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Pacemaker 2:44 ░▐ ▌░ 02. I Don't Care 5:46 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Crosswords & Intermissions 6:44 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Don't Send Me Your Money, Send Me Your Heart 5:15 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Wild River 5:28 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Lamento Juvenil (Start To Fight) 3:49 ░▐ ▌░ 07. California Gigging 3:05 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Oberbaum Bridge 7:37 ░▐ ▌░ 09. Johnny B. Goode (Bonus Track) 2:39 ░▐ ▌░ 10. Going Down (Bonus Track) 3:45 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Karthago were founded in Berlin by Joey Albrecht (originally ░▐ ▌░ from Hannover) and Gerald Luciano Hartwig. Since 1968 they ░▐ ▌░ had performed together in clubs as the duo Blues Machine. In ░▐ ▌░ 1970 they engaged the Bolivian percussionist Thomas ░▐ ▌░ Goldschmitt (mainly hand percussion) and soon landed a ░▐ ▌░ recording contract with BASF. Just a month before the ░▐ ▌░ recordings of their first album began, two additional members ░▐ ▌░ were added to their line-up: Ingo Bischof and Wolfgang Brock. ░▐ ▌░ Karthago was recorded in October 1971 at Audio Tonstudio, ░▐ ▌░ Berlin with Dieter Zimmermann producing and Stan Regal ░▐ ▌░ engineering. It was released in a spectacular, inventive and ░▐ ▌░ expensive six part fold-out cover with several die cuts! ░▐ ▌░ Certainly a lavish package, recalling the multicoloured and ░▐ ▌░ psychedelic Santana album designs - but actually outdoing ░▐ ▌░ them! Karthago's sound was graced with excellent heavy guitar ░▐ ▌░ work and the funky, gutsy vocals of J. Albrecht, recalling ░▐ ▌░ the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the heavy progressive funk ░▐ ▌░ band Funkadelic. The best tracks in this style were "Why ░▐ ▌░ Don't You Stop Buggin' Me" and "String Rambler". Others, like ░▐ ▌░ the catchy little instrumental "Nos Vamos", had a more ░▐ ▌░ distinct Latin character, very much like early Santana. In my ░▐ ▌░ opinion, they were very underrated! Few other German bands ░▐ ▌░ recorded music in this particular style. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ More Santana-esque instrumental work was present on Second ░▐ ▌░ Step, recorded at Windrose Dumont Time, Hamburg, May 1973 ░▐ ▌░ with C. & M. Hudalla producing. This was much more of a joint ░▐ ▌░ group effort, balanced between jazzy keyboards, heavy guitars ░▐ ▌░ and South American rhythms. Most of the material was great, ░▐ ▌░ but I feel Ingo Bischof's compositions were a bit out of ░▐ ▌░ place - his songs were almost singer-songwriter type of ░▐ ▌░ ballads! Original drummer W. Brock had left for The Rattles ░▐ ▌░ in February 1973 and was replaced by Norbert "Panzer" Lehmann ░▐ ▌░ on this album. Then within months Lehmann departed to the ░▐ ▌░ heavy progressive band Epitaph. Into Karthago came Konstatin ░▐ ▌░ Bommarius (ex-2066 & Then, Abacus). The bass player Gerald ░▐ ▌░ Luciano Hartwig also left - in the Summer of 1974. His ░▐ ▌░ replacement was something of a sensation at the time - Glenn ░▐ ▌░ Cornick (ex-Jethro Tull, Wild Turkey) joined the band in ░▐ ▌░ October 1974. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ A revamped five-piece Karthago signed with Bacillus and ░▐ ▌░ relocated to Oxford, England, in November 1974, where they ░▐ ▌░ recorded Rock'n'Roll Testament in the Chipping Norton ░▐ ▌░ Studios. The producer of this album was Peter Hauke, manager ░▐ ▌░ of the Bacillus label. About the same time, another of his ░▐ ▌░ German signings, Nine Days' Wonder, recorded in England, ░▐ ▌░ although his British signing Nektar recorded in Germany for ░▐ ▌░ years! Karthago's new album did quite well and many people ░▐ ▌░ consider it to be their best. It marked a change of style ░▐ ▌░ towards a smooth, well-produced rock with some minor ░▐ ▌░ symphonic touches. Karthago had become another purveyor of ░▐ ▌░ the characteristic 'Bacillus rock' - a trade mark of Peter ░▐ ▌░ Hauke and Dieter Dierks. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Concerts in Berlin and Hamburg in January 1976 were recorded ░▐ ▌░ and released as the double album Live At The Roxy (1976). As ░▐ ▌░ Glenn Cornick had quit the group, Gerald Hartwig was now back ░▐ ▌░ in action again. Albrecht, Bischof and Goldschmitt were also ░▐ ▌░ helped by Reinhard Bopp (ex-Hardcake Special) and Ringo Funk ░▐ ▌░ (ex-Atlantis, Jeronimo). 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