Artist: Ardo Dombec
Title: Ardo Dombec
Year Of Release: 1971/2002
Label: Garden Of Delights
Genre: Jazz-Rock, Krautrock, Prog Rock
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 49:08
Total Size: 407 Mb (scans)
Tracklist:
1. Spectaculum 4:03
2. Supper Time 3:21
3. A Bit Near The Knuckle 4:34
4. Clean-Up Sunday 6:51
5. Downtown Paradise Lost 5:54
6. Oh, Sorry 0:09
7. 108 4:37
8. Unchangable Things?! 6:00
Bonus Tracks:
9. Heavenly Rose 3:56
10. Open The Door, Open Your Mind 2:12
11. Young And Strong 3:15
12. Riverside 4:16
Helmut Hachmann - Sax, Flute
Harald Gleu - Guitar, Vocals
Wolfgang Spillner - Drums, Vocals
Michael Ufer - Bass
Very little is known about Ardo Dombec, though they were quite untypical of the Pilz label, being a heavy, bluesy and slightly jazzy rock with the accent on songs rather than instrumentals, and barely did they sound German. Undoubtedly they were inspired by the late-60's work by American bands like Chicago Transit Authority or Blood Sweat & Tears (as obviously were Creative Rock and Emergency), and admittedly the album ARDO DOMBEC had its moments, combining blues, soul and jazz styles into a song-based rock music, all with surprising depth in the arrangements for a four-piece band. Obviously a great deal of multi-tracking was going on! But, ARDO DOMBEC became most notorious for featuring the painful "five second scratch" joke track "Oh, Sorry" and its rather dangerous looking "bloody cactus in an ice-cream cone" cover! Contrastingly their contributions to the HEAVY CHRISTMAS concept sampler showed them at their best - instrumental, radical and full of invention, towards the realms of Thirsty Moon or Kollektiv.
