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Again credit to discobasso for his growingbinrecords store for the discovery of this VA album from Germany with utterly unknown artists, save the 'other' Alcatraz (not the famous vampire state bldg group), who did a record called "Music Made by Hands". When you listen to this record, ignore the first 2 reggae throwaway tracks, unless for some utterly unfathomable reason you have an excuse for liking reggae (here we can expect a comment below along the lines of, "hey! watch it! I like reggae!"), focus on track 3, a fusion band along the lines of germans psi, lindwurm, zebulon, etc., called "Cheapness Forever" which performs a beautiful grandiose instrumental starting with some wonderful dissonances on the horns and petering out to a very attractive e minor ending. Some popish and folkish numbers ensue, then after the pedestrian rock band "Railroad Track" punishes you at the start of side b, you will be shocked into quiescence by the band Melange and their Trettioariga-Kriget-like progressive hard rock. As I've said before, it's hard to do prog on a heavy metal basis, but these guys perform magnificently. Both tracks are superb compositions in the genre and it's utterly a tragedy this group did not make an album. Or did they? A quick search I did, complicated by the commonness of the band name, was fruitless, but I know there are folks out there who know far more than me about the subject (e.g. Sebastian probably). http://prognotfrog.blogspot.com.br/2012/09/va-unknown-titles-known-titles-germany.html

- Stefan Wickerath - drums
- Ulrich Delbros - bass
- Alex Kanira - guitar

A1 Ganja Reggae Band - Jam Light
A2 Ganja Reggae Band - Funny Felling
A3 Cheapness Forever - Eintopf
A4 Nelly Fair - Rainy Day
A5 Nelly Fair - You and Me
A6 Railroad Track - Rocknight
A7 Railroad Track - Bring it Back
B1 Melange - A Kin to Rock
B2 Melange - Brontosaurus
B3 Alcatraz - Sounds of the Past
B4 Alcatraz - TV