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Nosferatu 1970

Nosferatu (Vogue 1970)

Album Legnth: 46:16

Genre: Progressive Rock

Best Song: 'No. 4'

Release Info: 1998 CD Reissue Ohrwaschl OW 020

Tracks:

1. Highway 4.16
2. Willie The Fox 10.48
3. Found My Home 8.48
4. No. 4 8.48
5. Work Day 6.59
6. Vanity Fair 6.44

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Overview:

'Nosferatu' is an early Krautrock album containing a heavy and raw progressive sound tainted with psychedelic elements engineered by the legendary Konrad Plank. Dominated by guitar, organ and sax, this album also contains excellent flute work and percussion. As a whole, the album has its ups and downs. A few tracks offer up some trippy grooves, but the group tends to lean towards an Anglo-American approach and the lyrics in English would have been better has they been in German. The best tracks in my opinion are the three which have the least amount of Anglo-American rock influence (Tracks 2,4,5). It is these tracks too which seem to utilize Conny's sound engineering expertise. In spite of the obvious Anglo influence, the group does manage to create a unique sound. This can be attributed to some unusual riffs and rhythms as well as the amount of sax and flute versus organ. [2/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Michael Thierfelder -Vocals
Christian Felke - Flute, Sax
Michael Kessler - Bass
Michael Meixner - Guitar
Reinhard Grote - Organ
Byally Braumann - Drums