NEW: VIBRAVOID - Freak Out Bologna - LP (red/blue) KrautedMind • VIBRAVOID - Distortions - LP (marble) KrautedMind • VIBRAVOID - Gravity Zero - 2 LP (green/black/marbled) KrautedMind • VIBRAVOID - Mindbenders - 2 LP (splatter) KrautedMind • KNALL - The Twin Of Baal - 2 LP (red) KrautedMind • SPACE FARM - Space Farm - LP 1972 WahWah • DUFFY - Sruffy Duffy - LP 1973 WahWah • QUAD (ALIAS SUN DIAL) - 1 - LP 1997 (orange) Sulatron • Deczi, Laco & Jazz Cellula CZ - Memories of You - CD 2016 Indies Happy Trails • RUPTURE - Israel Suite / Dominante En Bleu - CD 1973 Sommor • RUPTURE - Israel Suite / Dominante En Bleu - LP 1973 Sommor • GOLEM - Orion Awakes - LP Mental Experience • NEW TWEEDY BROTHERS - New Tweedy Brothers - LP 1968 Guerssen • ELECTRIC MOON - Stardust Rituals - LP (blue/black/white) Sulatron • N- 1 - Nomma - CD R.A.I.G. • ARAWAK- Accade A.. - LP 1970 (black) Golden Pavilion • ARAWAK- Accade A.. - LP 1970 (splatter vinyl) Golden Pavilion • THE ELECTRIC FAMILY - Terra Circus - LP Sireena • THE ELECTRIC FAMILY - Terra Circus - CD Sireena • EMERGENCY - 1. Album - LP 1971 Longhair • EMERGENCY - Entrance - LP 1972 Longhair • EMERGENCY - 1. Album - CD 1971 Longhair • EMERGENCY - Entrance - CD 1972 Longhair • EPITAPH - A Night At The Old Station - 2 CD + DVD MadeInGermany • SCHULZE, KLAUS - Mirage (40th Anniversary Edition) - CD MadeInGermany • PETER PANKAS JANE - Live At Rockpalast - Bonn 2004 CD + DVD MadeInGermany • VESPERO - By The Waters Of Tomorrow - CD R.A.I.G. • REAKTOR 4 - Pannschüppenczewski - CD 1975 Garden Of Delights • GILA - Gila – Free Electric Sound - CD 1971 Garden Of Delights • SAND - Desert Navigation - LP (orange) Rotor Music • >SOON:

NEKTAR - Down to Earth - CD 1974 Bacillus

Price: EUR 13.99 (incl. VAT) plus shipping

Shipping cost Germany: EUR 1.45
Shipping cost EU: EUR 4.50
Shipping cost international: EUR 4.50

Show all available 16 items of NEKTAR

Show all available 5 LPs of NEKTAR

Show all available 11 CDs of NEKTAR

Show all available 24 items from the Bacillus label

Show all available 22 CDs from the Bacillus label

Show all available 2 LPs from the Bacillus label

Question about this item

Tell a friend about this item

Category:	Progressiv / Krautrock
Manufacturer:	Bacillus
Original release year:	1974
Medium:	CD
Country:	Germany
Processing time:	1 day

Depending on who you ask, this is either Nektar's greatest or worst album. As Albrighton explained later, it was the band's attempt to re-invent itself as someone else -- like the Magical Mystery Tour. Old fans were appalled; but as the first ... album to get much airplay in the U.S., it brought in new fans who found it by far their most accessible work. Its progressive and funk elements are set around a demented circus theme, with the songs introduced by a loony Teutonic ringmaster. 'That's Life,' powered by chattering drums and a positively orgasmic Rickenbacker bass sound, is a standout of progressive rock showmanship. Delicate pieces like 'Little Boy' and 'Early Morning Clown' -- where Albrighton uses rotating Leslie speakers to great effect -- alternate with pub rockers like 'Fidgety Queen' and the lumbering funk of 'Nelly the Elephant.' For new fans, this album is the place to start; and if they're willing to take it on its own terms, old fans might find a place in their heart for it too. ~ Paul Collins

1974 album for Bellaphon. Nine tracks, including 'AstralMan' and 'That's Life'.

Nektar gilt gemeinhin als Produkt 'deutscher' Rockmusik. Tatsächlich hatte die 1969 in Hamburg gegründete Band ihren Standort in Deutschland, setzte sich jedoch ausschließlich aus britischen Musikern zusammen. Mit ihren charakteristischen Lightshows und Gitarrenklängen galt die Gruppe recht bald als spätpsychedelischer Anachronismus. Bei der Hörerschaft hatte sie jedoch durchaus Erfolg.
(Quelle: babyblaue-seiten)

01. Astral man
02. Nelly the elephant
03. Early morning clown
04. That's life
05. Fidgety queen
06. Oh Willy
07. Little boy
08. Show me the way
09. Finale