Live in London

Amon Duul II | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2004)
• ASIN: B0002546Q2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,531,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Archangels Thunderbird

2. Eye-Shaking King

3. Soap Shop Rock

4. Improvisation

5. Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies: Pull Down Your Mask/Prayer

6. Restless Skylight-Transistor-Child: Landing in a Ditch/Dehypnotized To

7. Race from Here to Your Ears: Little Tornados/Riding on a Cloud/Parali

8. Bavarian Soap Shop Rock

9. Improvisation on Gulp a Sonata

Editorial Reviews

In 1972 Amon Düül II embarked on their first tour of Britain, recording a show at the Greyhound club in Croydon on December 16, 1972, which was released in Britain in 1973 and in Germany one year later. Lead by the warped and psychy vocals of Renate Knaup and double guitar interplay of Chris Karrer and John Weinzierl, Live in London will certainly change the listener's current disposition. Highly experimental music with a certain flare and charm that could only be pulled off by Amon Düül II. Live in London explores some pretty dark corners of the mind with sound effects, loads of warbled and distorted guitars, keyboards and bass and drum interplay. Chris Karrer also lends some sax and violin to help aid the highly psychedelic live infestations. A great live album with some lovely improvisation and a definite trip into the depths of your mind.

Sounds magazine wrote, "Although it does seem a shame that Live In London is a relatively old recording, which doesn't take into account the development that the band has undergone since, the album still gives a very good impression of one of the more successful Amon Düül concerts." British journalists even attested Amon Düül II to be one of the most important German acts.

Amon Düül II, the second formation of this now legendary band, are one of the earliest and best known of the German experimental (Krautrock) bands. For the complete re-issue series of the Amon Düül II catalogue, the CDs will be released as remastered deluxe editions, with enhanced booklets, featuring new liner notes and photos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars where's the bonus tracks?, July 12, 2007

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Joseph L. Kolb (harris, mn USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in London (Audio CD)

Spv usually does an excellent job in reissuing cds. the packaging is usually top notch and they include bonus material. for live in london, the cover art has changed, and not to the better, and there is no bonus tracks. get the repertoire version with original cover art and 2 bonus tracks for 20 minutes of extra material. sound quality is not that different.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A European Rock Classic, February 6, 2001

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Martyn Richard Jones "Martyn Richard Jones" (Cordoba, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in London (Audio CD)

I loved this group the first time I heard them play, and then I didn't understand a word they sung, nevermind, they were the business and they made a great contrast with some of the other stuff I was listening to at that time: Velvet Underground & Nico, Man, Mott the Hoople, Bowie, T-Rex, Gong, Floyd, etc. etc.

What was even more fun for an adolescent was taking this home and playing it - much to the disgust of the folks at home. Don't you just love it at that age when what you actually like provokes a negative reaction amongst the oldies? Anyway, what made matters worse was a) these folk were from Germany b) the album had a great cover c) they were interestingly weird for kid, and just weird for the adults

I would buy it again! Oops, in fact I did.

Regards,

Martyn R Jones

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dry your ears....., October 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Live in London (Audio CD)

Some folks who love AD2 swear that their best venue is live. I don't really agree, but there's no denying that they pack a punch on this live album. "Archangel Thunderbird" and "Eye-Shaking King" rip plaster off the walls, the series of pieces from DANCE OF THE LEMMINGS get positively sinister treatments (Chris Karrer on violin is particularly stunning) and the singing is forceful if not always tuneful (vocals never were Amon Duul 2's strong suit). It's a good live album (WAY better than the one the reconstituted band did in Tokyo in 1994!) and if you like these psychokillers' early Seventies studio albums, you'll enjoy it. Come to think of it, if you like the Velvet Underground circa "Sister Ray," you have absolutely no excuse not to like this album. So there!