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Lily - V.C.U. (We See You) (1973 Germany Prog)

The one and only album that was released by Lily has now been re-released in CD format by the excellent Garden Of Delights label together with four bonus tracks. Musically the album features a strange blend of progressive rock which may sound extremely harsh to those who are accustomed to the British or Italian bands playing this genre of music. The German progressive rock movement, sometimes referred to as the kraut-rock movement, often did without the melodic and atmospheric nature of keyboards and the mellotron relying on a much harsher and rockier sound created primarily by the guitar.

Lily further augmented their sound with the addition of the sound of the saxophone in their lengthy instrumental pieces which helped add that jazz edge to the rock. Furthermore the band possessed two stylistically different guitarists, Manfred-Josef Schmid who had a raw sound to his playing and Klaus Lehmann whose style was much more polished. These two contrasting styles allowed for the band to expand their music to a broad base.

Tracks
01 - In Those Times 9:06
02 - Which Is This 4:22
03 - Pinky Pigs 6:35
04 - Doctor Martin 4:33
05 - I'm Lying On My Belly 5:55
06 - Eyes Look From The Mount Of Flash 9:40
07 - Chemical New York 8:13 (Bonus)
08 - Adlerbar 5:43 (Bonus)
09 - Catch Me 8:10 (Bonus)
10 - The Wanderer 16:27 (Bonus)

Lily
Wilfried Kirchmeier - Bass, Vocals, Percussion, Synths
Manfred Schlagmüller - Drums, Percussion, Synths
Hans-Werner Steinberg - Tenor, Soprano Saxes
Manfred-Josef Schmid - Guitar
Klaus Lehmann - Guitars

Additional Musicians
Dieter Dierks - Mellotron
Armin Bannach - Gong