From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Embryo wanted, info offered
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:06:55 GMT

I'm looking for lps, cds (but I don't think these are on cd) or even
to get a tape of any of the following releases by the German
group Embryo:

EMBRYO'S RACHE
EMBRYO'S REISE (2)
EMBRYO   STEIG' AUS
EMBRYO   CLASSIC GERMAN ROCK SCENE

I'm also looking for any live recordings anyone might have by this band. 

If anyone is curious for more info about this group please feel free to ask. 
They started out doing spacey jazz rock and then began to incorporate a
lot of ethnic instruments into their music. By the mid 70's they started
getting a little more towards fusiony-ethno-space-funk and in the 80's 
have leaned towards a much more acoustic ethnic sound. Drummer and band 
leader Christian Burchard has traveled extemnsively and collobarated with
african and middle eastern musicans, and most of the later Embryo lps
are just Christian and whatever local musicians he records with in his
travels. 

There's a couple of recent cd re-issues available now. Of these, Yoruba 
Dun Dun and Africa are probably the most straight ahead african percussion
and chanting, while Zack Gluck gets a bit more on the fusion and middle 
eastern side, and EVERYDAY IS OK is a compilation of mid 70's stuff that's
probably the closest to capturing that period of Embryo from what's out on 
cd today. There's also OPAL, thier first lp, which is spacey rock with sax, 
and the most recent release I've seen, TURN/PEACE, from 1989, which 
celebrates 20 years of the band via reunions and a diverse mix of music that
serves and a decent overview of their later directions. I'd recommend
TURN/PEACE or EVERYDAY IS OKAY if you've never heard these folks and want
to hear what they're up to. 

Here's a list of EMBRYO releases I know of:

 OPAL   (cd re-issue includes a long live bonus track.)
 1970       GERMANY   OHR                       OMM 56003
 EMBRYO'S RACHE
 1971       GERMANY   LIBERTY                   UAS  29239
 FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOSTS
 1972       GERMANY   UNITED ARTISTS            UAS 29344-1
 STEIG' AUS
 1973       GERMANY   BRAIN                     1023
 ROCK SESSION 
 1973       GERMANY   BRAIN                     1036
 THIS IS EMBRYO  
 1974       GERMANY   BRAIN                     200152
 WE KEEP ON
 1974       US        BASF                      BC 21865
 BAD HEADS AND BAD CATS
 1975       GERMANY   APRIL                     0005
 SURFIN'
 1975       US        BASF                      BC 22385
 CLASSIC GERMAN ROCK SCENE
 1975       GERMANY   UA                        UAS 29774
 EMBRYO LIVE
 1976       GERMANY   APRIL                     0003
 APO-CALYPSO
 1977       GERMANY   APRIL                     0010
 EMBRYO'S REISE (2)
 1979       GERMANY   SCHNEEBALL                0020
 EVERY DAY IS OKAY (Compilation of rare and live tracks)
 1980       ITALY     MATERIALI SONORI 
 LA BLAMA SPARROZI? (2)
 1981?      GERMANY   ??????? 
 ZACK GLUCK
 1984       ITALY     MATERIALI SONORI          MASO 33026
 AFRICA
 1985       ITALY     MATERIALI SONORI          MASO 33036
 EMBRYO & YORUBA-DUN DUN ORCHESTER
 1985       GERMANY   SCHNEEBALL                1042 12
 TURN/PEACE
 1989       GERMANY   SCHNEEBALL? 

  - malcolm@wrs.com 
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