| # | Artist | Song (click to play) | Album | Year | CD label |
| 1 | Eloy | Future City | Inside | 1973 | EMI Electrola |
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Eloy's second album is a vast improvement over their first, which was more
of a basic hard-rock album. This album still finds them with a heavy guitar
hard-rock style, but, much more elaborate. There are small hints of Pink
Floyd's _Meddle_ album, but, the overall influence is no where near as
prevalent as it would later become. The vocals sound very much like Ian
Anderson, but, the music bears no resemblance to Jethro Tull. This album
has just been re-released remastered with 2 excellent bonus tracks. One
of my favorite Eloy albums.
Eloy Homepage | |||||
| 2 | Dzyan | Time Machine (excerpt) | Time Machine | 1973 | Bellaphon |
| Hard-fusion with a Mahavishnu intensity at times. The band adds some space and ethnic elements as well for a very unique sound, so perhaps comparable to Embryo or Agitation Free in that regard. The guitar is deftly handled by ex-Vita Nova guitarist Eddy Marron. This is the second Dzyan album, but, only bassist Reinhard Karwatky remains from the first album. After the third Dzyan album and breakup, Eddy Marron and drummer Peter Giger formed Giger.Lenz.Marron. Anyone heard that? | |||||
| 3 | Sixty-Nine | Crayfish | Circle of the Crayfish | 1973 | Germanofon (bootleg) |
| A keyboard and drums duo of experimental krautrock. The keys are obviously influenced by Keith Emerson at times, but, I also hear a kinship to Brian Auger. The keyboardist also plays some guitar, bass and sings. A pretty decent listen, but, not essential. | |||||
| 4 | Novalis | Banished Bridge (excerpt) | Banished Bridge | 1973 | Repertoire/Brain |
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The first album by Novalis. The style is a lush symphonic with layers
of keyboards and mellotrons. Features some very nice vocals in English
that reminds me a lot of Barry Palmer of Triumvirat. In fact, the music
sounds as though it could have been a big influence on the Triumvirat
sound. All of their first 3 albums are highly recommended for fans of
German symphonic progressive.
Novalis - Progressive Rock for Summer Evenings | |||||
| 5 | Amon Duul II | Surrounded by the Stars | Wolf City | 1972 | Repertoire |
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This is the last of the classic Amon Duul II albums. It is slightly more
commercial in it's approach than prior albums, primarily because the
emphasis is no longer on psychedelic space rock. The psychedelic element
is still there, just not of improvisational nature. An excellent album
that is the favorite AD2 for many people. This is probably the best place
to start with Amon Duul II and work backwards - but you can bypass the
album _Carnival in Babylon_ as it is the weakest of the first 5 albums.
Amon Duul II - unofficial home page | |||||