Schicke Führs Fröhling — Symphonic Pictures 1976 (Germany, Krautrock/Symphonic Prog/Jazz Rock) Full

Tracks: 01. Tao — 00:00 02. Solution — 08:45 03. Dialog — 11:41 04. Sundrops — 17:14 05. Pictures — 19:43 Personnel: Eduard «Ede» Schicke — drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, metallophone, xylophone Gerd Führs — piano, electric piano, Moog, clavinet, mellotron, string ensemble, bassett Heinz Fröhling — bass, guitars, mellotron, clavinet, string ensemble Story Eduard Schicke (born February 14, 1947), Gerd Führs (born November 27, 1955 - November 3, 1992) and Heinz Fröhling (born May 7, 1951) met for the first time in 1974, when Führs was still the keyboardist of Samspel and Drummer Schicke and guitarist Fröhling played at Spektakel. The spark between the three immediately ignited, and a short time later they were rehearsing in a farm that had been converted into a studio and, after a successful first appearance in Munich’s Circus Krone under the direction of Dieter Dierks, they recorded their first LP Symphonic Pictures in 1976, which was about Sold 12,000 times. The subsequent album Sunburst (1977), like the SFF concerts, was also highly praised by fans and critics. After the rather disappointing third LP Ticket to Everywhere (1978), Eduard Schicke left the band due to musical differences. He later joined Hoelderlin. Führs and Fröhling then concentrated more on their side project Führs & Fröhling, whose first album Ammerland had already been released in early 1978. In 2011, Heinz Fröhling and Eduard Schicke released the album Metamorphosen under the name Fröhling & Schicke with new pieces by Heinz Fröhling and texts by the writer Klaus Modick.[1] style Schicke Führs Fröhling combined powerful jazz rock and symphonic progressive rock in their music. The sound was characterized by virtuoso drumming, anthemic guitar, powerful Rickenbacker bass and keyboard bombast (Fröhling and Führs both played Mellotron, among other things). A prominent fan of the band was Frank Zappa, who almost produced the first album. But other bands were also influenced by the group’s very own sound, some only years later (like Änglagård).