TOP CAT '73 UK ORIG ~ AMON DUUL 2 & EMBRYO "UTOPIA" WILD ACID JAZZ PSYCH PROG LP

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ORIGINAL British 1973 Gatefold !
Final Collection Copy !!!
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~UTOPIA ~
Amon  DUUL  II &
 EMBRYO ..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. "Made In England" - UAG -29438  (Stereo)
........................................................................... ORIGINAL 1973 first pressing in far-out designed gatefold cover

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[isdntekvideo]   Legendary "Amon Duul II" were in the studio when members from Embryo & Passport dropped by ~
 Jumping In The Fire  ... creating UTOPIA ...........................................................................
Quite scarce and WILD Krautrock prog-psych by the unification of  key Amon  DUUL  II & EMBRYO members recording under the pseudonym UTOPIA in 1973.
The crew is highlighted by Jimmy Jackson, an amazing organist for early Embryo (dominated on Embryo's great "Steig-Aus" Lp), and Olaf Kubler, winds artist for Passport, both give UTOPIA a generally more complex variety of sound, and spacier feel than, say, the non-stop  psych-o-delic freakrock assault of YETI
Although a titles like "Deutsch Nepal" & The Wolfman Jack Show sound like they both belong on YETI

 Fans of the heavy Amon Duul 2 sound should check out the aforementioned "Deutsch Nepal" (a re-recording & more flipped-out & turned on from the "Wolf City" version) and Wolfman Jack Show, which lifts the riff from the Beatles Come Together and puts it in the context of the dark, sinister heavy sounds of Yeti and Dance of the Lemmings. Not sure what it's got to do with Wolfman Jack, though.

The beautiful hypnotic Nasi Goreng is a super psychedelic underwater Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland styled groover. "Jazz-Kiste" is an excellent trippy psychedelic jazzrock tune with distorted wha- wah keyboards, reminiscent of Embryo's "Rocksession" Lp. 'Utopiat No.1' is another hippie jam, features searing organs from Jimmy Jackson and Falk Rogner too, Olaf Kubler with a Moog Synth, and bizarre echoed vocals from Meid ...all said, think of Wolf City as "aircraft carrier" in overall sound, and you're on the right track.
- Lothar Meid (Amon Duul II)
- Olaf Kübler (Passport)
- Kristian Schultze (Embryo)
- Jimmy Jackson (Embryo)
- Joe Nay / guitar ("The legendary")
       - Chris Karrer / guitar (Amon Duul II)
- John Weinzierl / guitar (Amon Duul II)
- Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz / vocals (Amon Duul II)  
What You Gonna Do (6:37)
The Wolf-Man Jack Show (5:05)
Alice (3:06)
Las Vegas (4:25)
Deutsch Nepal (3:08)
Utopia No. 1 (4:00)
Nasi Goreng (5:33)
Jazz-Kiste (5:30)

  CONDITION:
The cover: rated: final collection copy "EX" Excellent) to "M-" BRITISH 1973 GATEFOLD cover, surviving original from 50 years ! The images are as vivid as they were in 1973, having no delete marks, no split seams, no bends &  No issues inside-out
The vinyl: Rated near: "M-" CLEAN both sides ...highly enjoyable audio all the way through ! Both 1973 United Artists labels are flawless !