Oldish Psych and Prog

genre: kraut, jazz

country: germany

quality: lossless (flac, cue, scans)

time: 36'13"  size: 237 mb

 

Cosmic Dreams:

This sextet began their recording career as Thrice Mice. As such, they made one album for Phillips in 1971 and were also included on the Festival samplers Love & Peace (1970) and Pop & Blues Festival '70. Some years later they renamed themselves Altona, now expanded to a septet. Altona was the name of a suburb of Hamburg (perhaps this was the place where they came from?). A typical Altona song lasted for 5-7 minutes, had lots of sax and guitars and was largely based on blues and jazz rock. The first album had a funny cover of ugly tourists wearing Hawaiian-shirts wandering around in Hamburg. Their albums were produced by one Klaus Bohlmann. Altona were among the better jazz-rockers of the mid-seventies, although they never really excelled. Check them out if progressive jazz-rock appeal to you. Their albums can still be acquired cheaply.

 

see also:

01. Can't Live Without You - 4:05
02. Cocopus - 5:36
03. Überlandfahrt - 4:03
04. 7/4 - 4:13
05. Boulevard - 4:59
06. Frustration - 6:44
07. Hide Yourself - 5:48

Klaus Gerlach - guitar
Karl-Heinz "Carlo" Blumenberg - vocals, soprano sax
Karl-Heinz Gossler - drums
Fritz Kahl - bass
Werner von Gosen - guitar
Wolfgang Wülff - tenor sax
Michael von Rönn - tenor sax

 

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