The Power Of Rock
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Tracklist
01
Moving To The Country
02
Visions
03
Hopelessly
04
Little Maggie
05
Early Morning
06
Crossroads
07
Nightingale
08
Uptight
09
Fly
10
Stop Look And Listen
01
I'm Trying
02
Changing World
03
Early Morning (live @ Beat-club)
04
Little Maggie (live @ Beat-club)
05
London Town Girl
06
Paradise For Sale
07
Autumn 71
08
Are You Ready
09
We Love You Alice
10
Better Games
11
She's Burning
12
Wings On My Shoes
13
Train To The City
14
Another Day Is Calling
15
Kind Of A Man
16
Long Tall Sally
17
Shaking All Over
18
Feeling Shaky
Description
The story of Epitaph begins in the winter of 1969/70 in Dortmund's most popular music club at the time, "Fantasio", in whose basement the Brit Cliff Jackson (vocals, guitar), his compatriot James McGillivray (drums) and bassist Bernd Kolbe practiced and worked on their program, whilst performing weekly at Fantasio amongst the likes of Black Sabbath, Rory Gallagher, Yes and Argent. Even at this time, Epitaph showed its full professionalism. Their big chance came when champion Jack Dupree canceled his appearance at Fantasio and the well-known blues pianist Günter Boas stepped in with Epitaph as the backing group.
Producer Günter Boas recognized the potential of this band and it didn't take long for Epitaph to sign their first contract with Polydor, then move to Hanover, shorten their band name from Fagin's Epitaph to Epitaph and start with Klaus Walz (later Jane) as the second guitarist in the London band Wessex Studio recorded the first LP of the same name, "Epitaph", which was released in autumn 1971. This was followed by concerts all over Germany and an invitation from the legendary Beat Club, which resulted in Epitaph's first television appearance in 1972. The band was back in the studio in April 1972 to record "Stop Look And Listen" (Polydor). Numerous appearances followed again, including the most important German festivals of the time.
Did they themselves have any idea when they first gathered in the Fantasio music club in Dortmund in the winter of 1969/70 that 50 years later they would still be one of the hottest bands in the country?
Producer Günter Boas recognized the potential of this band and it didn't take long for Epitaph to sign their first contract with Polydor, then move to Hanover, shorten their band name from Fagin's Epitaph to Epitaph and start with Klaus Walz (later Jane) as the second guitarist in the London band Wessex Studio recorded the first LP of the same name, "Epitaph", which was released in autumn 1971. This was followed by concerts all over Germany and an invitation from the legendary Beat Club, which resulted in Epitaph's first television appearance in 1972. The band was back in the studio in April 1972 to record "Stop Look And Listen" (Polydor). Numerous appearances followed again, including the most important German festivals of the time.
Did they themselves have any idea when they first gathered in the Fantasio music club in Dortmund in the winter of 1969/70 that 50 years later they would still be one of the hottest bands in the country?
