Bachdenkel Rise & Fall: The Anthology CD

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 it's 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.

1. Translation 2. Equals 3. An Appointment with the Master 4. The Settlement Song 5. Long Time Living 6. Strangerstill (You Leave Me) 7. Come All Ye Faceless 8. The Slightest Distance (Is a Long Time) 9. Donna 10. A Thousand Pages Before 11. Equals (Live) 12. Long Time Living (Live) 13. Happiness Is a Warm Jam 14. The Whole World (Looking Over My Shoulder) 15. After the Fall 16. Seven Times Tomorrow 17. For You to Live with Me 18. The Tournament 19. (It's Always) Easy to Be Hard 20. Xenophon 21. ?????????? 22. Stalingrad 23. 7 X 2Morrow (Live) 24. Easy to Be Partial 25. Bo Bo's Party 26. Donna Jam 27. Happiness Is a Warm Gun/ Come Together 28. Bye Bye Johnny 29. The Pain of Love 30. An Apple a Day 31. Now and Again Rebecca 32. Strange People 33. Through the Eyes of a Child 34. An (Other) Appointment with the Master 35. You Lied About Your Age 36. Ring of Truth 37. Miracle 38. Sirocco (In Like Flynn) 39. Ballerine 40. The 1st Person 41. 4 U 2 Live with Me 42. 7 X 2Morrow 43. It's Over 44. The Miraculous Escape 45. Sitting Pretty 46. Fast Food 47. Has to Be 48. Day By Day 49. Twilight Zone 50. Emergency Exit