Neuschwanstein - "Alice in Wonderland" {Germany} [1976] (Symphonic Prog)

This is German prog from the late seventies. Instrumentally, acoustic guitar, flute, harpsichord and a variety of keyboards lock together to make an extremely rich and beautiful musical backdrop, with some absolutely gorgeous themes. The music is melodic with detailed arrangements and interesting orchestration. The vocalist sounds remarkably like Peter Gabriel; lyrics are all in English. The sound could be described as "Planets" period ELOY meets "Moonmadness" period CAMEL, with a touch of MACHIAVEL. The reissue on CD of a real "must", a mythical disk from unknown musicians.
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=261

01. Theme of Alice - The Flower Meadow - The White Rabbit (1:17)
02. The Gate to Wonderland (2:13)
03. Pond of Tears (2:45)
04. The conference of the Princess - Old Father's Song - Duchess' Lullaby (8:31)
05. Five-O'Clock-Tea (6:49)
06. The Marching of the queen - Palace of Wonderland (12:04)
07. The Court of the Animals (5:01)
08. Alice's Return (2:04)

- Thomas Neuroth (Keyboards)
- Klaus Mayer (Flute, Synthesizer)
- Roger Weiler (Guitars)
- Frederic Joos (Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar)
- Rainer Zimmer (Bass, Vocal)
- Hans-Peter Schwarz (Drums)
- Hermann Rarebell (Drums) (ex-The Scorpions)

06. The Marching of the queen - Palace of Wonderland
08. Alice's Return

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Posted at 10:38 PM by nahavanda

14 comments:

  1. MunjuApril 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM

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  2. Twitter ButtonsApril 20, 2009 at 4:47 AM

    too cool :-)

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  3. RochacrimsonApril 20, 2009 at 5:48 AM

    Excellent!

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  4. gpcApril 20, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    awesome cover art :O

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  5. apps79April 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    what can I say except of a million thanks!

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  6. isabelbcApril 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    Hi apps79,
    New link for you "Galère - Épilogue" http://prognotfrog.blogspot.com/2008/03/galre-pilogue-french-folk-rock.html#comments
    Thanks a lot to Antony that re-up it
    :o)

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  7. PHSStudiosRJApril 21, 2009 at 8:05 AM

    Excellent post Munju.

    Thanks for sharing.

    A hug

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  8. Katoikei's JukeboxMay 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    So glad I finally got to visit your blog. Awesome work. Peace.

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  9. AnonymousMay 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    Outstanding. Thanks so much.

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  10. spdJune 22, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    Thanks (and great blog)

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  11. thothJune 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    i really like their other album and had no idea there was this one as well. thank you so much for sharing!

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  12. MartiniJune 27, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Thanks a lot! I always thought this band had only one album (Battlement, which I love)

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  13. tyiscloserOctober 2, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    CANT WAIT TO HEAR IT THE COVER IS AMAZING!!!.. THANKS!!

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  14. AnonymousDecember 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    Hi there,

    I must say: I love your Site. You introduce so much unknown Music and unknown Artists... Great, great, great.

    Continue this spectacular Work!!

    Kind regards from Münser/Germany.

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