VIRUS Thoughts LP heavy progressive spacerock gatefold
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Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00
and yes, I do combine. Open records are cleaned with Utrasonic cleaning
system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeves
Virus were a psychedelic band originating from Bielefeld in Northern Germany. Their music incorporates Pink Floyd's space rock, heavy keyboards somewhat reminiscent of Deep Purple all put together into long songs filled with jams. They released only two albums -- "Revelation" (1970) and "Thoughts" (1971). The album was recorded in Star Studios, Hamburg and produced by Konrad Plank. The Virus lineup for the first album is: Werner Monka (guitar), Jorg-Dieter Krahe (organ), Bernd "Molle" Hohmann (vocals, flute), Reinhold Spiegelfeld (bass) and Wolfgang Rieke (drums).
"Revelation" starts as a straight forward psychedelic track and develops as the song conines forward. Towards the middle of the song comes in a cover of the Rolling Stones song -- Paint It Black. Another homage is found in the second song where at the end you can hear a Saucerful Of Secrets choir bit. This album is very inventive and contains surprises along the different tracks. These songs have long guitar playing parts and exciting organ playing, both demonstrating very good musicianship.
The second album "Thoughts" is a big change from their first one. The lineup change considerably as well, leaving only Krahe and Rieke from the original group. The new members were: Axel Nieling (drums), Jurgen Schafer (bass, vocals), Bernd Rosner (guitar) and Werner Vogt (bass, guitar, vocals). In this album they abandoned their long tracks and space rock and psychedelic nature. This album presents a more mainstream approach with blues rock songs. Therefore this would not be of interest for those looking them for their psychedelic and progressive sound.
Virus (26) ?– Thoughts
Label: Think Progressive ?– TPLP 1.812.037 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, ReissueCountry: Germany Released: 1999 Genre: Rock Style: Krautrock, Prog Rock
Tracklist
A1 King Heroin 5:37 A2 Mankind, WHere Do You Go To ? 5:00 A3 Theme 0:21 A4 Old Time Movie 4:16 A5 Butterflies 4:26 B1 Take Your Thoughts 6:13 B2 Sittin' And Smokin' 2:56 B3 Going On 4:32 B4 Deeds Of The Past 2:13 B5 My Strand-Eyed Girl 4:13Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Werner Vogt
- Bass, Vocals – Jürgen Schäfer
- Drums – Axel Nieling, Wolfgang Rieke
- Engineer – Conny Plank
- Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Bernd Rösner
- Organ, Piano – Jörg-Dieter Krahe
- Producer – J. Schmeisser*
Notes
Recorded at Star-Studios Hamburg / Germany in July 1971.Re-issue of rare Pilz / BASF 20 21102-9 from 1971
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