The Day After The Sabbath 149: HALLO! Nr. 2 [Psych, Prog and Hard Rock of the GDR DDR ]

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TRACK TIMES: 00:00 Magdeburg - Heisses Land (1975) - Beatkiste Vol. 4
03:53 Theo Schumann Combo - Vesuv (1969)
06:17 Omega - Zerbrechlicher Schwung (1973) - Das deutsche Album
10:36 Katja & Roman - Ich Will Sein Wie Das Meer (1974) single
14:10 Bürkholz-Formation - Sei kein Vulkan (1973) - Hallo Nr.10
18:21 Renft - Zukunft (1971) - Beatkiste Vol. 5
21:56 Babylon - Tschigiten Legende (1976) - Beatkiste Vol. 4
25:32 Horst Krüger-Band - Hab Mir Von Der Tagesreise Manches Mitgebracht (1974) - Hallo Nr. 1 74 (1974)
32:52 City - Nur Die Nachte Gehoren Uns (1979) from Der Tatowierte
35:52 SET - Eisen (1975) - Hallo Nr. 1 75
38:02 Karat - Ich Lauf Durch Die Stadt (1975) - Beatkiste Vol. 6
41:59 Ekkehard Sander Formation - Kein Märchen (1973) Radio Show
46:38 Panta Rhei - Hier wie nebenan (1972) single
51:31 Angelika Mann & Reinhard Lakomy-Ensemble - Ein irrer Typ (1975) - Hallo Nr. 2 '75
55:08 Wir - Eisberg (1976) - Rhythmus '76
01:00:10 Günther Fischerk & Hansi Klemm - Kosmoslied (1978) from Die Erde Dreht Sich Linksherum

Welcome to part 2 of the the somewhat forgotten pysch, prog and hard rock of communist East Germany, as promised when I posted part 1. I will not repeat the introduction to part 1, and the brief account of the struggles of rock bands in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (aka GDR), but you can go back any time and read it, and get the music, in that post from December last year (LINK). Most of the band information I provide here has been paraphrased and abridged from the amazingly comprehensive website deutsche-mugge.de, and if you want any more detailed info on any of these acts you will find it all there (link).

I compiled both of these at the same time and decided to split the comps into two posts, for easier digestion. If you felt there were some important names missing from part 1, such as the Klaus Renft Combo or Karat, then this volume completes what I think is all the bands that are worthy of this particular subject, which still bring the required TDATS heaviness with them too!

As with volume 146, this rounds up a large variety of sounds, from the usual period heavy psych, fuzz and hard rock you'd expect, to some more space rock in the final track, and even a hint of disco rock, from Gruppe ,,WIR". Again we have got plenty of super groovy jazz prog, including a brilliant flute rocker from Bürkholz-Formation, a touch of glam from the Angelika Mann & Reinhard Lakomy-Ensemble, and the return of a Hungarian band witch seems to have become TDATS royalty now, with this fifth appearance on the blog. Of the sixteen tracks here, fourteen are brand-new acts to the blog so I hope this will yet again be a very fresh listen for everyone!