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AGITATION FREE - River of Return (1999)

The first of five albums from German Space Rock band, The Cosmic Jokers. Bizarrely, all five albums were released in the same year of 1974.

THE COSMIC JOKERS - The Cosmic Jokers (1974)

THE COSMIC JOKERS - Planeten Sit-In (1974)

THE COSMIC JOKERS - Gilles Zeitschiff (1974)

SIDE A

SIDE B

The First Space Rock album from the German Krautrock band GURU GURU before they later merged into a funky Jazz-Rock combo.

GURU GURU - UFO (1970)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 06 2019 at 06:32

The third album from the Krautrock band Guru Guru.....

GURU GURU - Kanguru (1972)

To me Hawkwind is the only spacerock band I love. Always thought Brainticket, Agitation & Guru Guru are Kraut bands, but of course have lots of space elements...

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mortte wrote:

To me Hawkwind is the only spacerock band I love. Always thought Brainticket, Agitation & Guru Guru are Kraut bands, but of course have lots of space elements...

I like all of those bands you mentioned, with Agitation Free being my all-time favourite Space Rock band, followed closely by the Cosmic Jokers.

I like really much also Agitation Free, although when talking about Kraut bands Faust, Can and Amon Düül II is more favorite to me. Not care much about Brainticket & Guru Guru.

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

When I reviewed Ramases' rare "Space Hymns" album recently, I discovered the four members of 10cc were the backing musicians on the album, although "Space Hymns" sounds nothing like 10cc. It's more like the kind of album you might expect the Hare Krishna religious sect to record.

Hi,

10CC had even more ... check out "Hotlegs" and the single that was a hit for a bit ... or if you have the stomach for it ... Neil Sedaka!

Guy's show, even today, HAS NEVER BEEN one for the hits ... so you got to hear a lot of things from various albums with 10CC ... so in the middle of this and that you would get Baron Samedi ... and maybe later ... Play Me ... or Rubber Bullets ... you just do not get those kind of selections, EVEN TODAY, by anyone, because they do not listen to the albums ... they only know a song or two ... but the rest of SHEET MUSIC is a fantastic album, and WSShuffle is not the most exciting song in the mix!

I don't think that most folks realize ... when a show is NOT about the hits ... and Guy had ALL OF the "krautrock" right from the start I still have the albums! All of them!), and even included the fun stuff from the Cosmic Jokers/Couriers. Even nowadays, no one even bothers listening to it to get an even better understanding of the whole thing.

Edited by moshkito - April 07 2021 at 20:11

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moshkito wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

When I reviewed Ramases' rare "Space Hymns" album recently, I discovered the four members of 10cc were the backing musicians on the album, although "Space Hymns" sounds nothing like 10cc. It's more like the kind of album you might expect the Hare Krishna religious sect to record.

Hi,

10CC had even more ... check out "Hotlegs" and the single that was a hit for a bit ... or if you have the stomach for it ... Neil Sedaka!

that's almost as surprising as The Enid being the backing band on Kim Wilde's single "Kids in America".