The UA Years: 1969-1974 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Amon Duul II

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 31, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B00000JPVL
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #292,176 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
17 of the finest tracks recorded by this top Krautrock band during their years on the United Artists label. Includes 'Kannan', 'Wolf City', 'A Morning Excuse'. All recordings are digitally remastered. Gold disc. Also includes extensive sleeve notes. 1997 release.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good starting point, but you'll buy more..., May 9, 2001

By A Customer

Being a fan of psychedelic music, I have always heard of this band, but aside from the occasional song on some compilation, I have never given Amon Duul 2 a chance. Now I know what I've been missing! This group is incredible. It's progressive psychedelia that ranges from totally out there and lysergic to very melodic and accessible, sometimes within the same song! The vocals are an acquired taste, but the music is always compelling. The album lacks the extended jams from early albums like Phallus Dei, Yeti, and Tanz, but the song choices provide a good, albeit brief overview of the group's early '70's efforts. Now that I have listened to this disc many times, I find myself seeking out Amon Duul 2 albums. It's a good compilation, but this group needs to be heard in album format. As an introduction to the band, the CD is excellent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kaleidoscopic and fevered psychedelia, June 29, 2007

By	Warren W. Nelson (Mooresville, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amon Duul II as a singles band? You better believe it! This album might make the case for the best psychedelic band you are ever going to hear with their powerful riffing blurring into indefinite textures and explorations. In some respects, I'm reminded of Jefferson Airplane's great compilation 'The Worst of JA' in that both albums reveal the commercial strengths of bands which were psychedelic to the core, initially at least. Amon Duul II,IMHO, were a much more challenging band which through their drugged haze seem to have much more linear strength in their compositions. And more progressive by nature. Probably a more accurate comparison would be to 'Saucerful of Secrets' era Floyd with experimental and kaleidoscopic instrumental color; but here again Amon Duul II were a more rocking band and for this reason I feel they were able travel deeper into their sonic explorations, which conjure up some kind of jeweled, crazed drifts into sonic netherworlds and leave the listener deliriously acid - fried after traveling through time, space, and dimension!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amon Duul II - 'The UA Years: 1969-1974' (Cleopatra), October 25, 2005

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Another good krautrock compilation release.This was more or less my first Amon Duul II disc I ever bought.Sort of reminds me of a more rocking Gong.Ironically enough,like Gong,they have a female vocalist,Shrat Kroten who really seems to shine on tracks like "Archangel Thunderbird","Surrounded By The Stars" and "Henriette Krotenschwanz".Guitarist Chris Karrer appears to be the band's mainstay.Other cosmic gems here are "Soap Shop Rock",the tripping "Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer","Utopia No.1","Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight" and the semi-unbelievable "Race From Here To Your Ears".A darn fine anthology of this long-running German ensemble,who to this very day still exists.A should-have.