1972 was a very good year for Kin Ping Meh. They wrote the music for a drug musical called 'Rausch', composed the soundtrack for ZDF series "Sechs unter Millionen" (Weber said in an interview: "We tried to make good rock music because for us, this job is an important milestone, a big step ahead in our career") and thus joined the short list of German rock bands who had achieved something similar, e.g. Can with 'Spoon', their song for a Durbridge crime movie, or Popol Vuh for the Herzog movie 'Aguirre, der Zom Gottes'. Almost simultaneously, they opened the Sailing Olympics in Kiel, went on tour with Rory Gallagher and Golden Earring, and released their second album, 'No. 2'. In their annual vote, the readers of magazine "Popfoto" voted them among the Top 5 in the category, 'Most Promising Band'.
But they had to pay a high price for constantly being on the road - 1972 saw a drastic change in the line-up. Willie Wagner, Werner Stephan and Torsten Herzog left the band to be replaced by Gerhard "Gagey" Mrozeck, Uli Gross, British bass player Alan Joe Wroe and his fellow countryman Geff Harrison. With this line-up, Kin Ping Meh recorded 'III', the band's third album, in the Summer of 1973. The album featured a wind section and a female choir. It was mainly because of singer Geff Harrison's influence that the band developed a hard rock image. "The people mainly want to really rock, to be happy and to get to see something. And that's all true in our case", the band explained in a 1973 "Musik Express" interview and added: "There is not much demand for space and cosmic rock right now." Kin Ping Meh played concerts with hard rock superstars like Deep Purple and Slade and appeared on a couple of television shows.
Alex Gitlin
Tracks
1. Come On In (Fritz Schmitt, Gerhard Mrozeck) - 5:24
2. Random (Alan Joe Wroe, Uli Gross) - 3:50
3. Love Is The Day (Alan Joe Wroe, Gerhard Mrozeck, Uli Gross) - 4:59
4. Rock Is The Way (Fritz Schmitt, Gerhard Mrozeck) - 4:46
5. Circus (Alan Joe Wroe, Gerhard Mrozeck, Uli Gross) - 14:06
6. Mrs. Holmes (Alan Joe Wroe, Kalle Weber, Uli Gross) - 7:20
Kin Ping Meh
*Gerhard Mrozeck - Acoustic, Electric Guitars, Vocals
*Fritz Schmitt - Organ, Piano, Moog Synthesizer
*Alan Joe Wroe - Bass
*Kalle Weber - Drums, Percussion
*Geff Harrison - Lead Vocals, Percussion
With
*Uli Gross - Guitars, Vocals
*Werner Stephan - Vocals
*Elga Blask - Backing Vocals
*Peter Bender - Backing Vocals
*Gabriele Oberpichler - Backing Vocals
*Rolf Köhler - Backing Vocals
*Helmut Mocker - Horn Arrangements
Thanks a lot, Marios.
ReplyDeleteThanks for three (of a perfect Kin Ping) Meh ! ;)
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