Gomorrha - I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was (1972)

Year: 1972 (CD 2013)
Label: Long Hair (Germany), LHC00132
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Germany
Time: 44:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 319 Mb

After the disappointment of their debut I wasn't expecting much here, but they surprised me big time.There are a few reasons for the improvement. On the debut these guys could only afford to use the studio from midnight to 3am, which they did over a two week period. No producer was helping them either, so they were on their own and it showed. In fact the band quickly disassociated themselves from the debut because they just weren't happy with the results. By the way there was the original German version of the debut then an English version ("Trauma") recorded the following year. On this album they were helped by legendary producer Conny Plank who was a major help, but also Brain Records saw the potential in this band and signed them to their label.This was important as well because they gave them complete artistic freedom and the studio time to create the album they wanted.
"Dance On A Volcano" rocks out pretty good early on and vocals join in at 1 1/2 minutes. Aggressive guitar a minute later. A calm 3 minutes in. Organ 4 1/2 minutes in as it stays laid back. It's building 6 1/2 minutes in then the tempo picks up as the vocals return. Some nice bass late. "Opening Of The Sealed Book" opens with guitar, tapping and vocals only.The guitar eventually takes over making some noise.Vocals are back after 2 minutes then the tempo picks up again as drums and guitar take over. "Dead Life" picks up when the vocals stop.The keyboards before 3 minutes sound great then the vocals return.
"I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was" is a quote from the book of Revelation and they are the words of John. Strummed guitar as reserved vocals join in.This is fairly uptempo too. Percussion takes over 2 minutes in then the guitar joins in as they jam. "I Try To Change This World" opens with relaxed drums and guitar. It's heavier 2 minutes in when the vocals arrive.When the vocals stop the guitar lights it up. Nice. It settles back before 7 minutes. So good. It's dark as the vocals return in a reserved manner. "Titish Child" is uptempo with drums and guitar leading.Vocals after 1 1/2 minutes.The keyboards before 2 1/2 minutes are great.The guitar sounds amazing too after 4 minutes.Vocals are back late.
This will be joining my favourite Krautrock discs. An impressive album.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=9970) Review by Mellotron Storm. April 1, 2011. 4/5

01. Dance On A Volcano (10:01)
02. Opening Of The Sealed Book (05:45)
03. Dead Life (03:57)
04. I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was (07:48)
05. I Try To Change This World (09:32)
06. Titish Child (06:57)

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Gomorrha - Trauma [9 bonus tracks] (1971)

Year: 1971 (CD 2013)
Label: Long Hair (Germany), LHC00131
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Germany
Time: 76:54
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 505 Mb

Formed at the end of the 60's, Gomorrha rised from the German progressive rock scene thanks to the help of the producer and sound engineer Conny Plank. The band original line up includes Helmut Pohl (drums) and Eberhard Krietsch (ogan, bass) with Ad Oschel and Ali Claudi at the guitars. They released their first album in 1970. The second recording "trauma" (1971) really marks a new step in the development of Gomorrha's original song. They distinguish with a dense heavy psych rock experience punctuated by organ dominated sequences. It now includes lyrics in English and a lead singer in the name of Peter Otten. In 1972 they release what will be considered as their summit "I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was"; An adventurous album featuring catchy instrumental jams, krautrock's original psych / spacey mood, pastoral flute parts and heavy guitar riffs. The concept of this release is focused on the apocalypse theme and the book of revelation. They suddenly split up in 1973 after the publication of two memorable documents of German independent rock.
(progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2131)

01. Journey (03:11)
02. Trauma (13:12)
03. Yesterday (03:45)
04. Lola (04:26)
05. Dead Land (03:28)
06. Summer (02:49)
07. Rainbowlight (02:42)
08. Dance Of Circles (03:07)
09. Firehands (03:14)
10. Lola (Bonus German version) (04:02)
11. Totes Land (Bonus-German Version) (03:26)
12. Flammenhande (Bonus-German Version) (03:11)
13. Reise (Bonus-German Version) (02:38)
14. Regenbogenschein (Bonus-German Version) (03:03)
15. Gestern (Bonus-German Version) (03:21)
16. Kreiseltanz (Bonus-German Version) (04:11)
17. Sommer (Bonus-German Version) (03:49)
18. Trauma (German Version) (09:13)

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Weed (Ken Hensley) - Weed (1971)

Year: 1971 (CD 2006)
Label: Piper Records (Estonia), 077
Style: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Germany
Time: 31:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 200 Mb

Call it whatever you want: a lost German hard rock underground classic, a label attempt to cash in on a scene, or simply a way for Ken Hensley to fill his back account in between Uriah Heep albums and tours (I’m partial to that last one)…Weed the band and Weed…! the album is still a fun obscure rocker that benefits from being a one and done deal: there were already enough bands - like Heep - doing this better, and my enjoyment of the album really stems from Hensley’s involvement and how this compares to his writing and performance on Look at Yourself which would follow soon after. Still, it has moments of that early hard rock with shades of progressive and psychedelia that I go crazy for, so if that’s your bag as well this is an album worth tracking down.
A few second into the opening track “Sweet Morning Light” and you can immediately hear the similarities to what Uriah Heep were dishing out. Prominent organ, interesting baseline that doesn’t keep to the guitar or the drum beat, and Hensley’s voice giving a great bluesy rock and roll grit to the track. The rest of the band were comprised of a german band called Virus as well as drummer Peet Becker, who was a rising star in the German rock scene at the time. But by most accounts Hensley wrote the songs, sang them, and provided the majority of guitars as well as keyboards. This is something he had done earlier with an earlier band called The Head Machine and their album Orgasm in 1969. Putting intent and authorship aside, it’s hard not to fall into how deep and dark the music gets here. From the stomp of “Sweet Morning Light” it moves to the acoustic “Lonely Ship” with harmonized falsetto vocals and some beautiful acoustic playing nicely speed across the soundstage.
(full versuon: consumethetangible.com/2024/08/06/weed-weed-1971/)

01. Sweet Morning Light (05:53)
02. Lonely Ship (03:18)
03. My Dream (06:38)
04. Slowin' Down (04:37)
05. Before I Die (03:49)
06. Weed (07:14)

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