I'll let a four decade plus old newspaper article write my review for me today. Süddeutsche Zeitung said once, which happens to be the largest German national subscription daily newspaper according to Wikipedia: "Amon Düül II is a pop band that needn't shy away from comparisons with Pink Floyd or the Velvet Underground, but they are much better, more influential and more progressive than their English and American counterparts." OK then, my work is done here I think....
Ownership: LP: 1972 Sunset (UK). Acquired at VVV Records (1986), What's great about this version is the back cover, which is hilarious. Sunset was known for releasing adult pop music. What on Earth were they thinking when they put Amon Duul II on the label with the not-too-disguised title of Dick God? I always imagined some old codger with a pipe, getting excited at the strip-mall record store "Look Edna, a new album on Sunset! I got to get this!". Imagine the scene back home. ROFL.
CD: 1993 Repertoire. Standard jewel case release. Mail order acquisition (1995)
CD: 2006 Revisited. Digipak. Online acquisition (2016). Excellent liner notes, but I prefer the sound of the above. So I'm keeping both for now.
1986; 1995; 6/14/16 (new entry)
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