Cannabis India - SWF Session 1973. Germany

When you come from Germany, and you moniker your band Cannabis India, one expects a Kosmische Krautrock freakout along the lines of Yatha Sidhra or Cosmic Circus Music. Nope. The misnamed Cannabis India is an archival release of a German keyboard trio who play in the classical progressive rock space. Somewhere between Trikolon, Sixty-Nine, and first album ELP is where you'll spot their sound. Not highly original, but quite spirited, so worth a few listens. The real revelation here are the two tracks from the followup group Universe. At this point, they propel their ELP worship into a new found love for Yes, especially considering the Squire-ish bass work. Here the band strangely sound entirely American - miles from the typical Germanic Pink Floyd styled symph rock that dominated the middle 70s. One hopes more recordings emerge from this era of Universe, as that would be an auto buy for certain.