Add 2 more Amon Düüls!!!

Currently only Amon Düül 2 is listed in the database, but there are also Amon Düül (German), who produced the first ever Krautrock album, "Psychedelic Underground", and Amon Düül (British), formed by gutar player John Weinzierl and bass player Dave Anderson, both of Amon Düül 2,in the 80s. Other members of Amon Düül (British) include: Guy Evans of Van der Graaf Generator, Ed Wynne and Joie Hinton of the Ozric Tentacles and Robert Calvert of Hawkwind.

While all other albums of Amon Düül (German) ("Paradieswärts Düül", "Collapsing: Singvögel Rückwärts") were published after they split up, they all offer material from the same wild 1968 session.
The British Amon Düül produced 4 regular albums, "Hawk Meets Penguin", which is mostly improvisational space rock, "Meetings With Men Machines - Unremarkarkable Heroes of the Past", which is more song-structured, "Die Lösung", which is one of the 2 albums featuring Robert Calvert (who wrote the lyrics too), and "Fool Moon", on which Robert Calvert has an uncredited cameo-appearance reciting a German text about sensory perception (with an horrible accent. Well, she who sits in the glass-house should not throw stones ). The sampler "Airs On a Shoestring" offers one previously unreleased track.

Edited by BaldJean

I answered the query in the original thread, but for convenience's sake I'll copy and paste the answer here too, so you may find it whereever you look:

Robert Calvert, the singer of Hawkwind (who must not be confused with sax player Robert Calvert of Catapilla and Mother Gong) did indeed play with the British Amon Düül. He appears on 2 albums, "Die Lösung", where he sings all the vocals but for one track, and uncredited on "Fool Moon", where he recites a German text about sensory perception to the band's playing on one track. Although he is not credited on "Fool Moon" anyone who is familiar with the voice will easily recognize it. His accent when speaking German is horrible, even worse than mine  (I'm American by birth and came to Germany in 1993).

Oh, and by the way: His appearance on "Fool Moon" is, as far as I know, the last recording of his voice before his demise.

Oh, and these Amon Düül must NOT be confused with Amon Düül 2. There are 3 bands named Amon Düül: Amon Düül (German), Amon Düül 2 (German) and Amon Düül (British). I'm currently trying to get Amon Düül (German) and Amon Düül (British) included in the archives.

The British Amon Düül were founded by guitar player John Weinzierl of Amon Düül 2 and bass player Dave Anderson of Amon Düül 2 and Hawkwind. Other well known members of other bands include: Guy Evans of Van der Graaf Generator and Ed Wynne and Joie Hinton of the Ozric Tentacles.

Edited by BaldJean

BaldJean wrote: While all other albums of Amon Düül (German) ("Paradieswärts Düül", "Collapsing: Singvögel Rückwärts") were published after they split up, they all offer material from the same wild 1968 session.]

"Paradieswarts Düül" was not recorded during the 1968 jam session - the
only Amon Düül album that wasn't. That is why it has a totally different
sound to the other four Amon Düül albums - relaxed, spacious, ethnic-
tinged progressive folk rather than lo-fi jamming freakouts.