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    Posted: July 22 2009 at 23:30
Blending, to my ears, r&b, soul, funk, blues, instrumental psychedelic, rock, jazz,  symphonic prog, and krautrock and using a variety of instruments--drums, bass, guitar, organ, piano, vibes, saxophone, trumpet, flute, marimba, woodwind, and percussion, and using occasional electronic effects--this band was fairly diverse and unique. 

The band hailed from Mannheim and Baden-Wurttenberg Germany and featured the line-up:

Joy (vocals), 
Hans W. Herkenne (drums, percussion), 
Albin Metz (trumpet, bass), 
Roland Heck (organ, piano, vibes, marimba, percussion, vocals), 
Dieter Kindl (bass, guitar, percussion), 
Gerd Köthe (saxophone, flute), 
Klaus Nagel (guitar, woodwind, percussion, flute), 
Hans Lingenfelder (guitar)

The formed in 1969 and produced their best and most acclaimed album "Schmetterlinge" in 1971:
Discography and ratings from rateyourmusic.com:
ReleasedTitleCat#ReviewsRatingsChart [?]Overall
1970Overground4 issues23
 
 
3.01

1971Appears on: Heavy Christmas [...]3 issues220
 
 
3.80

1971Schmetterlinge4 issues353
 
 
3.94

1972Instrumental ImpressionsDevega DVG-STL 7410 1
 
 
3.50

1973Reflections3 issues127
 
 
3.78

1974Minne2 issues122
 
 
3.70










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A little more info here:
http://apoundforabrown.blogspot.com/2006/12/joy-unlimited-schmetterlinge-germany71.html
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"Shmetterlinge" is divided conceptually into three parts:


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A1Rudiment 4:27
A2Connection 1:30
A3That's the Key 2:32
A4For You and Me 1:40
Manifestations
 
A5Suppression 2:56
A6Rankness 2:37
A7Face of War 3:28
A8Free 2:08
B1Sensual Impressions 7:14
B2Quintessence 2:35
Emotions
 
B3Eden Park 2:58
B4Metamorphosis 3:08
B5In Search for the Last Word 1:59
B6Rising Mind 2:55
B7Eden Park Again 1:44
The songs within each of these parts flow together.


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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2009 at 11:16
Hello i see that this band is not in PA
 
I found some prog elements to worth that Joy Unlimited is in PA:
 
 From Crack in the Cosmic Egg book:

Joy Unlimited

Originally a Mannheim pop band fronted by the powerful female vocalist Joy Fleming under the guise of Joy & The Hit Kids, they moved on to progressive and very different realms by the late-60's and adopted the name Joy Unlimited to record OVERGROUND featuring numerous cover-versions of well-known songs. Their second SCHMETTERLINGE was an odd album for the Pilz label, a complex and ambitious conceptual rock ballet suite performed by a larger much more multi-instrumental ensemble. It ran a wide gamut of styles, from spacious jazz, via psychedelic rock onto a wild tongue-in-cheek raunchy blues, where Joy invites the listener to indulge with her sexually in a most profane manner! A fascinating and unique album. After this, Joy went on to pursue a successful solo career, and the band continued without her. American singer Ken Traylor replaced Joy on REFLECTIONS, an album that developed themes from SCHMETTERLINGE, but with a varied rock fusion as explored by many British bands of the era, like Raw Material or Gravy Train. In sharp contrast, with German Joschi Dinier as vocalist, on MINNE the style changed to a very Teutonic, slightly Floh De Cologne like, progressive folk.

Joy Fleming (vocals), Hans Herkeene (drums), Albin Metz (bass, trumpet, trombone), Roland Heck (piano, organ, vocals), Dieter Kindl (bass, tenor sax, vocals), Klaus Nagel (guitars, flute, vocals)

OVERGROUND
LP Polydor 2371 050 (1970)

SCHMETTERLINGE
LP Pilz 20 21090-1 (1971)

REFLECTIONS
LP BASF 20 21686-1 (1973)

MINNE
LP BASF 17 22331-0 (1974)

 




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Great! thanks!




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