fact an "international popular group", as the cover of their first album says, with greek singer Demetrio Stratos coming from the beat group I Ribelli, french bass player Djivas and belgian sax player Busnello.
The first line-up, in 1972, also included pianist Leandro Gaetano and guitarist Johnny Lambizzi, the latter soon replaced by Paolo Tofani, a musician with the longest experience in the group, having played in 60's bands Samurai along with Formula Tre keyboardist Gabriele Lorenzi, I Califfi and Noi Tre, that also included future Triade bass player Agostino Nobile.
Arbeit macht frei was an essential album in the italian rock of the 70's, full of different influences yet totally original in its sound. Stratos' voice is stunning, used like an instrument, and the backing band is powerful, formed by top quality and inventive musicians. Some jazz and eastern folklore influences are easily distinguished, and the music is not easy to categorise. The group image was characterised by the style of Cramps label designer Gianni Sassi, that added a distinctive visual style to their music.
Second LP, Caution radiation area, was more experimental with tracks like Lobotomia and ZYG (Crescita zero) that show strong free-jazz influences.
The following album, Crac, released the same year, returned to a more prog style, with some of their best rock tracks in Gioia e rivoluzione and L'elefante bianco, yet retaining the long instrumental parts that were the group's trademark.
The strong political influences in Area music emerged in their rendition of the popular socialist hymn L'internazionale, released as a single in 1974 and a concert classic, as demonstrated in the 1975 live LP Are(a)zione.
1976 saw a radical turn in the group's style, with the help of external musicians such as sax player Steve Lacy and percussionist Paul Lytton, playing in Maledetti. The band was turning toward jazz and the following albums, even the posthumous live recordings from 1976 tours seem to demonstrate it.
Maledetti was the last chapter in the long Area/Cramps connection, with the group signing a recording deal with Ascolto and releasing less successful albums at the end of the 70's.
1978, gli dei se ne vanno gli arrabbiati restano, their first on the new label, contained a couple of interesting prog-inspired tracks, like the opening Il bandito del deserto and Hommage à Violette Nozières, mixed with others in a stronger free-jazz direction.
side A:
Soap Shop Rock: A. Burning Sister (3:41) - B. Halluzination Guillotine (3:05) - C. Gulp A Sonata (0:45) - D. Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm (5:53) 13:14
She Came Through The Chimney 3:56
side B:
Archangels Thunderbird 3:30
Cerberus 4:18
Return Of Ruebezahl, The 1:35
Eye-Shaking King 6:37
Pale Gallery 2:11
side C:
Yeti (improvisation) 18:00
side D:
Yeti Talks To Yogi (improvisation) 6:06
Sandoz In The Rain (improvisation) 8:55
bonus on 2001:
11. Rattlesnakeplumcake 3:19
12. Between the Eyes 2:27
Chris Karrer (Violin, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Vocals)
Christian "Shrat" Thiele (bongos, vocals, violin)
Dave Anderson (bass)
Falk Urlich Rogner (organ, synth)
John Weinzierl (Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Vocals)
Peter Leopold (drums, percussion, piano)
Renate Knaup (vocals, tambourine)
Guests: at SANDOZ IN THE RAIN :
Ulrich Leopold (bass)
Thomas Keyserling (flute)
Rainer Bauer (Guitar,Vocalas)
All Compositions, arrangements and lyrics by Amon Dűűl II (with a little help of Siegfried E. Loch)
Migration 6:22
Prodigal Man 8:40
For His Namesake I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent 1:52
Good Natured Emma Inside The Outside 3:15
Shades Of Green And Grey 3:00
Curb Your Elephant 3:50
Loaded For Bear 3:03
J.B. Special (CD-Bonus)
Sobbin' In My Mug Of Beer (CD-Bonus)
Ted Nugent G/PERC
Rusty Day V/PERC
Greg Arama B
Dave Palmer D/PERC
Andy Solomon K/V/HRNS/PERC/STR
Steve Farmer G/V/STR
This was a weird experimental jazz rock outfit from Kamp-Lintfort. They started in September 1967 as Ambition Of Music. In 1968 bassoons and trumpets were incorporated in the band, and they began to play jazz influenced live shows, both in Germany and abroad. Their two albums for Ohr were disparate in musical style: Osmose (1971) was a "progressive jazz rock" album. The four tracks were untitled. Most interesting was the opening piece, which in some ways predated the sound of Faust. The other tracks were often spiced with strange sounds and noises. Altogether, a typical sample of the German fusion sound. This interesting album also had a unique fold-up gimmick cover.
On the second album Beziehungen (1972) the group attempted to combine the fusion elements from the first album with free-jazz improvisations. Only some parts of this album were successful, like parts of the 16 minute track "Dreh Dich Nicht Um". The two-part "Leyenburg" improvisations, which occupied half the album, were almost free-form music.
genre: heavy psych country: us quality : lossless (ape, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:13'31" size: 435 mb comp originally '67/'68'
01. Journey To The Center Of The Mind 3:35
02. Baby Please Don't Go 5:39
03. Psalms Of Aftermath 3:25
04. Colors 3:28
05. Down On Phillips Escalator 3:06
06. Night Time 3:17
07. Mississippi Murderer 5:10
08. Scottish Tea 4:02
09. Dr. Slingshot 3:04
10. Flight Of The Bird 2:51
11. Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than A Orange 2:28
12. Saint Phillips Friend 3:32
13. You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire 2:46
14. Migration 6:05
15. Prodigal Man 8:50
16. Good Natured Emma 4:39
17. For His Namesake 4:27
18. Loaded For Bear
The Munich-based band Amon Duul was one of the first German bands to emerge out of the psychedelic era. Founded as an anarchic musical commune in 1967 by former jazzer Chris Karrer with Ulli and Peter Leopold, Amon Duul soon sent out a proud declaration: 'we are eleven adults and two children which are gathered to make all kinds of expressions, also musical'. They appeared at the Essen song festival in Autumn 1968. Shortly thereafter they split into two separate groups. Amon Duul's activities ceased after a couple of years, but Amon Duul II survived through the seventies and became one of the most important German groups. The group formed around Chris Karrer in the Autumn of 1968. Their first gigs were very erratic, as some of the members had just started playing their instruments. This lack of a conventional musical experience helped Amon Duul II to establish themselves as one of the major underground acts in Germany. Their reputation grew fast and they soon secured a signing with Liberty. In early 1969, Phallus Dei ('God's penis') was recorded with two new members: Peter Leopold (drums, he switched from the other Amon Duul group) and Dave Anderson (bass, an Englishman who had been a roadie for Kippington Lodge). Rogner now switched from bass to keyboards. Also two guests were involved: Christian Burchard (vibes, see Embryo) and Holger Trulzsch (percussion, see Popol Vuh). Olaf Kubler was the man responsible for the innovative production. He was also a jazz musician, most known as saxophonist with Doldinger's quartet). The album was a genuine late psychedelic masterpiece, a landmark in German rock. They were probably the first German band that was confident enough to present large amounts of improvised music. Phallus Dei was a travel through mysterious science fiction soundscapes, sometimes predating the sound of groups like Hawkwind. This album, like all the subsequent ones up to 1973, had spectacular psychedelic cover artwork. Most of these designs were made by Falk-U Rogner. "Phallus Del" filled up one whole side of the album, and had one of the most ridiculous stereo panning ever recorded (try to listen to it with headphones!). It was their first large scale improvisation, hinting at the things to come on their two next albums. Other memorable tracks was "Luzifers Gholom" and "Dem Guten, Schonen Wahren" with strange, harsh vocal parts from Shrat. Chris Karrer contributed with some nice electric violin parts and had guitar battles with John Weinzierl. One of the band's concerts at the time was filmed, resulting in a musical cult movie "Amon Duul plays Phallus Dei". The soundtrack for the film "San Domingo" was recorded later the same year and for this they were awarded a Bundesfilm prize.
01. Ein wunderhьbsches Mдdchen trдumt von Sandosa 17:03
02. Kaskados Minnelied 2:55
03. Mama Dььl und ihre Sauerkrautband spielt auf 2:55
04. Im Garten Sandosa 7:48
05. Der Garten Sandosa im Morgentau 8:07
06. Bitterlings Verwandlung 2:30
Rayner Guitar
Ulrich Bass
Helge Percussion
Krischke Piano
Eleonora Romana Vocals
Angelika Vocals
Uschi Maracas
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