Yeti (album)
Yeti | ||||
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Studio album by Amon Düül II | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Genre | Krautrock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, avant-garde | |||
Length | 67:49 | |||
Label | Liberty/Repertoire | |||
Producer | Olaf Kübler, Amon Düül II | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Yeti is a double LP by krautrock band Amon Düül II which was first released in 1970 on Liberty (Germany: LBS 83359/60 X; United Kingdom: LSP 101). The album was produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II, and engineered by Willy Schmidt, "with a little help of Siegfried E. Loch". Including both short songs and longer, improvisational tracks, British avant-garde music magazine The Wire describes Yeti as "one of the cornerstones of both Amon Düül's career and the entire Krautrock movement."[2]
Cover art
The cover was designed by the band's organist, Falk Rogner, and features a collage depicting the Grim Reaper (German: Der Sensenmann), made from a photograph of Wolfgang Krischke. Krischke, who had worked with the band as a sound man, had died of hypothermia while under the effects of LSD. Rogner said: "When he died I thought that the photo would be a perfect tribute to his memory. He never managed to find his way into Amon Düül properly when he was alive, so maybe his image as Der Sensenmann will work as a strange cover image and he could be remembered as a magical person."[3][4]
Track listing
All songs by Amon Düül II, except where noted:[5]
Side A
- "Soap Shop Rock" – 13:47
- "Burning Sister" – 3:41
- "Halluzination Guillotine" – 3:05
- "Gulp a Sonata" – 0:45
- "Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm" – 5:53
- "She Came Through the Chimney" – 3:01
Side B
- "Archangels Thunderbird" (Amon Düül II, Sigfried Loch) – 3:33
- "Cerberus" – 4:21
- "The Return of Rübezahl" – 1:41
- "Eye-Shaking King" – 5:40
- "Pale Gallery" – 2:16 (5:12 on original UK album and Captain Trip Records CD reissue)
Side C
- "Yeti (Improvisation)" – 18:12
Side D
- "Yeti Talks to Yogi (Improvisation)" – 6:18
- "Sandoz in the Rain (Improvisation)" – 9:00
The 2001 CD reissue on Repertoire Records (REP 4919) includes all the above on a single CD, together with two bonus tracks which were originally the A- and B-sides of a 1970 single (German Liberty 15417):
- "Rattlesnakeplumcake" (John Weinzierl, Falk Rogner) - 3:18
- "Between the Eyes" (Chris Karrer, Weinzierl, Rogner, Lothar Meid) - 2:27
Personnel
- Renate Knaup - vocals, tambourine
- John Weinzierl - guitar, 12 string guitar, vocals
- Chris Karrer - violin, guitar, 12 string guitar, vocals
- Falk Rogner - organ
- Dave Anderson - bass
- Peter Leopold - drums
- Christian "Shrat" Thierfeld - bongos, vocals
Guests on "Sandoz in the Rain":
- Rainer Bauer (from Amon Düül I) - guitar, vocals
- Ulrich Leopold (from Amon Düül I) - bass
- Thomas Keyserling (also recorded with Tangerine Dream) - flute
References
- ↑ Yeti at AllMusic
- ↑ Pouncey, Edwin (February 1996) "Communing With Chaos" The Wire 144
- ↑ Pouncey 1996
- ↑ Gross, Jason (August 2008) "Amon Düül II: John Weinzierl interview" Perfect Sound Forever Retrieved 2010-10-23
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/yeti-germany-bonus-tracks-mr0000456432