So let's talk about the first Lindwurm to market, with their incredibly obscure Fruhjahr 76: Erinnerungen an Klaus (translating to Spring 76: Memories of Klaus). Whoa - this is really deep in the basement hard rock right here. Recently I wrote about another very obscure German band called Florian Geyer. They had a single from 1974 named 'Candle of My Burial / Monday Afternoon' that was incredibly crude. Compared to Lindwurm, that single might as well have been recorded and produced by Alan Parsons at Abbey Road.
It's amateur hour all the way. But there's a certain charm in hard rock music such as this. It's not terrible by any means, and there's some excellent guitar work throughout. But they had a long way to go before they would have entered a proper studio.
As for its rarity, yea this one is the real deal. Looks like my friend Lev missed out on a deal at 7000 Euros. Turns out the only copy in the wilds today is going for 10000 Euros and it's never been for sale on ebay - nor have I ever seen it in a rarities catalog going on some 30 years now. That's a lot of balloons!
Garden of Delights announced their intent to reissue this... oh, when was it? After the fall of the Berlin Wall I think. Not really sure it's worth a reissue to be honest, but for deep dive obscurists it certainly will be the only way 99.999% will have a chance to own it properly/legally.
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