On Abacus' debut you can hear a lot of parallels to another quirky German band: Nine Days Wonder. Like NDW's debut, this album is radically progressive, covering anywhere from Frank Zappa's more complex works to any number of UK outfits. The vocalist is from England, and he writes much of the material, so this album doesn't sound much like Krautrock as we know it. After this, the band took a noticeable downturn. As such, I think this debut is overlooked. Be sure to not miss this one, as it's excellent!
Ownership: LP: 1971 Polydor (UK). Single sleeve. Recent online acquisition from our new friends down south in ABQ: SloLow, who we spent some time getting to know at the last Denver Record Show. The front and back photos are this copy as we added them to Discogs. The label shown is too dark red, but we left what was already there anyway.
5/3/10 (CDRWL)
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