 First retrospective release for the German Prog band formed in the early 1970s.
Format: CD / Cat No: MIG00442 / Released: 15/12/2023
Track Listing: CD 1 - Desert Places (1974): 1. Desert Places (6:48) / 2. Seasons Of Life (6:41) / 3. Remember (9:38) / 4. I Often Wondered (7:15) / 5. Perception (12:56)
CD 2 - Lost Mankind (1975): 1. Six O'Clock (3:47) / 2. Lost Mankind (5:40) / 3. Reverie (1:37) / 4. Go Ahead (11:18) / 5. Trace Of Sadness (5:26) / 6. Midnight Stone (2:43) / 7. Song For 'Thesy' (4:50) / 8. Beyond The Horizon (7:10)
CD 3 - As A Keepsake (1977): 1. Holidays (5:39) / 2. Reminiscent River (4:12) / 3. Devilish Roundabout (5:43) / 4. Bit Foolish - Bit Wise ( 5:58) / 5. Shady Way (4:14) / 6. Goin' Back to Cologne (3:54) / 7. Kew Gardens (4:26) / 8. Maree (4:38) / 9. No Time to Lose (4:26)
CD 4 - A Whale Of A Time (1978): 1. A Whale Of A Time (3:04) / 2. Racing Driver (4:25) / 3. Mighty Skycrapers (4:10) / 4. Your Love (4:37) / 5. Desert Village (6:58) / 6. Spring (4:19) / 7. One More Night (4:09) / 8. More Than A Voice (4:24) / 9. Little Tune (2:31) / 10. I Can't Believe (5:26)
CD 5 - Don't Stop The Show (1981): 1. Don't Stop The Show (3:40) / 2. Lady Night (3:40) / 3. Stay With Me (4:50) / 4. Out Of Control (4:25) / 5. Girl (3:40) / 6. It's Better (4:25) / 7. Let It Roll (4:50) / 8. Too Late (5:30) / 9. My Anne (4:15)
More information: "We had role models that influenced us, from Jethro Tull to Deep Purple to Supertramp. From the beginning, we tried to play as well as our Anglo-American colleagues," recalls Thomas Bruck, bassist and singer of the Cologne- based progressive rock band Satin Whale.
For a long time they were pigeonholed as Krautrock, as was common for German rock bands in the early 1970s, but on their debut album "Desert Places" (released in 1974 on the Brain label, the trademark for rock music from Germany) the four Cologne musicians developed a very independent and unmistakable sound with a high recognition value. The reward for their efforts - the debut album was enough for Satin Whale to be voted Germany's most popular band in the "Rocksound 74" contest that same year.
The band continued their success story. Between 1974 and 1981 the band released 5 studio albums. These are all included in this first part of Satin Whale's comprehensive retrospective entitled "History Box 1 - The Studio Albums 1974 - 1981".
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