This must be one of the last forgotten Krautrock obscurities from the '70. The B-side is actually quite rewarding, although I have to admit there's a certain amateurishness that distracts from a totally convincing listening experience. Still some catchy songs to be found here. This is one of those albums that you know you actually shouldn't like but for some mysterious reason you do anyway...
"Disappearing without even the memory of its existence," would be a more appropriate description, like so many species of frogs, butterflies, salamanders, fish, all over the world today. However I think that cover photograph is just awesome, one of the best pure insanity covers I have ever seen. Mr. Music Man is a long-haired homeless guy (not a band member as far as I can tell), carrying a guitar case in an overgrown park with an oddly-placed bench, in a mildly blurred black and white photo. How cool can an album cover get?
I will let you decide whether it deserves reconsideration in the present tense era, simply, it's a mildly funky hard rock and straightforward rock album with perhaps a touch of progressiveness about it, from 1979. It's a welcome break perhaps from the fusion and jazz that has been overdone of late and will be even more overdone (but not done)
Winfried Borchardt (drums)
Jürgen Ceynowa (bass)
Udo Kamps (rhythm guitar)
Wolfgang Müllers (lead guitar, vocals)
Winfried Zastrau (keyboards, vocals)
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