Many thanks for the review & share DaN.
This is a great 45, right up my street musically with both songs very strong & particularly well arranged. Heavy enough to satisfy, but still quite sophisticated & melodic, well played & sung with decent production values to boot. I absolutely hear the comparison you made with some of their Scandinavian peers. A nice find indeed.
I wonder how many people have happened across it & just dismissed it out of hand as likely being some throwaway novelty Euro-Pop based on the sleeve, pics & songtitles?
I cannot, I shall not, I will not obey. Avenger wrote : I'm not a copyright office nor a judicial entity.
I had a feeling this would be up your alley. I wouldn't say it's as special as Trivales, but both singles has definitely motivated me to dig deeper into the small & elusive NWOGHM 7" scene..
Trivial anecdote: While doing the sunday house cleaning I came upon a small piece of paper that I almost threw in the trash, thinking it was just some of Mia's random scriblings. Luckily I unfolded it before throwing it away and it turned out to be the lyrics insert of the single that must have fell out of the sleeve during First Play
DaN wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:38 pm
I had a feeling this would be up your alley. I wouldn't say it's as special as Trivales, but both singles has definitely motivated me to dig deeper into the small & elusive NWOGHM 7" scene..
Trivial anecdote: While doing the sunday house cleaning I came upon a small piece of paper that I almost threw in the trash, thinking it was just some of Mia's random scriblings. Luckily I unfolded it before throwing it away and it turned out to be the lyrics insert of the single that must have fell out of the sleeve during First Play
Most definitely my cup of tea. Many more releases of the calibre of this & Trivales & i may yet be forced to recalibrate my long-standing preconceptions about the olde Germanic scene.
BTW, you seem to have an uncanny knack for picking out really specific musical comparisons & you nailed it yet again when you likened the B-Side of this one to something off Rainbow's 'Down To Earth'. Spot on.
I cannot, I shall not, I will not obey. Avenger wrote : I'm not a copyright office nor a judicial entity.
DaN wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:38 pm
I had a feeling this would be up your alley. I wouldn't say it's as special as Trivales, but both singles has definitely motivated me to dig deeper into the small & elusive NWOGHM 7" scene..
This compilation & the forthcoming 2nd volume might be good for some pointers re the olde German 45 scene:
From the track list of ''SOUND & ACTION – Rare German Hardrock And Heavy Metal Vol.2" (https://vampster.com/news/sound-action- ... vol-2-v-a/), I discover two German bands unknown to me who released on vinyl:
SKY – Can You Hear Me (1979, 7″ Single)
and
BLAST – Deep In The Night (1983, 12″ EP)
