2012 was, among others, the year of the Analogy reunion, historical Italian progressive – and psychedelic too! – rock band, who just released a 7″ and an epnymous LP, today an extremely rare item searched by collectors worldwide. Part of the original line-up then moved to England, where they were reborn as Earthbound.<\/p>\n
Forty years after that unforgettable debut – it’s almost impossible not to mention the album cover photo, with the entire line-up photographed naked in a meadow – the band has reformed and started playing live again: “Konzert”, a deliberately chosen German title, it’s – oddly enough – their very first live album, recorded on April 14th 2012 in Lamezia Terme (CZ), Italy, and collects songs both by Analogy and Earthbound.<\/p>\n
The sound is crisp and the band is in a great shape: together with original members Martin Thurn-Mithoff (guitar, vocals) and Jutta Taylor-Nienhaus (vocals), Analogy today gather Mauro Rattaggi (bass guitar) – the ‘6th element’, who left the band before the first LP release in 1972 and whose presence was hidden by the blue strip on the cover -, Richard Brett (bass and acoustic guitar), Scott Hunter (drums) – from Earthbound – and Roberto Carlotto a.k.a. Hunka Munka playing keyboards, who enriches and thickens the sound. This, adding the beautiful cover painting made by the historical ex-keyboardist Nicola Pankoff, make “Konzert” a must-have for any Italian progressive rock lover!<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/p>\n
Side A:
\n1.Analogy
\n2.Dark Reflections
\n3.Pan-Am Flight 249<\/p>\n
Side B:
\n4.The Suite:
\na.Sink or swim
\nb.The Mirror
\nc.The Treatment
\nd.Intermission
\n5.Whatchamacallit
\n6.God’s Own Land<\/p>\n