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Agitation Free’s last gig (with guests) was on 11/14/1974. It was
recorded by Klaus D. Müller. The gig was already released on CD in 1995
by Musique Intemporelle, and in 1996 by Spalax as far as the tapes were
found. Though the sound was bad, because of the basses hardly being
audible. With the CD now released by Garden of Delights the shortcoming
was overcome – that makes the CD as different as chalk and cheese
compared to the earlier ones. Here you can find a bonus track too, a
blues. In addition to that “Someone’s secret” and “We are men” are to be
heard in their full length. Only “Mediterranean flight” isn’t from the
gig mentioned above. It is part of the radio play “Störenfried” of
summer 1974. All in all “Fragments” isn’t as spherical and dainty as
their masterpieces “Malesch” and “2nd”, but much more improvised and
more like rock. GOD
Tracklist :
1. Someone's Secret 17:56
2. Mickey's Laugh 10:04
3. We Are Men 18:54
4. Mediterranean Flight 3:54
- BONUS TRACKS -
5. Blues 10:46
Credits :
Written-By [All Songs Written By] – Agitation Free
Lutz
Ulbrich (g, key), Michael Hoenig (key), Bernhard Arndt (p), Jörg
Schwenke (g), Mickie Duwe (g, voc), Gustl Lütjens (g, b), Michael
Günther (b), Burghard Rausch (dr), Christoph Franke (dr)
A 38-minute concert recorded for radio in Cologne, Germany, on February 2, 1974, LIVE '74: AT THE CLIFFS OF RIVER RHINE arguably represents the apex of Agitation Free's trademark "cosmic" instrumental space-improv explorations, showcasing the virtuosity of guitarists Lutz Ulbrich and Gustav Lutjens, keyboard player Michael Hoenig, drummer Burghard Rauch, and bassist Michael Gunter. Thirteen-minute opener "Through the Moods" is unavailable elsewhere; the remaining cuts, which sounded great on 1973 psych-rock landmark 2ND, are positively electric, making this recording an indispensible part of Agitation Free's discography. Stephen May
Agitation Free from Berlin are well-known thanks to their albums "Malesch" (1972), "Second" (1973) and "Last" (1976). The band produced such famous musicians as Christopher Franke, who went to Tangerine Dream, and Axel Genrich, who was to join Guru Guru. They were living and rehearsing in the by now legendary Commune 1, at that time also the home of Dieter Kunzelmann, Fritz Teufel, Rainer Langhans and Uschi Obermaier, prominent figures of the APO, a radical left-wing movement in the late sixties. For the CD "At the cliffs of the Rhine" (incl. 32-page booklet), a gig recorded in expert quality on 2 / 2 / 1974 in Cologne was chosen. It had already been released on the illegal LP "At last...is alive" before, yet in bad recording quality. A CD containing rather jazzy studio recordings from their late period is in preparation. GOD
Tracklist :
1. Through The Moods 13:28
2. First Communication 8:56
3. Dialogue & Random 0:57
4. Laila 10:03
5. In The Silence Of The Morning Sunrise 4:41
Credits :
Bass [Baß] – Michael Günther
Drums [Schlagzeug] – Burghard Rausch
Guitar [Gitarre] – Gustav Lütjens, Lutz Ulbrich
Keyboards [Tasten] – Michael Hoenig 
When Burghard Rausch and Michael Hoenig left Agitation Free in 1974, the
band was almost in a state of apparent death. Yet Michael Günther and
Gustl Lütjens eventually decided not to give up and so, during the
autumn and winter of that very year, joined by some new musicians from
their scene, they would give it a try in the recording studio. Thanks to
Manfred Opitz and Gustl Lütjens, the outcome was a set of rather jazzy
tracks which were, however, rejected by Vertigo as being "unsaleable".
On "The other sides" these tracks can be heard for the first time,
supplemented by extracts from their political-rock radio play
"Störenfried" ("trouble-maker"), it too from 1974. Those are rather
unusual sounds for a band like Agitation Free, some of the tracks even
featuring vocals. After that disappointment the band eventually broke
up. GOD
Tracklist :
1 Atlantic Overcrossing 5:32
Drums – Harald Groβkopf
Keyboards, Vocals, Written-By – Manfred Opitz
Saxophone – Klaus "Maus" Henrichs
2 Abulafia 6:16
Drums – Harald Groβkopf
Keyboards, Vocals, Written-By – Manfred Opitz
Saxophone – Klaus "Maus" Henrichs
3 6th Floor 5:09
Drums, Percussion – Konstantin Bommarius
Keyboards, Vocals – Manfred Opitz
Trombone – Lou Blackburn
Written-By – Gustav Lütjens
4 Deliverance 4:22
Drums, Percussion – Konstantin Bommarius
Written-By – Gustav Lütjens
5 Latino Catherine 3:35
Drums, Percussion – Konstantin Bommarius
Piano – Christian "Bino" Brero
Written-By – Michael Günther
6 Get It Out 4:20
Drums – Jochen Bauer
Keyboards – Bernd Gruber
Written-By – Gustav Lütjens
7 Offstage 2:45
Drums – Jochen Bauer
Keyboards – Bernd Gruber
Written-By – Gustav Lütjens
8 Song Für Den Proletariersohn, Teil 1 5:36
Drums – Dietmar Burmeister
Engineer – Jonas Bergler
Organ – Bernhard Arndt
Vocals – Micky Duwe
Written-By – Alfred Bergmann, M. Günther
9 Song Für Den Proletariersohn, Teil 2 2:23
Drums – Dietmar Burmeister
Engineer – Jonas Bergler
Vocals – Micky Duwe
Written-By – Alfred Bergmann, M. Günther
10 Song Für Den Proletariersohn, Teil 3 1:35
Drums – Dietmar Burmeister
Engineer – Jonas Bergler
Vocals – Micky Duwe
Written-By – Alfred Bergmann, M. Günther
Credits :
Bass – Michael "Fame" Günther
Vocals, Guitar – Gustav Lütjens
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