From the dark Tefen transitions of the past ...

... I received this CD that I heard for the first time this day. This is Udo Lindenberg's second solo album and the first on which he sings in German. "Thumb in the wind" was not very successful when it first appeared in 1971, - just as the 7000 specimens found at that time a buyer. "Highlight of the North" was however ibid itself frequently played on the radio.

The fictional character Udo Lindenberg was not he / Found thought that the genre is not well. And that makes this album so exciting. Udo was obviously not yet clear about what he wanted to earn his money in the future, he should give the songwriter ("thumb in the wind"), the pop-rockers ("Good Life City" - this piece there was already on its English-language LP "Lindenberg (First Album)"), the Kraut rockers ("The children of thy children" - but the English version sounds even herbaceous), or at the jazz musician ("Sea of ​​Dreams" - beautiful accompaniment on electric piano (Michael Naura ) and trombone (Peter Herbolzheimer)).

In "Up in the north" and "alcohol girl" but the way forward is already indicated.

The panic orchestra there was not yet, Thomas - now Carola - Kretschmer, electric guitars and Carl G. Stephan, bass but were already present at the shooting. Roger Hook played the acoustic guitar and mandolin, Udo sang, played drums, piano and other keyboard instruments, and was probably also responsible for various sound gadgets.

Worth hearing early work of a late developer.