guru guru and krokodil were often in zurich,these days,two amazing swiss bands,musical as important as toad,mainhorse and tea,the swiss swadron of progressive music with so many good influences of the english,american,but also eastern and arabic,african and german roots,really cosmopolitic and demoratic,haha...
I have four of their five releases (still need to track down An Invisible World Revealed)...haven't heard a weak song yet. I'm tired of saying it about bands from the continent, but here I go again, why weren't these guys huge in the U.S.??? I can't get enough of this band...I should have been listening to Krokodil alongside Zep, Sabbath and Purple in the 70's. As said above several times, that harp is simply awesome.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm Canadian, and still own all this stuff on vinyl. Funny how during the 70's many lesser known European bands had a larger fan-base here than in the US. I remember seeing this back in the day with other bands like PFM, Gentle Giant, Atomic Rooster, Babe Ruth, Gong, Hawkwind etc, who were popular up here, yet went noticed for the most part in the US. Possibly because the US market was so saturated with their own homegrown artists...no need to list 'em :)
A little story; Two years ago I toured Europe playing in a band called Son Ambulance. We played a very cool venue in Zurich and while waiting to set up I noticed an old Krokodil poster on the wall. I remarked to the sound man that I knew of the band. He was surprised and then told me that the drummer's (Düde Dürst) daughter works at the club. He introduced us later and she was also very pleased that an American knew about her dad's band. I have pictures. Had to share.
Was wondering if this LP was ever released in the US?? If not it should have been...that harp just reaches out and pulls you in...great sound...thanks for this
Nope, unfortunately this album was never issued in the US. To my knowledge it was only issued twice on vinyl...the original pressing in '72 (Bacillus Records, featured in my video), and once again four years later in '76 (Bacillus Records as well). There was also a 1993 CD reissue on Bacillus, which I own too.
Yeah...that harp is great. People always rave about their previous 3 albums, but I've always preferred this (their 4th) overall. Nice mix of hard prog rock with a bluesy feel :)
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drprogensteinphp 1 month ago
guru guru and krokodil were often in zurich,these days,two amazing swiss bands,musical as important as toad,mainhorse and tea,the swiss swadron of progressive music with so many good influences of the english,american,but also eastern and arabic,african and german roots,really cosmopolitic and demoratic,haha...
Papa7851 2 months ago
I have four of their five releases (still need to track down An Invisible World Revealed)...haven't heard a weak song yet. I'm tired of saying it about bands from the continent, but here I go again, why weren't these guys huge in the U.S.??? I can't get enough of this band...I should have been listening to Krokodil alongside Zep, Sabbath and Purple in the 70's. As said above several times, that harp is simply awesome.
Spiregrain 9 months ago 2
@Spiregrain
Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm Canadian, and still own all this stuff on vinyl. Funny how during the 70's many lesser known European bands had a larger fan-base here than in the US. I remember seeing this back in the day with other bands like PFM, Gentle Giant, Atomic Rooster, Babe Ruth, Gong, Hawkwind etc, who were popular up here, yet went noticed for the most part in the US. Possibly because the US market was so saturated with their own homegrown artists...no need to list 'em :)
drprogensteinphp 9 months ago
@Spiregrain I have an invisible world on cd, if you need to me to send it to you
kansasjcanzus 6 months ago
A little story; Two years ago I toured Europe playing in a band called Son Ambulance. We played a very cool venue in Zurich and while waiting to set up I noticed an old Krokodil poster on the wall. I remarked to the sound man that I knew of the band. He was surprised and then told me that the drummer's (Düde Dürst) daughter works at the club. He introduced us later and she was also very pleased that an American knew about her dad's band. I have pictures. Had to share.
dereckvon 11 months ago
@dereckvon
Very cool!
drprogensteinphp 11 months ago
Was wondering if this LP was ever released in the US?? If not it should have been...that harp just reaches out and pulls you in...great sound...thanks for this
ou812uc 11 months ago
@ou812uc
Nope, unfortunately this album was never issued in the US. To my knowledge it was only issued twice on vinyl...the original pressing in '72 (Bacillus Records, featured in my video), and once again four years later in '76 (Bacillus Records as well). There was also a 1993 CD reissue on Bacillus, which I own too.
Yeah...that harp is great. People always rave about their previous 3 albums, but I've always preferred this (their 4th) overall. Nice mix of hard prog rock with a bluesy feel :)
drprogensteinphp 11 months ago