Albums

Psychedelic Underground 1969
Collapsing 1970
Paradieswarts Duul 1971
Disaster 1972
Experimente 1984


Psychedelic Underground (Metronome 1969)

Album Legnth: 41:28

Genre: Rock

Best Song: "Ein Wunderhübsches Mädchen Träumt Von Sandosa"

Release Info: 1996 CD Reissue SPALAX 14947

Tracks:

1. Im Garten Sandosa 17.05
2. Der Garten Sandosa Im Morgentau 2.56
3. Bitterlings Verwandlung 2.56
4. Ein Wunderhübsches Mädchen Träumt Von Sandosa 7.50
5. Kaskados Minnelied 8.08
6. Mama Düül Und Ihre Sauerkrautband Spielt Auf 2.30
Overview:



Album Rating: out of 5 [Doug]


Musicians:

Angelica Filanda- Vocals, Percussion
Helge Filanda- Congas, Anvil
Ella Bauer- Vocals, Percussion
Rainer Bauer- Guitar, Vocals
Ullrich Leopold- Bass
Peter Leopold - Drums
Uschi Obermaier- Percussion
Wolfgang Krischke - Piano, Percussion

Collapsing (Metronome 1970)

Album Legnth: 36:12

Genre: Rock

Best Song: "Booster"

Release Info: 1996 CD Reissue SPALAX 14949

Tracks:

1. Booster (Kolkraben) 3:06
2. Bass, Gestrichen (Pot Plantage, Kollaps) 3:32
3. Tusch Ff. 4:39
4. Singvogel Ruckwarts (Singvogel Vorwarts) 4:17
5. Lua-Lua-He (Chor Der Wiesenpieper) 2:05
6. Shattering & Fading (Flattermanner) 4:31
7. Nachrichten Aus Cannabistan 3:18
8. Big Sound (Die Show Der Blaumeisen) 2:14
9. Krawall (Repressiver Montag) 3:18
10. Blech & Alfbau (Bau, Steinen & Erden) 2:11
11. Natur (Auf Dem Lande) 2:56
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Album Rating: 2 out of 5 [Doug]


Musicians:

Angelica Filanda- Vocals, Percussion
Helge Filanda- Congas, Anvil
Ella Bauer- Vocals, Percussion
Rainer Bauer- Guitar, Vocals
Ullrich Leopold- Bass
Peter Leopold - Drums
Uschi Obermaier- Percussion
Wolfgang Krischke - Piano, Percussion

Paradieswarts Duul (Ohr 1971)

Album Legnth: 34.15

Genre: Folk/Rock

Best Song: 'Love Is Peace'

Release Info: 1997 CD Reissue REP 4678-WY

Tracks:

1. Love Is Peace 17.13
2. Snow Your Thirst and Sun Your Open Mouth 9.28
3. Paramechanische Welt 7.38
4. Eternal Flow 4.10*
5. Paramechanical World 5.44*

*=Bonus Track

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Average Rating based on 24 votes: 3.5
Overview:

If ever a record could change your perception about a band, it would be this record by Amon Duul. So well-documented was their historic 1968 drugged-out jam session that 4 albums worth of 'music' have been culled from the tapes. Paradieswarts Duul was their only legit attempt at recording an album and as I read somewhere else, "the commune's drug of choice had been changed". Although still quite amateur, (5 notes into the first track one can hear the guitarist flub his note!) the musicians do manage to play a few decent 'drug-folk' songs. A brief description of the music might go as follows: three extended tracks of mellow folk-ness sounding a bit like Planet Caravan in a few spots, performed by amateurs, but possessing a great deal of charm and idealism. The CD also contains Amon Duul's only other legit recording, a 7" single also from 1970. [3/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Ella - Bongos
Lemur - Drums, Rythm Guitar, Guitar
Lurich - Bass, Piano, Guitar
Dadam - Guitar, Vocals, Bass
Hansi - Flute, Bongos
Helge - Drums
Noam - African Drums
John - Guitar
Chris - Bongos

Disaster (BASF 1972)

Album Legnth: 67.08

Genre: Rock

Best Song: 'Imprupulsion'

Release Info: 1997 CD Reissue Spalax 14948

Tracks:

1. Drum Things (Erschlagzeugtes) 9.12
2. Asynchron (Verjault Und Zugeredet) 7.37
3. Yea Yea Yea (Zerbeatelt) 1.00
4. Broken (Ofensivitaaten) 7.26
5. Somnium (Trauma) 9.30
6. Frequency (Entzewi) 9.53
7. Autonomes (Eintdrei) 5.37
8. Chaoticolour (Entsext) 7.43
9. Expressionidiom (Kapuntterbunt) 1.48
10. Alititude (Quaar Feld Aus) 1.01
11. Impropulsion (Noch'n Lied) 6.13
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Average Rating based on 19 votes: 2.2
Overview:


Here is the third album to be released containing more jams from the historical 1968 jam session. The inner sleeve only lists 7 'musicians', but I have read elsewhere that nearly 10 to 15 people are responsible for these recordings. If you are not familiar with the original incarnation of Amon Duul, then this description will be helpful for you. Imagine three or four people playing acoustic and electric guitar in a manner similar to a few drugged-out garage band kids, accompanied by six or more people playing a variety of percussions all in a different time signature. Their songs, if you can call them songs, are megalithic jams centered around a single riff or chord sequence. Extremely amateur, almost bordering on ritualistic playing. Something that has to be heard to be truly understood, liked or disliked. [1/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Angelica Filanda- Vocals, Percussion
Helge Filanda- Congas, Anvil
Ella Bauer- Vocals, Percussion
Rainer Bauer- Guitar, Vocals
Ullrich Leopold- Bass
Peter Leopold - Drums
Uschi Obermaier- Percussion
Wolfgang Krischke - Piano, Percussion

Experimente (Time Wind 1984)

Album Legnth: 66.45

Genre: Rock

Best Song: Special Track Experience No. 11

Release Info: 1995 CD Reissue Captain Trip Records CTCD-014

Tracks:

1. Special Track Experience No. 1 4.30
2. Special Track Experience No. 2 0.32
3. Special Track Experience No. 3 5.17
4. Special Track Experience No. 4 2.28
5. Special Track Experience No. 5 2.41
6. Special Track Experience No. 6 1.11
7. Special Track Experience No. 7 5.47
8. Special Track Experience No. 8 2.11
9. Special Track Experience No. 9 3.45
10. Special Track Experience No. 10 1.42
11. Special Track Experience No. 11 1.54
12. Special Track Experience No. 12 1.24
13. Special Track Experience No. 13 3.49
14. Special Track Experience No. 14 2.48
15. Special Track Experience No. 15 1.29
16. Special Track Experience No. 16 5.10
17. Special Track Experience No. 17 0.50
18. Special Track Experience No. 18 2.06
19. Special Track Experience No. 19 6.29
20. Special Track Experience No. 20 1.07
21. Special Track Experience No. 21 2.46
22. Special Track Experience No. 22 3.08
23. Special Track Experience No. 23 2.33
24. Special Track Experience No. 24 1.08
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Posthumously released in 1984 by the Swiss label Time Wind, 'Experimente' offers up what I'm sure many of us hope to be the final leftovers from the groups famous 1968 jam session. In total, there are 24 tracks simply titled 'Special Track Experience'. Surprisingly, the material comprising 'Experimente' features slightly less percussion and is more coherent and interesting than any of the material on 'Disaster' or 'Collapsing'. Each of the 'Special Track Experience' tracks appears to be trimmed from a longer body of music, a trick that BASF should have considered before their release of the aptly titled 'Disaster'. Musically, the material shows a heavy influence from the sixties garage band sound as evidenced by the discordant 'Louie Louie' jam heard on Track 20 and the Sonics-esque sound on Tracks 10 and 11. Contrasting this is a primal melodic sound more akin to early Velvet Underground as evidenced by Track 23. However, the true gem on the album, Track 24, is an early version of a guitar riff later used on 'Archangels Thunderbird' from the album 'Yeti'. If you are thirsting for a little more Amon Duul in your life, you certainly could do worse than this album! [1.5/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Angelica Filanda- Vocals, Percussion
Helge Filanda- Congas, Anvil
Ella Bauer- Vocals, Percussion
Rainer Bauer- Guitar, Vocals
Ullrich Leopold- Bass
Peter Leopold - Drums
Uschi Obermaier- Percussion
Wolfgang Krischke - Piano, Percussion

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