Sahara / For All The Clowns (1975)

Germany

Progressive Rock, Krautrock

Very below Sunrise. Flying dancer opens the album in a very bad way but, fortunately, The source raises the level with very good instrumental passages. For all the clowns oscillates between very ordinary passages (especially the sung passages) and more interesting passages (especially the instrumental passages) and ends the A side of this album in a very uncertain way as to its final direction. Alas, the key piece of the B side, The mountain king, is completely missed in its first part and not really better in its second part... Dream queen is anecdotal.

Members

Hennes Hering (keyboards), Michael Hofmann (flute, woodwinds, Moog, Mellotron, vocals), Alex Pittwohn (harmonica, tenor saxophone, vocals), Harry Rosenkind (drums, percussion), Stefan Wissnet (bass, vocals), Nick Woodland (guitar), Holger Brandt (drums), Günther Moll (guitar, vocals, bass)

Track Listing

01. Flying Dancer 3:23

02. The Source part I & part II 7:10

03. For all the Clowns 10:59

04. Prelude 1:05

05. The Mountain King Part I & Part II 13:20

06. Dream Queen 5:05

07. Fool the fortune 1:19

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Sahara / Sunrise (1974)

Germany

Progressive Rock, Krautrock

Founded in 1966 in Munich, Germany as The Subjects, it disbanded in 1977. The group started to make music again after 2005.

Sahara was a band that produced two albums in the mid-'70s. But Subject Esq. He also recorded and released another album under the name. The band's music is a proto-prog band, reminiscent of Jethro Tull, who rose to prominence in the early '70s, early Yes, and Van Der Graaf Generator, known for their occasional saxophone riff. There are also some space and symphonic parts in Sahara music that remind of Nectar, Genesis and perhaps early Eloy. With the arrival of Hennes Henring, a former member of Out Of Focus, on the keyboards, the band started using the name Sahara with their first album. Long and epic Sunrise, which completely covered the B-side of Long Play, became a minor classic in its own right. Their second album "For All The Clowns" has an overdose of progressive influences, especially Focus, Yes and Caravan.

Members

Hennes Hering (keyboards), Michael Hofmann (flute, woodwinds, Moog, Mellotron, vocals), Alex Pittwohn (harmonica, tenor saxophone, vocals), Harry Rosenkind (drums, percussion), Stefan Wissnet (bass, vocals), Nick Woodland (guitar), Holger Brandt (drums), Günther Moll (guitar, vocals, bass)

Track Listing

01. Marie Celeste 7:35

02. Circles 4:38

03. Rainbow Rider 7:40

04. Sunrise 27:20

Part 1

a. Sunrise

b. The Divinity of Being

c. Perception Including Devils Tune

d. Paramount Confluence

Part 2

a. Aspiration

b. Creativity

c. Realisation

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