(2022) Bachdenkel – Rise And Fall: The Anthology   


Review:
First-ever complete anthology of melodic UK progressive rock band Bachdenkel who issued two superb albums in the 70s. Includes numerous previously-unreleased studio out-takes and live cuts plus late 60s psych-pop demos under previous name U-No-Who. Dubbed “Britain’s greatest unknown group” in late 1970 by the former editor of the International Times’ music section, Bachdenkel would remain a cult act, their brace of albums belatedly attracting the attention of collectors and the admiration of fellow musicians like the band Mercury Rev. Having come together in Birmingham in 1968, Bachdenkel were initially part of the burgeoning local underground scene, but would spend most of their career in France. In June 1970 they booked time at a studio in Paris to record debut album ‘Lemmings’. Sessions took on prodigious proportions, but with an acceptable UK/US major label deal failing to materialise, the record was only issued in France some three years later. The late 1975 recording of second album ‘Stalingrad’ was a less complicated experience, but it again proved difficult to place. Eventually the set was self-issued in 1977, when its appearance unfortunately coincided with the punk explosion. A three-CD set, ‘Rise And Fall’ is the first complete anthology of this ill-fated but hugely talented band. It features both of their albums and adds contemporaneous out-takes, alternative versions, demos and live cuts as well as some 1967-68 demo recordings by pre-Bachdenkel outfit U- No-Who, who briefly attracted the interest of the newly-formed Apple organisation. — cherryred.co.uk


   


Track List:

Disc 1
01. Translation
02. Equals
03. An Appointment With The Master
04. The Settlement Song
05. Long Time Living
06. Strangerstill
07. Come All Ye Faceless
08. The Slightest Distance
09. Donna
10. A Thousand Pages Before
11. Equals  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)
12. Long Time Living  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)
13. Happiness Is A Warm Jam  (Live, Birmingham Arts Lab, November 1974)

Disc 2
01. The Whole World (Looking Over My Shoulder)
02. After The Fall
03. Seven Times Tomorrow
04. For You To Live With Me
05. The Tournament
06. (It's Always) Easy To Be Hard
07. Xenophon
08. Сталинград
09. Stalingrad
10. 7 X 2morrow  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)
11. Easy To Be Partial  (Live, Cannes, July 1974)
12. Bo Bo's Party  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)
13. Donna Jam (She Speaks Of Leaving)  (Live, Birmingham Arts Lab, November 1974)
14. Happiness Is A Warm Gun  Come Together  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)
15. Bye Bye Johnny  (Live, St Benoit Sur Loire, November 1982)

Disc 3
01. The Pain Of Love  (Demo)
02. An Apple A Day  (Mix 2)
03. Now And Again Rebecca
04. Strange People
05. Through The Eyes Of A Child
06. An (Other) Appointment With The Master
07. You Lied About Your Age
08. The Ring Of Truth
09. Miracle
10. Sirocco (In Like Flynn)
11. Ballerine
12. The 1st Person
13. 4U2 Live With Me
14. 7 X 2morrow
15. It's Over
16. The Miraculous Escape
17. Sitting Pretty
18. Fast Food
19. Has To Be
20. Day By Day
21. Twilight Zone
22. Emergency Exit


Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Country: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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