Embryo - 1980 - Anthology - Every Day Is OK

Embryo

1980 

Anthology - Every Day Is OK

01. Road to Asia (part 1) (5:01)
02. Road to Asia (part 2) (3:22)
03. Muhldorf (6:07)
04. Old days, old violinos (4:35)
05. Sunsinging (3:08)
06. Back from Africa (part 1-2) (3:51)
07. Empty pocked blueeyed voices (4:40)
08. Every day is okay (5:11)
09. Dawai, Dawai (2:46)
10. TV story (1:30)
11. Political prisoners (4:41)

- Maria Archer / vocals (7)
- Roman Bunka / acoustic guitar (5-11), electric guitar (3-8), saz (4-5), bass (6-8), vocals (5-6-7)
- Christian Burchard / vocals (1-2), drums (1-2-4 to 8, 10-11), synthi-vibes (1-2), percussion (1-2-6-7), electric vibes (3), marimbas (5), keyboards (6-8), clavine (7), vocals (3-5 to 8, 11)
- Remigius Drexler / electric guitar (1-2)
- Hansi Fischer / flute (10)
- Ralf Fischer / bass (10)
- Edgar Hofmann / violins (1-2-4), Soprano saxophone (1-2-10), flute (1-2)
- Alfred Jones / acoustic guitar (10)
- Dave King / bass (5)
- Charlie Mariano / Alto saxophone (8)
- Dieter Miekautsch / percussion, vocals (7)
- Uve Müllrich / bass (1 to 4, 7-11), electric saz (1-2)
- Burkard Schmiedl / synthesizer (11)
- Michael Wehmeyer / organ(1-2-3), piano (1-2-11), harmonium (1-2)

Contrary to what the title implies, this is a collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks by this excellent German prog band. The time frame runs from 1970 through '79, and should be considered essential by all fans. In my opinion, all but one track are winners, and this represents a fine cross section of their typical variety of styles. The original German press was on Schneeball, but this Italian issue seems to have sold far better. I guess their jazz/rock fusion seems to be the most generously featured style offered here, but their version of world music also gets plenty of exposure. Recommended.