ORANGE PEEL - Orange Peel (1970 Krautrock • Germany)Full Album

Orange Peel biography Founded in Hanau, Germany in 1968 - Disbanded in 1971 ORANGE PEEL is one of the first heavy progressive german act. The band was formed in 1968 by Peter Bischof, Leslie Link, Heinrich Mohn, Ralph Wilrheiss and Curt Cress, a young drummer of 17 years. They spearheaded the Krautrock movement with FAUST and AMON DÜÜL II by adding powerful organ playing to raw psychedelic rock. However, ORANGE PEEL released only one album, and disbanded immediately after in 1970. Most members pursued their careers with another progressive bands. The bassist Helmut Mohn replaced Michael Ertl in EPSILON, while Peter Bischof joined EMERGENCY and Curt Cress went to many bands like EMERGENCY, PASSPORT and ATLANTIS. Their unique album was recorded at the end of 1969. Mostly featuring long tracks, the record is undoublty one of the most heavy psychedelic organ-based progressive albums of its time, with elongated solos of angry organ and guitar, announcing the debut albums from ELOY and GROBSCHNITT. Studio Album, released in 1970 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. You Can't Change Them All 00:00 2. Faces That I Used To Know 18:24 3. Tobacco Road 21:37 4. We Still Try To Change 28:54 Total Time: 38:47 Line-up / Musicians - Peter Bischof / vocals, percussion - Leslie Link / guitar, Fx - Ralph Wiltheiß / organ - Heinrich Mohn / bass - Curt Cress / drums, percussion