This group began their life as Joy & The Hit Kids, fronted by the talented female vocalist Joy Fleming, and they released four singles on Decca in 1967 and 1968. Their name was changed into Joy Unlimited in 1969, and five further singles were released on Polydor in 1969 and 1970 (I'm not sure if some of the singles were issued under the old name). Polydor also released their first album Overground (1970), a befitting title, as it contained 12 short pop-blues rock songs, clearly inspired by Janis Joplin. For this reason, it is a bit dated today and only completists should investigate. By then, the group was a sextet. Schmetterlinge ('butterflies') was a solid step in a progressive direction. Indeed a very versatile album, ranging from the gutsy Joplin blues of "Rankness" via free jazz improvisations like "Sensual Impressions" to excellent progressive rock songs like "Rudiment". This album saw the arrival of a seventh member: Cord Kothe. The arrangements were refined, benefiting from the group's strong musical muscle. This, and both of the subsequent albums, contained ballet music! The female vocals placed Joy Unlimited in the European tradition of bands like Sandrose, Circus 2,000 and Earth & Fire. However, this was to change when Joy Fleming departed to start a solo career in 1972. Also Klaus Nagel left, and Reflections (1973) was recorded by the five remaining members and new American Ken Traylor. Most material was now instrumental, featuring many flute and sax solos. Influences from classical music and folk were also more evident in the compositions. Their last album, Minne (1974), would have fitted in fine on the Pilz label alongside the folk albums of Holderlin and Broselmaschine. It represented a softening of their style - more sophisticated and homogenous. Traylor had left, being replaced by Joschi Dinier, Hans Lingenfelder and the returning Klaus Nagel. Minne was a very good orchestrated progressive folk-rock album, apart for a couple of short brass-jazz tracks.
1. Transporter (1:10) 2. Resident (6:00) 3. Easy for You to Say (4:07) 4. Prelude (2:30) 5. Nostalgia (2:30) 6. Walking from Pastel (2:04) 7. Turn It Over 4:15) 8. Green Face (4:21) 9. Who My Friends... (6:33) 10. Colour Code (1:06) 11. Listen to Reason (5:25) 12. Through the Glass (6:05) 13. Transporter II (0:18)
Vocals, Keyboards and Electric Violin: Eddide Jobson
Guitars: Nick Moroch, Cary Sharaf, Gary Green and Michael Cuneo
"A Passion Play, Part 2" (23:30)
"The Story of the Hare Who Lost is Spectacles" (Anderson / Hammond / Evan) (4:18)
"The Foot of Our Stairs" (4:18)
"Overseer Overture" (4:00)
"Flight from Lucifer" (3:58)
"10.08 to Paddington" (1:04)
"Magus Perdē" (3:55)
"Epilogue" (0:43)
Ian Anderson - flute, acoustic guitar, saxophones, Vocals
Barriemore Barlow - drums, percussion
Martin Barre - electric guitar
John Evan - piano, organ, synthesizers, vocals
Jeffrey Hammond - bass guitar, vocals, narrator on "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles"
Crack in the Cosmic Egg:
It was the third album TIME RIDE which saw the biggest change in style. Here, Dieter Dierks was in control of the recording, helping them to create a richly crafted progressive, making much use of multi-tracking, the Dierks Mellotron and such-like. Thus, aside from a throw-away almost pop styled opening title track, TIME RIDE blended folky and dynamically arranged rock works, notable for some stunning keyboards and powerful songs.
Jeronimo was a straight hard rock group that even enjoyed a bit of chart success in their time with "Heya" coupled with "So Nice To Know", their 1969 debut single for Admiral (AD 1105), "Na-na-hey-hey" coupled with "The Light Life Needs" (AD 1110, 1969) and "Never Coin' Back" coupled with "The Key" (AD 1133, 1970). By then they had already been together since the mid-sixties (?). Among the members from 1967 to 1968 were Walter Ortel, co-founder of Epsilon in 1970 with Michael Winzkowski and Michael Ertl. Jeronimo's first appearance on album was on the strange split LP with Creedence Clearwater Revival: Spiritus Orgaszmus, with an "orgasm cover", poster and pink vinyl (Bellaphon BI 1527). All six Jeronimo songs were featured on their subsequent album for Bellaphon: Cosmic Blues. This was hardly cosmic blues, but a confusing collection of their three first singles and six other tracks that presumably were recorded as potential singles in 1969, presenting soul-beat pop, rock'n'roll, pop, folk-rock and vintage hard-rock. At the time of release, Hajo Born had quit. The trio of Marz, Schafer and Funk were pictured on the cover, which contained very little information. Soon after, also Rainer Marz quit, to be replaced by Michael Koch. The trio of Schafer, Koch and Funk went on to record what since has become one of the most hunted German albums among collectors: the self-titled Jeronimo with the "Indian cover", in many respects their first album. They had now developed a common direction - heavy guitar-based boogie blues and rock'n'roll, much like a cross between Creedence Clearwater Revival and Groundhogs at their best! This was by far Jeronimo's best album, presenting much vitality and hard rock dexterity in straight-forward songs like "Understanding", "Shades" (A & B sides of a single lifted from the album) and "Sunday Child". However, the long drums solo on "Hagudila" was, as is so often the case, superfluous! For some unknown reason, only a small number of copies were pressed. Still stranger the album never has been re-released, as their two other albums have, several times! It's open to question if the album is worth the 500 DEM dealers are now claiming for an original copy.
For Time Ride (1972), Jeronimo came under the guiding hands of Peter Hauke and his Bacillus label. This was also a good album, hut some of the enthusiasm of the previous album seemed to have been lost. It was a half-successful attempt to perform more "progressive" hard rock. When Jeronimo broke up, Ringo Funk became the drummer of Atlantis.
1. Age of madness (5:45)
2. Memory symphony (4:25)
3. Auroville (3:40)
4. Love song (3:53)
5. Bad game (5:14)
6. Get this power (2:40)
7. With her smile (4:20)
8. Meadow (3:27)
9. Age of madness (part II) (2:39)
Klaus Hess / guitars, vocals
Martin Hesse / bass, vocals
Peter Panka / drums, percussion, vocals
Manfred Wieczorke / keyboards, vocals
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