'70s RARE ORIG = MISSUS BEASTLY + Embryo Dr Aftershave KRAUTROCK Prog

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   RARE 1970's UNDERGROUND PROG KRAUTROCK WITH EMBRYO

                     MISSUS BEASTLY

 DR. Aftershave And The Mixed Pickles 

                       German - April Records - 00 001

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Rare ... original mid 70's first pressing...the legendary MISSUS BEASTLY uniting with EMBRYO in the thrilling adventures of "Dr Aftershave And The Mixed Pickles"

Formed in 1968 under the name "Psychotic Reaction", the group changed their name to Missus Beastly (from the American black doll Mistress Beastly) but was among the first of the underground psych/prog & jazz-rock groups in Germany, but folded after just one album recorded in 1970. It must be said that the happy-go-lucky feeling of that era had the group evolve from the standard prog quartet to a sextet and even a heptet within months, obviously not too worried about financial matters, which soon brought the band to an end. The group even managed to have their name stolen from them and an usurping group managed to release a few albums under this name.

Nothing was then heard from the original group until the mid-70's, when some ex-members united with former Missing Link keyboardist Miekausch went on to reform the group, although sonically if still jazz-rock, they were nothing like their previous incarnation, being much with the times and sensibly more fusion-esque. The group went on to record three albums but never managed to reach the end of the decade.

Missus Beastly's legacy is progressive/jazzrock that will make Germany one of the prime producer of this type of music, ranging from Kraan, Thirsty Moon, Passport, Release Music Orchestra, Out Of Focus, Missing Link, Embryo and Brainstorm; just to mention those with similar sound.

The musical style however hadn't changed quite much compared to the eponymous foreunner album. It's a special krautrock fusion which is also known from EMBRYO for example. And some members of EMBRYO are present here indeed - Roman Bunka, Christian Burkhard and Butze Fischer - the new drummer. It was the same year when both bands founded the music cooperative APRIL (later renamed to SCHNEEBALL) ...'Dr. Aftershave And The Mixed-Pickles' Lp is known to be the first release of this (APRIL) label.

The first song Miles all along the Watchtower immediately brings up the unique style of the band. Dömling's extraordinary funky and deep toned bass playing and Fischer's impelling drums are serving a special drive. The jazzy note is worked out by reeds and Burkhard Schmidl's keyboard. Roman Bunka adds an excellent decent rhythm guitar with a slight Asian touch. Can't detect references to Jimi Hendrix - more to Miles Davis. So far so good - this song is a wonderful opening act.

If one song ever could be recommended to be extra accessible for more people High Life seems to be a candidate. Nice floating composition near a ballad with vocals by Maria Archer but dominated by synthesizer and electric piano - unfortunately faded out because of the restricted vinyl length. Morning Sun seems to be a passage from a longer band jam and is an example for the obvious krautrock leanings. The funky Gurus for sale contains a jazz rock guitar solo by (Embryo) Roman Bunka !

Nothing again is devided in two parts seperated by cosmic synth soundscapes. The first segement sounds like a reminiscence to RETURN TO FOREVER with acoustic guitar and the calm second part shines with a bass solo appearance. Funky ethnic with percussion, flute and wonderful sparkling e-piano Patscha Menga underground follows. The short and modest For Erie closes the album with a classical touch only celebrated by bass and piano.

An album with an excellent mix of arranged and improvised elements. Highly recommended to everyone who is looking for jazz rock/progressive KRAUTROCK albums. obviously really hard to find...here a CLEAN spare original

Miles All Along The Watchtower (6:05)
 High Life (4:41)
 Morning Sun (6:45)
 Gurus For Sale (5:15)
 La Plage De Patcha Menga (5:19)
 Nothing Again (10:02)
 Patscha Menga Underground (3:40)
 For Eri (2:58)

CONDITION: The cover: fragile and delicate in TOP M- a specially designed custom flip fold jacket ...having no problems.....very collectible LP as it is rare....

The vinyl: All glossy clean and smooth M- ...looks as nice as it plays TOP level

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