| # | Artist | Song (click to play) | Album | Year | CD label |
| 1 | Satin Whale | Lost Mankind | Lost Mankind | 1975 | Telefunken |
| Satin Whale are a hard-rock progressive with emphasis on guitar. Comparable to Jane's first album, or early Scorpions. | |||||
| 2 | Code III | Phoenix Rising (excerpt) | Planet of Man | 1974 | LP only |
| Planet of Man was recorded to showcase some kind of new recording/listening system. The album is very experimental and weird. Klaus Schulze assisted on drums. A very rare album that is not on CD. | |||||
| 3 | Guru Guru | Dance of the Flames | Dance of the Flames | 1974 | Germanofon (boot) |
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This appears to be the first Guru Guru albums after Ax Genrich left the
band. They are very well served with his replacement, Eiliff's guitarist
Houschang Nejadepour. This line-up only lasted long enough to record this
album. This is perhaps the best Guru Guru album after their first three
classics. The music is still very much like early Guru Guru, especially
Kanguru. Also comparable to the second and third Dzyan albums.
Guru Guru - the Official Site | |||||
| 4 | Dzyan | Fohat's Work Hymn (excerpt) | Dzyan | 1972 | LP only |
| Dzyan's first album of three, the only one not on CD, is completely different from their next two. The primary reason would be that only the bass player remained from the first album on subsequent releases. This first album has a strong resemblance to some late 60's and early 70's American psych, prog, and soul, particularly Frank Zappa. I am also reminded of the vocal style found on the Amboy Dukes, especially on this track. A good funky progressive album. | |||||
| 5 | Mythos | Eternity | Dreamlab | 1975 | Spalax |
| Spacey Krautrock with emphasis on flute. I know it's cliche to compare bands with flute to Jethro Tull, but, I think it is somewhat justified here in some respects, espectially in the way that the bass guitar and flute are often doubling the melody line. I am also reminded of some early 70's Tull-inspired Italian prog bands like Delirium. This is the bands second album, which came out three years after their first. They released four albums after this, but, I have not idea what those sound like. Reportedly, they are more song-oriented. | |||||
| 6 | Sahara | The Source Part I & Part II | For All the Clowns | 1975 | Ohrwaschl |
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The second of only two releases by this band finds them in a fairly
accessable American/British styled progressive. The excellent vocals
harmonies remind me mostly of the US band Gypsy.
Ohrwaschl Records | |||||