Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeve.

Playing locally in and around clubs in southern Germany, Switzerland and France since 1968 Dies Irae, consisting of Rainer Wahlman, lead vocals/harmonica, Harald Thoma, guitars/vocals, Joachim Shiff, bass and Andreas Cornelius on drums were finally discovered by the now long defunct Hamburg record label PILZ in early 1971. They were were a progressive psychedelic/blues freak band with a darker side from Saarbrucken, Germany who released just one LP and one single as well as appearing on the PILZ sampler, Heavy Christmas, in 1971 before splitting up in 1972 as a result of musical differences to form two offshoot bands, Lucy Gang and Green Wave.

Despite recording just one single album the band created some waves in the summer of 1971 when most German radio stations refused to play anything off their album because of controversial LSD induced lyrics with sacreligious conotations. A wacked out, off the deep end video, filmed in 8mm was, however, aired on German TV and was enough to gain them limited underground status to this day. An attempt was made in the early 90s to reform the original band again and several live tracks appeared on a live CD, " Saarock Live ", recorded at a local club in Saarbrucken called Le Garage which also featured several other bands. In 1993 the band was disbanded once again, this time slipping into Krautrock folklore forever, although their single album "First " remains in demand in CD form amongst fans of heavy prog .

Dies Irae (3) ?– First

Label: Ohrwaschl Records ?– OW 026-1 LP Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold
Country: Germany Released: 2009 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist

A1 Lucifer 4:42 A2 Salve Oimel 0:34 A3 Another Room 4:06 A4 Trip 7:56 A5 Harmagedon Dragonlove 5:07 B1 Tired 4:59 B2 Witches' Meeting 9:17 B3 Red Lebanese 5:12 B4 Run Off 0:33

Credits

• Design [Coverdesign] – H. Matthies*
• Engineer – Conny Plank
• Producer – J. Schmeisser*
• Written-By – Dies Irae (3), R. G. Wahlmann* (tracks: 1, 3 to 9)

Notes

Produced for Pilz-Records on 3. + 4. 6. 1971 in Star-Studios, Hamburg .
Originally released on LP in 1971.