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The Soundtrack From "The Man From The East" > Yamash'ta, Stomu

Artist: Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theatre
Label: Island Capitol
Catalog#: SMAS 9334
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973

Time Of Change > Trip, The

Artist: Trip (19)
Label: Trident (2)
Catalog#: TRI.1002
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1973

Trinity > Ekseption

Artist: Ekseption
Label: Philips
Catalog#: 6423 056
Format: Vinyl
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1973

Tubular Bells > Oldfield, Mike

Artist: Mike Oldfield
Label: Virgin
Catalog#: V2001
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1973-05
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Imagine a young musician trying to interest you in a 20-minute cassette of instrumental music, on which he played every instrument. Such was the case when Virgin Records boss Richard Branson first encountered Mike Oldfield. Not that the young Oldfield didn't have credentials: He'd been in a folk band with his older sister Sally since he was 14, and spent the past few years in Kevin Ayers's band, the Whole World.

Two Sides Of Peter Banks > Banks, Peter

Artist: Peter Banks
Label: Sovereign
Catalog#: SMAS-11217
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973

Uriah Heep Live > Uriah Heep

Artist: Uriah Heep
Label: Mercury
Catalog#: SRM-2-7503
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973

Utopia > Amon Düül II

Artist: Utopia
Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UAS 29438 I
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1973

Vive La Trance > Amon Düül II

Artist: Amon Düül II
Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UA-LA198-F
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973-09
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
After the creative summit of 1971-1972, change was in the making for Amon Düül II. Before a tour of the UK in the spring (a session was recorded for the BBC in May), Lothar Meid and Daniel Fichelscher departed, the latter for Popol Vuh. Peter Leopold returned, and multi-instrumentalist Robby Heibl later arrived to help complete the ensuing album, Vive La Trance. Sporting 11 individual tracks, the band left the instrumentals of their previous albums behind for something far more concise and, perhaps, even more commercial.

We Keep On > Embryo

Artist: Embryo Featuring Charlie Mariano
Label: BASF
Catalog#: BC 21865
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Munich was an especially fertile breeding ground for rock music in the late 60s, perhaps because of its reputation as a jazz center in Europe; also, groups as diverse as Amon Düül I & II, Popol Vuh, Passport and Embryo all called it home. Percussionist Christian Burchard founded Embryo in late 1969, following a brief stint in Amon Düül II. After releasing their debut album Opal on Ohr, the group essentially solidified with drummer/vocalist Burchard, bassist Roman Bunka, flautist Hansi Fischer and saxophonist/violinist Edgar Hofmann.

Who Do We Think We Are > Deep Purple

Artist: Deep Purple
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#: BS 2678
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973