| Flyday | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Conny's Studio in July - September 1978; Engineer: Dave Hutchins | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock | |||
| Length | 37:07 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Kraan and Conny Plank | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Flyday is the seventh album by the German jazz rock band Kraan.
All songs composed by Helmut Hattler and Peter Wolbrandt.
Kraan is a German band based in Ulm and formed in 1970. It had several minor hits through the 1970s and 1980s. After a break of ten years, the group reunited in 2000. Their early style can be described as Krautrock that turned later to fusion, combining elements of both rock and jazz.
Inside is the second album by German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1973.
Eloy is the debut album from German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1971.
Bash & Pop are an American alternative rock band formed in 1992 by Tommy Stinson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the breakup of the Replacements. It released one album before disbanding in 1994. Tommy Stinson reformed the band in 2016 with a new lineup and album.
...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues is the second album by progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1972. Piano is prominent on most songs, and organ is used only on a few songs such as "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues", whereas on the debut album, Lucifer's Friend (1970), organ and guitars had been the driving force.
Peter Gabriel Revisited is a compilation album which includes only songs of Peter Gabriel's first two albums, as Atlantic had retained the US distribution rights to Gabriel's first and second albums. It compiles 7 of 9 tracks from the first album, and 8 of 11 from the second. Allmusic, noting that the compilation ill-served both committed and casual Gabriel fans, labelled this album "good but useless".
Go Too (1977) is Go's third album. Go was founded by Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood and Michael Shrieve. For this album, Jess Roden replaced Steve Winwood. The style of the music became modified accordingly. In addition, Linda Lewis was hired as a singer. Together with Paul Jackson, Jr. and the orchestra of Martyn Ford the album unified various soundscapes.
Live is the fourth album and the first Live album by the German Jazz rock band Kraan. The album was recorded in the "Quartier Latin" in Berlin in October 1974.
Tournee is the eighth album and the second live album by the German jazz rock band Kraan. It was recorded in four venues between March and November 1979.
Killingsworth is the eighth studio album by The Minus 5, released on Yep Roc Records in 2009. The album was a collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band The Decemberists.
Amigo is a 1976 album by Arlo Guthrie. It is his seventh studio album. The album peaked #133 in the US Billboard 200 charts.
Wiederhören is the sixth album by the German Krautrock band Kraan. It is the first album after the departure of Johannes Pappert from the band.
Andy Nogger is the third album by the German Krautrock band Kraan. It is the last studio album from Kraan's original line up.
Let It Out is the fourth studio album by the German Krautrock band Kraan. It is the first album with Ingo Bischof on keyboards and the last album with saxophonist Johannes Pappert.
Nachtfahrt is the ninth album by the German jazz rock band Kraan.
Everyone You Hold is the 24th studio album by Peter Hammill, released in 1997.
Hammersmith Odeon is a triple album by Frank Zappa, recorded on January 25, 26 & 27, 1978 and February 28, 1978, and released posthumously in 2010 by the Zappa Family Trust. It is the fifth installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts, following the releases of FZ:OZ (2002), Buffalo (2007), Wazoo (2007) and Philly '76 (2009).
Hellmut Hattler is a German jazz and rock bassist and composer. Hattler took much of his early influences from Jimi Hendrix. As a child, he received violin lessons, and in the 1960s, he played guitar. Joining Peter Wolbrandt's band marked the debut of his changeover to the bass. In May 1971, he founded the pop group Kraan with the Wolbrandt brothers Peter and Jan and Johannes Pappert. Kraan's early Krautrock style later developed towards fusion, combining rock, jazz and ethnic elements. Apart from his own projects, Hattler has toured and recorded with many international musicians of various genres including Tina Turner, Billy Cobham, Joachim Kühn, Torsten de Winkel, Alphonse Mouzon, and Nippy Noya.
Peter Wolbrandt, is a German guitarist most known as a founding member, composer, and player for 40 years in the rock and fusion band Kraan. In the latter part of the 1960s together with his younger brother Jan Fride Wolbrandt and fellow student Hellmut Hattler he played in several formations until they founded Kraan. Wolbrandt is featured in almost all the band's tours and recordings. In 1975 and 1982/83 he played in Mani Neumeiers band Guru Guru. During a two-year pause taken by Kraan in the 1970s, he published a solo album. In 1976 he also recorded the group Highdelberg's eponymous experimental album with Ax Genrich, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Hellmut Hattler. In 1980 with Kraan, he composed the film score for the German movie Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen. by author and director Hansjürgen Pohland During a longer Kraan break from 1992 to 2000 he worked as a graphic artist and programmer and founded a company with his brother. On the occasion of their 30-year anniversary, Kraan reformed in the spring of 2000 and continues to play with Wolbrandt.
Consequences is British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill's 33rd solo album, released on his own Fie! Records label in April 2012. As on his previous release, Thin Air, Hammill played all instruments, wrote all the songs and produced the album.
