Coming out of the boiling Munich scene of the sixties that also gave us the original Amon Düül (Thom Argauer had played in a dixieland band with Chris Karrer in the late 60s, actually), Siloah are one of the best kept secrets of the krautrock production. Siloah had a hard core including Thom Argauer, Manuela von Perfall, Heinrich 'Tiny' Stricker and Wolfgang Görner, plus a host of guests coming and going, everybody was free to join and play at any time, guest members often joining from the Baumstassen commune around which the band was living before they eventually moved to an abandoned farm on the outskirts of town.
Their first album is a trippy acid psychmasterpiece recorded in 1970 and privately issued on German Blues and Undergrund. It showed a strong influence from US West Coast psychedelic music and has a lovely acoustic approach. It's sound is free, full of improvisation and with a charming amateurish feel all through it. It will appeal to lovers of free spirits like Amon Düül themselves, Kalacakra or even Música Dispersa.
Release notes
Originally released as a privately pressed LP in 1970. On tray card: Tracks 1 to 7: ℗ 1970 Track 8: ℗ 1971 Made in Germany On CD: ℗ 1970 © 1998 Garden of Delights Made in Germany Packaged in a standard jewel case with 32-page booklet (includes liner notes in German and English, photos and label catalog).
| 1 | Yellow Puppets Hanging In The Sky | 0:48 | |
| 2 | Krishna's Golden Dope Shop | 6:06 | |
| 3 | Road To Laramy | 6:24 | |
| 4 | Acid Eagle | 2:42 | |
| 5 | Aluminum Wind | 18:00 | |
| 6 | Pink Puppets Hanging In The Sky | 0:48 | |
| Bonus-Tracks: | |||
| 7 | Mit Tiny Nach Tanger | 7:26 | |
| 8 | Lady Jane - Lord X | 3:15 | |
- Thom
- Acoustic Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [12-string-guitar], Vocals
- Wolfgang
- Bass
- Nane
- Lyrics By, Vocals, Shenai [Shinai]
- Manuela
- Percussion [Percussions], Tambourine
- Reinhard Görner
- Photography By [Bild (Inside Booklet)], Recorded By [Recording]
- Kallert Jr.
- Photography By [Coverphoto]
- Jörg
- Recorded By [Recording]
- Siloah
- Songwriter [All Songs Written By]
