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Lindwurm were formed in 1972 in Uelzen, in Germany’s Lüneburg Heath, and should not be confused with the later jazz-rock group of the same name from Jork-Moorende. Their music was rough-edged, rehearsal-room progressive rock: direct, unpolished, emotional and far removed from studio perfection.
The story behind Frühjahr ’76: Erinnerungen an Klaus gives the album its special weight. In 1976, the band’s singer and guitarist Klaus Arndt was killed in a motorway accident. Lindwurm disbanded immediately afterwards, and the surviving members released this private LP in his memory, using recordings made with him in the practice room.
Only 100 copies of the original album were pressed, making it one of the rarest and most elusive German progressive rock private pressings of the 1970s. The sound is not polished or commercial; instead, it preserves the band as they were: raw, sincere, guitar-led and full of the energy of musicians playing for themselves rather than for a market.
Musically, the album moves through heavy progressive rock, Krautrock-leaning passages, bluesy guitar work and loose underground jamming. Tracks such as Greenmen, Time and Own Song reveal the band’s melodic and exploratory side, while Lindy’s Blues and Session mit Heinz & Günter show a more open, jam-based character.
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