Amon Duul 2 albums to be reissued, band to tour
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Topic: Amon Duul 2 albums to be reissued, band to tour
Posted By: glassonyonpr
Subject: Amon Duul 2 albums to be reissued, band to tour
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 14:16
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For Immediate Release German Prog Legends Amon Duul 2 Get Back Catalog Reissued 8/27/2008 - Germany - Experimental music pioneers Amon Duul 2, whose music defined the German progressive rock scene of the 1970's, are back in the news with the reissuing of the band's back catalog on SPV Records - many titles have been long out of print. "All the important works of Amon Duul 2 are remastered and wherever there was spare room on the CDs, we added bonus tracks recorded in 2005, 2006 and 2007", says guitarist and original band member John Weinzierl. Titles re-issued include 'Dance Of The Lemmings', 'Yeti', 'Carnival In Babylon', 'Wolf City', 'Vive Le Trance', 'Hi-Jack', 'Live In London', 'Made In Germany', and 'PyragonyX'. As a point of special interest to Amon Duul 2 fans in the USA, the band's landmark concept album 'Made In Gemany' , touted as the first German Rock Opera, is now made available in its original complete form (the DBL LP was only released in the US as a single album with different cover art). Formed in Munich in 1968, Amon Duul 2 rapidly excelled to the forefront of German avant garde music along side notable peers Can, Faust and Tangerine Dream. Amon Duul 2 quickly distinguished themselves from these other ensembles with their use of pop elements interspersed with eclectic songwriting and arrangements along with deft musicianship and the sweet voice of female vocalist Renate Knaup-Krotenschwanz. The band's influences ranged from jazz and classical to Zappa and Syd's Pink Floyd, although the music has remained so original these past 30 years it's difficult to tell who the band's influences are! "That's because Germany culture-wise has no rhythm and blues influence," explains Renate. "We have classical music and traditional music, so we just experimented with what we had. To copy rhythm and blues or rock and roll would be silly because they are not our roots." By 1979 and many critically acclaimed, pioneering LPs later, Amon Duul 2 went their separate ways, only to reunite in the 1990s, and most recently in the mid-2000s. The current line-up includes original members: Chris Karrer (guitar, violin, vocals), John Weinzierl (guitars, synth, vocals), Renate Knaup-Krotenschwanz (vocals), Danny Fichelscher (drums), Lother Meid (bass, vocals) and neo-Duul Jan Kahlert (percussion, vocals). With the re-issuing of Amon Duul 2's back catalog, the band are preparing for a major tour scheduled for Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009, with the running title '40 Years since 1968/69'. Other plans include "a DVD called 'Amon Duul 2 History' and a new studio CD by the band. "Both will take a bit of time still," says John. "Maybe there's gonna be another DVD 'Live At The Buttermaker in Shrewsburry 2006' in the meantime." These new releases, along with rare solo CDs by Weinzierl's trio JHM along with an album he did with the late Robert Calvert of Hawkwind will be available on the band's official website: http://www.amonduul.de/ - For more information on the Amon Duul 2 CD re-issues by SPV records go to: http://www.spv.de/ - Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR [email protected] |
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 14:20
| COME TO VANCOUVER OR I'LL COMMIT SUICIDE |
Posted By: mattmacneil
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 17:25
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COME TO TORONTO OR I'LL COMMIT SUICIDE
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 20:58
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Amazing news!!! they're still around..???..............touring and new CD coming up soon???? Unbelievable
 ...not that i expect YETI part 2 but would have thought back then in 71/72 they still would be playing in 2008/09......at least that's a good way to stay anf feel young after all those years.
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 21:02
.......and it's going to make MICKY all excited knowing he can still have a chance to get close to RENATE  
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 02:29
| Come to Philadelphia! |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 07:29
I thought they already reissued many of these albums on SPV Records over the last couple of years??? |
glassonyonpr wrote:Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 16:07
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^^ Ditto on Rushaholic. Maybe they are only referencing "Made In Germany"? ------------- 
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Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 10:39
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Please please please please please let this stuff be released in UK.
Brilliant brilliant, but will be pretty skint by the end of all this purchasing.
I have been trying to get Dance of The Lemmings for sooooooooooooo long now.
------------- The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock |
Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 16:36
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Come to France!
------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 04:17
Not in re-mastered versions though. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 08:09
Sweet Maybe finally get to see them , wohoooooooo i love Amon Duul 2 ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 11:04
hahhaha.. damn right...I'll bring an extra pair of Haines with me and toss them at her  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 12:38
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Hawkwise.. second row far left.. what is the name of that album???
Ta ------------- The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 11:16
I know I'm not Hawkwise, but I do have your answer - it's http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4692 - Tanz Der Lemminge -------------
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Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: September 08 2008 at 06:50
my question concerning Hawkwise's CD's: I couldn't identify the first two albums on the first row (third being Yeti for certain). Also the last two (5th row far right, and 6th row), but most probably those are albums I wouldn't be interested in anyway  ... and just for the record: Vive La Trance seems to be out of (chronological) order, it should have been placed between Wolf City (or, Live in London, for that matter, whose place is not so important being a live album recorded around the same time) and Hijack  . All albums I identified are otherwise placed chronologically!AD II is a great band, btw (especially up to & including Wolf City)------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: September 08 2008 at 12:13
First off Cds that gave me a chuckle , um there Vinyl albums the first two are Minneleid by Amon Duul and Phallus Dei Amon Duul 2 the very last one is Hawk Meets Penguin and the last on fifth row is Meetings with Menmachines inglorious heroes of the past -------------
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: September 08 2008 at 14:56
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I just bought HAWK MEETS PENGUIN.....that's not bad at all...after all the crappy reviews i read about it.
Especially the first track is oustanding
I am going to try next ....Meeting with Menmachines! What's your opinion, Hawk?/
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 08 2008 at 15:11
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I thought they already had been reissued very recently on Rhino?
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: September 09 2008 at 00:39
Ewwwww not realy given it a good listen in a long while , what i would say its not very Amon Duul 2 i Marcus Leid is a nice track also Burundi Drummer's Nightmare a bit different , Julie Waring is no Renate but pleasant enough, there a good review here >>>>> http://wcpaebelectricflower.blogspot.com/2008/07/amon-dl-uk-meetings-with-menmachines.html - http://wcpaebelectricflower.blogspot.com/2008/07/amon-dl-uk-meetings-with-menmachines.html if your big collector of Music which think you are then its worth having in yer collection its got some nice Moments but not as good as HAWK MEETS PENGUIN -------------
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: September 09 2008 at 10:10
Thanks for comments, Hawk!
What about DIE LOSUNg and FOOL MOON??
T.hanks
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: September 09 2008 at 10:21
Hummmmh! i just got the last 3 digipacks AD2..Almost, Only Human and Vortex.....from SPV...revisited!
It is mentioned in the liner noted that they have been remastered and remixed......
The sound is crystal clear!!
I am happily surprised by the overall musical quality of VORTEX....and great bonus tracks like on every AD2 re-release
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 09 2008 at 10:21
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"Burundi Drummer's Nightmare" is the outstanding track on "Meetings With Men Machines"; the rest is only so-so. but for that track alone the album is worth the money. as to "Hawk Meets Penguin": I wrote a four star review of that album -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: rostasi
Date Posted: September 15 2008 at 16:10
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Hi, Not sure that I understand the need, yet again, for these reissues. I'm sure that these couldn't possibly beat those remastered by EROC that were released back in '02 on Repertoire. Nice to see the possibility of a tour tho. Seemed better than I expected on a recent ('05) DVD and the Wuppertal performance from April '03 seemed decent as well, so there's hope! Rod |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 07:06
Just visited the InsideOut site and it does state that those versions are remastered http://www.insideout.de/catalog/search_result.php?keywords=Amon%20D%FC%FCl%20II&osCsid=0cf13242e2273db3eba40b80ec19297c - http://www.insideout.de/catalog/search_result.php?keywords=Amon%20D%FC%FCl%20II&osCsid=0cf13242e2273db3eba40b80ec19297c |