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LP UTOPIA (Germany, Amon Düül II)
Utopia
Country of release: Germany, 2017
Original released: 1973
Label: Long Hair Music
Catalogue number: LHC175
Barcode: 4035177001754
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes
Includes Insert
Condition Record: MINT
Condition Cover: MINT
LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1. What You Gonna Do (6:37)
2. The Wolfman-Jack Show (5:05)
3. Alice (3:06)
4. Las Vegas (4:25)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Deutsch Nepal (3:08)
2. Utopia No. 1 (4:00)
3. Nasi Goreng (5:33)
4. Jazz-Kiste (5:30)
Listen At YouTube:
Recorded at the
same time (July 1972) at the same studio (Bavaria Studios, Munich) as Amon Düül
II`s well known and of their best efforts "Wolf City", Utopia was a common
project by Amon Düül II producer and musician Olaf Kübler (saxophone, moog) and
Düül bass player Lothar Meid. Using the synergy of the parallel sessions with
the Wolf City recordings, Olaf Kübler appreciated Düüls singer Renate
Knaup-Krötenschwanz as singer of 2 of the album tracks and Düül heads Weinzierl
and Karrer on guitar and violin. There is also a different version of
Deutsch-Nepal on the album. As Olaf Kübler reminds Deutsch-Nepal was originally
planned to record only for the Utopia album. Musically Utopia has a lot in
common with the Düül records "Wolf City" and "Viva la Trance" and slightly early
Passport and Embryo influences. It's a very worthy and satisfying record with a
hypnotic charisma. Originally released in December 1973. Remastered from
original master tape and with a true and honest making of story. A
masterpiece.
Track by track review:
The first track "What You
Gonna Do" is a straight-ahead rocker with Renate Knaup singing with her nice and
distinctive noise. "Wolf-Man Jack Show" is a weird song, with Jimmy Jackson at
the mysterious "Choir Organ" (giving off a stranger sound than Mellotron
choirs), which he actually utilised on many tracks to good effect. The bass riff
here is almost snatched straight from THE BEATLES “ Come Together” played German
style. One of the albums highlights. "Alice" is a sweet love song. The tune
itself is care-free and up-lifting and has Lothar playing Mellotron flutes. It
reminded of Kevin Ayers. “Las Vegas" is a hippy-sounding jam with congas, jazzy
sax playing and a nose-flute."Deutsch-Nepal" is a remake of the song of the same
name of "Wolf City". It's heavy sound and strange vocal from guest Rolf Zacher
makes it an excellent example of Krautrock. "Utopia No. 1" is another hippy jam
but features those searing organs from Jimmy Jackson and Falk Rogner too, Olaf
Kübler toying around with a Moog Synth and bizarre echoed vocals from Meid. Very
lovely stuff. "Nasi Goreng" is a Hammond-heavy instrumental with strong
melodies and light oriental moments. It reminds a lot to Viva la Trance "Im
Krater blühen die Bäume". "Jazz-Kiste": probably the master-piece composition
of the album starring PASSPORT's Christian Schulze on electric-piano and
Embryo's Edgar Hofmann playing amazing 'wah-wah' soprano sax almost troughout.
(Long Hair Music)
Lothar Meid - Electric Bass, Vocals (Track 1, 2, 3,
6), Mellotron (Track 3)
Jim Jackson - Piano (Track 1, 3, 5), Organ (Track 2,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Electric Piano (Track 4, 6, 7), Marimba (Track 4)
Renate
Knaup - Lead Vocals (Track 1)
Ralf Basten - Vocals (Track 1)
Rolf Zacher -
Voice Actor (Track 5)
Andy Marx - Electric Guitar (Track 1, 2), Acoustic
Guitar (Track 1, 4, 7)
John Weinzierl - Guitar (Track 2, 5)
Joe Quick -
Electric Guitar (Track 4, 6)
Siegfried Schwab - Electric Guitar (Track
7)
Olaf Kübler - Tenor Saxophone (Track 2, 4), Nose Flute (Track 4), Moog
Synthesizer (Track 6), Gong (Track 7)
Falk-U. Rogner - Organ (Track
6)
Peter Kramper - Moog Synthesizer (Track 7)
Christian Schulze - Electric
Piano (Track 8)
Keith Forsey - Drums (Track 1)
George Brown - Drums (Track
8)
Joe Nay - Drums (Track 8)
George Green III - Drums (Track 6)
Denny
Fichelscher - Drums (Track 2, 5, 7), Congas (Track 8)
Norman Talbert - Congas
(Track 4)
Edgar Hoffmann - Soprano Saxophone (Track 8)
Chris Karrer -
Violin, Soprano Saxophone (Track
8)
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