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Artist:	AGITATION FREE
Title:	At The Cliffs of River Rhine
Label:	GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	GOD 028CD

"On 2/2/74, Agitation Free performed a good gig at the WDR radio station in Cologne which was broadcast live, featuring the old line up (Ulbrich, Lütjens, Günther, Hoenig & Rausch). It was released as a bootleg LP under the title At Last...Is Alive (Pupil Tulip 1) in 1995, but is shamefully bad in recording quality. In addition, the titles of the songs are false and their chronological order reversed. It just goes to show that a collector should keep away from such illegal trash and better wait patiently for the authorized releases. This CD on hand now presents a flawless recording of the gig, remastered at Michael Hoenig's studio." Rather ecstatic flowing jams from this legendary band. A full 20 years before the full-blown development of Heroin House, these guys were obviously tied into something quite, um, good. And if you've already devoured Malesch, 2nd and Last, you're ready for it.

Artist:	AGITATION FREE
Title:	The Other Sides of Agitation Free
Label:	GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	GOD 032CD

"Unreleased studio recordings from the last days of the band (Recorded in 1974). Great sound quality. Most tracks have jazz elements. With booklet of 32 pages." "It was an essential part of Agitation Free's tradition to venture into different musical worlds and to play together with many other musicians. the band would always try new projects, including arrays into 'serious' music, but whenever we indulged in jazzrock or politically oriented rock music, our record company of that time refused publication of our efforts. Many recordings have survived, testimony of a time full of fun with our friends, but had to wait until now to be released on CD. These friends include: Manfred Opitz (keyboarder with Metropolis), Klaus Henrichs (then saxophone player with Os Mundi), Harald Grosskopf (former drummer with Wallenstein), Constantin 'Bommi' Bommarius (then drummer with Karthago), etc." Michael Günther/Agitation Free.

Artist:	AGITATION FREE
Title:	Malesch
Label:	GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	GOD 069CD

"Their debut, pensive and relaxed. A masterpiece, originally released on Vertigo. The 32-page booklet abounds with photographs, discographies and details. From the masters." New definitive reissue, this album has previously been reissued on Spalax; originally issued in 1972. "Not willing to compromise, and heavily into the avant-garde (many members studied with the influential Thomas Kessler) it took a long while until Agitation Free got an album out. By that time they had developed a cosmic styled rock with a strong ethnic element. Although in the spirit of Ash Ra Tempel and Pink Floyd, they had their own individual identity, with a largely improvised music that was predominantly instrumental, featuring lots of electronics, keyboards and dual guitars, and a great flair for invention. Malesch documents their trip to North Africa and the Middle East, blending location recordings together with their own compositions and improvisations, and is still quite a unique experience even today, combining cosmic, avant-garde and ethnic musics with great invention." -- The Crack in the Cosmic Egg.

Artist:	AGITATION FREE
Title:	2nd
Label:	GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	GOD 071CD

"The band's masterpiece and probably even better than Malesch. Originally released on Vertigo's swirled label. As usual with a 32-page coloured booklet." Previously reissued on the Spalax label. "Adds bouzouki, mellotron, 12-string guitar to their classic twin guitar, heavy Krautrock sound. Recorded and released in 1973, few months after the first and incredible Malesch, Second is at the frontiers of experimental, progressive, jazz. If Malesch was experimental recording with a touch of progressive, Second just appears as a progressive recording with experimental touch, revealing the incredible music of the band in an 'easier,' HIGHER way."

Artist:	AGITATION FREE
Title:	Fragments
Label:	GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	GOD 088CD

Third issue of these 1974 sessions, with 1 bonus track; with much better sound quality than the Spalax CD. Recorded in Berlin, 11/14/74 as their "final reunion" a loose jamming session featuring various members of the groups' different periods: Christoph Franke, Michael Hoenig, Lutz Ulbrich, etc. Not issued at the time, although a CD Rom version came out in Germany on Musique Intemporelle. Great extended psych and a fine addition to their small discography.

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