TANZ DER LEMMINGE Amon Düül II • Krautrock 1971 REVIEW
Channel: noiseonport
Date: 2020-06-18

Studio Album, released in 1971

Songs / Tracks Listing
- Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies (15:50) :
1. In the Glassgarden (1:39)
2. Pull Down Your Mask (4:39)
3. Prayer to the Silence (1:04)
4. Telephonecomplex (8:26)
- Restless Skylight-Transistor-Child (19:33) :
5. Landing in a Ditch (1:12)
6. Dehypnotized Toothpaste (0:52)
7. A Short Stop at the Transylvanian Brain Surgery (5:00)
8. Race from Here to Your Ears (5:20) :
- a) Little Tornadoes (2:08)
- b) Overheated Tiara (1:46)
- c) The Flyweighted Five (1:26)
9. Riding on a Cloud (2:33)
10. Paralized Paradise (3:07)
11. HG Well's Take Off (1:26)
- Chamsin Soundtrack (33:05) :
12. The Marilyn Monroe-Memorial-Church (18:09)
13. Chewing Gum Telegram (2:45)
14. Stumbling over Melted Moonlight (4:38)
15. Toxicological Whispering (7:48) 

Total Time: 68:43

Line-up / Musicians
- Chris Karrer / acoustic & electric guitars, violin, vocals (2,4,8)
- John Weinzierl / guitar, piano (12-15), vocals (10)
- Falk Rogner / organ & electronics (12-15)
- Lothar Meid / bass, double bass, vocals (7,9)
- Peter Leopold / drums, percussion, piano (12-15)

With:
- Al Gromer / sitar
- Jimy Jackson / organ, choir-organ, piano 
- Renate Knaup ("Henriette Kroetenschwanz") / vocals (9)
- Rolf Zacher / vocals (11)
- Karl-Heinz Hausmann / electronics, engineer

Releases information
Tracks 12-15 from the Soundtrack of the 1972 film "Chamsin" directed by Veit Relin 

Artwork: F.-J. Rogner and Falk Rogner

2LP Liberty LBS 83 473 / 74 X (1971, Germany)
2LP United Artists Records UAS-9954 (1971 US)
2LP United Artists Records UAD60003/4 (1971 UK) (gatefold)
2LP Purple Pyramid CLP1712 (2014 US)

CD Mantra ‎- MANTRA 014 (1989, France)
CD Gammarock Records ‎- GRR 83 801 (2000, Germany) Remastered 
CD Repertoire Records ‎- REP 4915 (2001, Europe) Restored & remastered by Eroc 
CD Revisited Rec. ‎- REV 052 (2006, Germany) Remastered by Amon Duul
2CD Belle Antique BELLE 091490-1 (2009 Japan) (remaster)