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Bulletproof > Hard Stuff

Artist: Hard Stuff
Label: Harvest
Catalog#: SHLP-9502
Format: Vinyl
Country: Venezuela
Released: 1972

Caricatures > Ange

Artist: Ange
Label: Philips
Catalog#: 6332 066
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1972-06

Carnival In Babylon > Amon Düül II

Artist: Amon Düül II
Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UAS-5586
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1972-04
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
By now, Amon Düül II had settled into what would be the classic lineup of Chris Karrer on guitar and vocals, Renate Knaup on vocals, John Weinzierl on lead guitar, Lothar Meid on bass, Falk-Ulrich Rogner on keyboards and Peter Leopold on drums, with the ever-present Olaf Kübler producing. Here the band is assisted by Karl-Heinz Hausmann on keyboards, and the more permanent arrival of Daniel Fichelscher as a second drummer.

Catharsis (Vol. 4 Illuminations) > Catharsis

Artist: Catharsis
Label: Explosive (2)
Catalog#: 558.004
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1972

Catharsis (Volume II Les Chevrons) > Catharsis

Artist: Catharsis
Label: Saravah
Catalog#: SH 10035
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1972

Celestial Ocean > Brainticket

Artist: Brainticket
Label: RCA Victor
Catalog#: LSP-34158
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1972-09-00

Close To The Edge > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: SD 7244
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1972-09
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
If both prior Yes albums had any shortcomings (and they had very few), it was due to growing pains. The Yes Album brought out the extended, epic composition, but suffered, perhaps, in execution. Fragile was well-executed, but only contained a half-hour of music—solo tracks notwithstanding. However, by the time their next album was recorded, the band had remained stable for almost a year. In the interim, Yes issued a massive arrangement of Paul Simon's "America" (similar to that of the pre-Clouds band, 1-2-3).

Cluster II > Cluster

Artist: Cluster
Label: Brain
Catalog#: 1006
Format: LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1972
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Originally known as Kluster, the group was founded in Berlin at the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in 1969 by Conrad Schnitzler and Hans-Joachim Roedelius; the two were older art students who envisioned a space for their radical and decidedly non-western "Gerausche," or noises. Most every group that would be associated with the so-called "Berlin School," including Tangerine Dream, Agitation Free, Ash Ra Tempel and Klaus Schulze, played their earliest gigs there.

Darwin! > Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

Artist: Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Label: Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.
Catalog#: SMRL 6107
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1972

Demons And Wizards > Uriah Heep

Artist: Uriah Heep
Label: Mercury
Catalog#: SRM 1 630
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1972-05
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Uriah Heep, named after the Charles Dickens character, was one of the more critically-derided bands of the era. The classic quote is this: "If this band makes it, I'll have to kill myself" (Rolling Stone, Melissa Mills, 1970). Sadly, a few of the members did pass away too early: New Zealander Gary Thain in 1976, while David Byron (born David Garrett) died in 1985. Lead singer Byron and guitarist Mick Box had previously been in the Essex-based band The Stalkers, which mutated into Spice in 1967.