They invented the term (or the term was invented for them). Starting as a mix of art rock and 60's progressive, mixed with the trippiest elements of psychedelia the Amon Duul collective basically started a new genre. In my previous post I included the 1st Amon Duul LP, which features members that split into two separate camps, the band using the original name stuck with more experiemental styles than the splinter group, the imaginatively named Amon Duul 2, taking on a more mainstream (at least compared to the original band) progressive rock direction. There were 3 albums by the original Duul, but all 3 were recorded at the same time and sound similar. This is the 1st LP by AD2, from 1970 Phallus Deihttp://rapidshare.de/files/18333219/AmDu2_-_PhDe.rar
Next up, Collapsing (AKA: Singvögel Rückwärts & Co.) the first Amon Duul LP released after the collective split. Note: this album was taken from an old LP and is not the greatest sound quality, but the album wasn't recorded very well to begin with.
http://rapidshare.de/files/18317828/AmDu_-_Co.rar
Next up is the other LP released by 1 in 1970
Para Dieswärts Düül . Link was supplied by Microdot, who is an all around great guy, and he also supplied a few others here.
Make sure you drop him a big thanks for them.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HTEQ7B24
And also from 1970 (busy years for all these cats!!) is the classic Amon Duul 2 LP Yeti.
http://rapidshare.de/files/18336785/AmDu_2_-_Ye.rar
We return now to AD1 and their 1971 LP Disaster. They begin to get more tuneful and to have a bit more in common with 2, but avant garde is not a title that completely eludes their music.
http://rapidshare.de/files/18319757/AmDu_-_Di.rar
From 1972, AD2's Carnival In Babylon, a classic of the krautrock genre and one of my personal favorites. Again, thanks to Microdot for the link!!
http://rapidshare.de/files/17888644/AD2cib72.rar.html
1973's Wolf City. Another brilliant LP from AD2. Again, one from the mighty Microdot!!
http://rapidshare.de/files/17916818/ADwc73.rar.html
Oops blogger screwed the pictures again, but there is even more Amon Duul, more I tell ya, more!!!!!!
Here is AD2's 1974 LP Hijack (Microdot link)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUBWB5IV
Also from '74, here 2's Live in London
http://rapidshare.de/files/18321954/AmDu2_-_LiL.rar
And finally from 1975 here is the 2 LP version of AD2's Made in Germany.
http://rapidshare.de/files/18327558/AmDu2_-_MiG_1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/18328514/AmDu2_-_MiG_2.rar
And for even more go to the following:
http://hurricanefighterplane.blogspot.com/ (for Tanz Der Lemmings)
and
http://8daysinapril.blogspot.com/ (for the '96 reunion show)
That's all for today folks!!!
9 comments:
thank you bryons for this Amon post!!
so i look on the web for the Cosmic Jokers, the band was form by two ash ra temple members, wallenstein group and klaus schulze
for amon duul (I), the band make only one album when the community split "paradieswart duul" (last studio session in 1970
"disaster" and "experiment" are albums with some works from different sessions
what do the members (if only have the answer)?
i have "psychedelic underground" for first amon duul album, but there's not a problem the year is the same (69)
frankly awesome... you are doing the world a huge service, especially if someone gets around to remastering all these on new CDs a la the recent Can albums (which sound better than ever now)... excellent stuff indeed...
dtfloyd - you are correct to some extent, the band did one session, but there was so much material, it became 3 albums, some of the material released after the split. There was a self titled (Amon Duul), Psychedelic Underground (some say it was released first, some say the self titled was, but they were recorded at the same time so...kinda moot) and Disaster (recorded before the split but released after (confusing ain't it?, I may have confused myself there). Anyways I will see if I can't find that Cosmic Jokers tape I have somewhere and try to rip it, I don't even remember what they sound like!
Microdot--the answer for me (on the radio ?? would be never also. Thanks again for your help on this!!!!
Loki--I agree that some of these albums could use a good remastering, in some cases rerecording (especially the early I stuff)!! Glad ya like it!!
for the Cosmic Jokers i think 8daysinapril posted the Galactic Supermarket and the selftitled album.
i heard a song from "flowmotion" in special radio show that was some year but never after this (but i don't listen the radio since a long time)
for amon duül i think is difficult to give a perfect chronology (it's the same for many krautrock band who recorded long musical trip in some lsd nights)
but everybody is agree to say it's a great group!
I've got a pretty comprehensive colection of AD2 so thanks for filling in my gaps of AD1,
As a side note AD2's Live in London was one of the first albums I bought, and the first Live Album and is still one of my favourites
** pats and high fives **
insert a smiley here!!
B-
all i can say is pass that amon duul over here and thanks for not bogarting.
totally far out to finally have all of these together.
I heard this band 13 years ago and have been looking for them ever since. i began to think it was all a dream and now to find its a dream come true. Thank You
unfortunately "Collapsing" has been deleted.
Can anyone reup please?
thx
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