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  Amon Düül II - Meetings With Menmachines Inglorious Heroes Of The Past [JAMS 27 UK 1983 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] I've been keen to re-rip this one for a while. My first attempt back in April 2021 was from a dirty record, after a damn good clean, I now present those Inglorious Heroes in 176.4kHz. This hybrid of the original German acid-rockers featured former British & German members of the krautrock band, Hawkwind, and Van Der Graaf Generator. Amon Duul (UK) released two very different albums as Amon Düül II on classy (I am not referring to the pressing quality) London independent Illuminated Records in the early-mid eighties when the original band were defunct. It should come of no surprise that most fans of the original Amon Düül detest this record - some reviews were not kind, and for that very reason I would hazard a guess that many other would find much to like about it. Meetings with Menmachines ... reveals a shift to more basic song structures, the use of eighties synth...

  Amon Düül II - Meetings With Menmachines Inglorious Heroes Of The Past [JAMS 27 UK 1983 24-Bit FLAC] This hybrid of the original German acid-rockers featured former British members of the German band, Hawkwind, and Van Der Graaf Generator ...that should be enough to put off most regulars to these pages. Amon Duul (UK) released two very different albums as Amon Düül II on classy (I am not referring to the pressing quality) London independent Illuminated Records in the early-mid eighties when the original band were defunct. It should come of no surprise that most fans of the original Amon Düül detest this record - some reviews were not kind, and for that very reason I would hazard a guess that many other would find much to like about it. Meetings with Menmachines.. . reveals a shift to more basic song structures, the use of eighties synths such as emulators and the sweet sweet voice of Julie Waring (also working with Normil Hawaiians around the same time). Everything still ha...