Re: Your last listen
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:27 pm
Grobschnitt 'Rockpommel's Land' (1977)
Another slice of high-precision Teutonic weirdness and this time from the strange and wonderful Grobschnitt.
If Yes hadn't gone off and made the the incredibly tedious snooze-fest of 'Soporific Oceans', pulled themselves together and really tried then they might have created something like 'Rockpommel's Land' ( okay, they did do 'Relayer'). Hell, why wasn't this album huge?
The date gives it away. Punk had arrived and bands that could actually play their instruments were no longer in favour.
The level of sheer musicianship and versatility that Grobschnitt achieve here is remarkable. Also their usual madcap humour restricts itself to the psychedelically-bizarre storyline. Grobschnitt were a group who really cared about recording quality too, and here they are in the capable hands of tonmeister Conny Plank.
Anyhow if you want to hear an album that Yes could/should have made in their glory years, give this one a listen.
Another slice of high-precision Teutonic weirdness and this time from the strange and wonderful Grobschnitt.
If Yes hadn't gone off and made the the incredibly tedious snooze-fest of 'Soporific Oceans', pulled themselves together and really tried then they might have created something like 'Rockpommel's Land' ( okay, they did do 'Relayer'). Hell, why wasn't this album huge?
The date gives it away. Punk had arrived and bands that could actually play their instruments were no longer in favour.
The level of sheer musicianship and versatility that Grobschnitt achieve here is remarkable. Also their usual madcap humour restricts itself to the psychedelically-bizarre storyline. Grobschnitt were a group who really cared about recording quality too, and here they are in the capable hands of tonmeister Conny Plank.
Anyhow if you want to hear an album that Yes could/should have made in their glory years, give this one a listen.
