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GOD 107CD
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"Eulenspygel came from the Swabian area which is situated in the southwest of Germany. This is a recording from 1973. A short retrospective by band member Detlev Nottrodt: 'Sometimes only the acoustic guitars were playing, meaning Mulo and me, and it sounded like English folk-rock from James Taylor to Jethro Tull. Now looking back it really sounded original for a live sound of 1973.' Eulenspygel are demonstrating here that they could convince their fans on stage, too. German lyrics and this time with two acoustic guitars. Good sound quality."
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GOD 042CD
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"Second album by this semi-legendary Krautrock group from 1972, following their classic debut 2. Typically, an unusual amount of care was put into this reissue by the people at Garden of Delights: excellent sound, seven extra tracks and almost more information about the group than one could want, rendering another Germanofon bootleg obsolete. For their sophomore effort, we see Eulenspygel sticking to their creative guns, still singing all of there songs in German, and not bending over to their record company by quashing their decidedly leftist leanings, probably no mean feat at the height of Baader-Meinhof hysteria. The opening track demonstrates this fact most pointedly; Titled 'Abfall', this rock opera of sorts clocks in at over 22 minutes, and concerns an orphan named Peter -- the group went so far as to visit a number of orphanages to research the material first hand. Their style was a mix of early Deep Purple and Arthur Brown on one side of the channel and perhaps Witthuser & Westrupp from their native country on the other. More exotic instrumentation than the predecessor, courtesy of Rod Argent(!) at Abbey Road studios where this was more than competently recorded, and the interesting mix of Teutonic folk and blues-based rock make this a fine listen from top to bottom." -- Billy Kiely
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GOD 037CD
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First reissue of the debut album from 1971 by this German progressive rock group (the title is in reference to an album their previous incarnation, the Royal Servants). Notable as one of the first bands from this scene to sing in native German, parts of this could be comparable to Necronomicon. The hard-to-forget cover illustration features a picture of a chicken standing in a frying pan -- in the seventies things like this were called "outrageous". "It offered a typically German progressive blend, drawing equally from heavy rock, folk, jazz and classical. The six tracks were cleverly arranged, with rich instrumentation and sudden shifts of tempo." -- Dag Erik Asbjornsen.
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