Achim Reichel & Machines - Echo / AR4, 1972/1973 (Kraut)

1. Einladung Invitation 20:32
2. Das Echo Der Gegenwart The Echo Of The Presence 10:08
3. Das Echo Der Zeit The Echo Of Time 13:05
4. Das Echo Der Zukunft The Echo Of The Future 18:13

1. Das Echo Der Vergangenheit The Echo Of The Past 19:38
2. Cave Explorers And Birdmen 5:25
3. The Man In Kidleather 10:43
4. Thin Is The Skin Of Ecstasy 5:47
5. Every Raindrop Longs For The Sea 23:00
Achim Reichel - guitar, vocals
Klaus Schulze - vocals
Matti Klatt - vocals, percussion
Arthur Carstens - jews harp
Jochen Petersen - saxophone
Norbert Jacobsen - clarinet
Peter Becker - sirenes
Frank Wulf - recorders, sitar
Helmuth Franke - guitar
Claus-Robert Kruse - electric piano
Hans Hartmann - bass
Dicky Tarrach - drums
Hans Boche - drums
Churchill Jolobe - drums
Lemmy Lembrecht - drums, percussion
Hans Lampe - percussion
Kalle Trapp - percussion
Rolf Köhler - percussion
Olaf Casalich - percussion
Carsten Bohn - percussion
AMG:
"German singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Achim Reichel enjoyed a long and varied career that began during the beat boom of the '60s, when he founded the Rattles, and carried on well into the next millennium, by which time he was still recording albums and performing large-scale rock concerts. Born on January 28, 1944, in Wentorf bei Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Reichel began his music career in 1960, when he, as a singer/guitarist, formed the Rattles with bassist Herbert Hildebrandt in Hamburg. The band, along with the Lords, proved one of Germany's leading beat bands of the day, for instance touring England with the Rolling Stones in 1963 and touring Germany with the Beatles in 1966. Reichel left the band in 1966 after several albums, including Twist im Star-Club Hamburg (1964), Liverpool Beat (1965), and Hurra! Die Rattles Kommen (1966), and subsequently entered the Bundeswehr (i.e., the German armed forces). Upon Reichel's departure from the military, he formed another band, Wonderland, whose debut single, 'Mocow' (1968), was a Top 15 hit. Next he formed the experimental solo project A.R. & Machines, which debuted with Die Grüne Reise (1971) and followed with a succession of Krautrock-fashioned albums: Echo (1972), 3 (1972), 4 (1973), and Autovision (1974).
In 1975, Reichel released Dat Shanty Alb'm, a shockingly straightforward collection of sea shanties that was a 180 degree turn away from the experimentation of A.R. & Machines; also of note, the album was sung in German, unlike his previous releases, and was billed to himself rather than a group moniker, two characteristics that were common to his successive albums as well. Reichel's embrace of volksmusik, particularly of the north, continued in the few years that followed, with albums including Klabautermann (1977) and Regenballade (1978), the latter of which was critically praised. In the wake of Regenballade, Reichel, in conjunction with Frank Dostal, formed the label Ahorn in hopes of showcasing German-language rock bands of the day. Along with the advent of Ahorn, Heiße Scheibe (1979), a showcase for contemporary writers and Reichel himself, reflected his interest in moving out of the past and into the present. Also during the mid- to late '70s, Reichel labored as a producer, working with such bands as Novalis, Kiev Stingl, Neil Landon, and Emsland Hillbillies."



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