Amon Düül II – Hijack

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Label:	Nova (6) – 6.22 056 AO, Nova (6) – 6.22 056 (AS)
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Germany
Released:	1974
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Krautrock, Prog Rock, Glam, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist

A1a	I Can't Wait (Part 1+2) Written-By – Meid*	11:02
A1b	Mirror Written-By – Weinzierl*
A2	Traveller Written-By – Rogner, Weinzierl, Knaup*	4:23
A3	You're Not Alone Written-By – Meid*	6:55
B1	Explode Like A Star Written-By – Karrer*	4:00
B2a	Da Guadeloop Written-By – Meid, Leopold	11:47
B2b	Lonely Woman Written-By – Karrer, Coleman
B3	Liquid Whisper Written-By – Rogner, Leopold, Knaup*	3:24
B4	Archy The Robot Written-By – Karrer*	3:30

Companies, etc.

Made By – TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH

Credits

Accordion, Percussion, Vocals, Producer – Wild Willy
Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Arranged By [Strings] – Lothar Meid
Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar – Peter Leopold
Engineer – David Siddle*
Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Olaf Kübler
French Horn – Ludwig Popp
Guitar – John Weinzierl
Guitar, Violin, Vocals, Tenor Saxophone, Design – Chris Karrer
Keyboards – Thor Baldursson
Painting [Cover] – Patrick v. Spreckelsen*
Percussion [Marschtrommel] – Hermann Jalowitzki
Producer – Amon Düül II
Saxophone – Bobby Jones (2), Rudy Nagora
Strings – Chris Balder
Synthesizer, Photography By – Falk-U. Rogner*
Tape Op – Uwe Schier
Tape Op [Second] – Stephan Briegel*
Trumpet – Bob Chatwin, Lee Harper
Vocals – Renate Knaup

Notes

Original version with yellow label design. Includes an insert.
1st cat on rear cover, 2nd on labels.

On the labels the title appears as 'Hi Jack'.

Running time for A1a is valid for the whole of A1
Running time for B2a is valid for the whole of B2

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): 6.22056 -A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): 6.22056 -B-1
Matrix / Runout (Both sides, stamped): Manufactured In Germany

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Hijack (LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing)	ATCO Records	SD 36-108	US	1974
	Hijack (LP, Album, Promo)	Nova (6), Nova (6)	6.22 056 AO, 6.22 056 (AS)	Germany	1974
	Hijack (LP, Album, Stereo)	ATCO Records	SD 36-108	US	1974
Recently Edited	Hijack (LP, Album, RI)	ATCO Records	SD 36-108	US	1974
Recently Edited	Hijack (LP, Album)	Nova (6), Nova (6), Nova (6)	6.22056 AO, 6.22 056 AO, 6.22 056 (AO)	Germany	1974

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Reviews

jason61 Aug 5, 2022
Surely not their best album, but it contains some good songs. I like La Guadeloop and Liquid Whisper a lot.... also Traveller. On "You´re not alone" Lothar Meid uses words of a David Bowie song. ( ...here I stand foot in hand...)
steffan94 May 9, 2015
Much maligned and splits opinion but I think it's one of their best. Of course it's all about musical tastes and I like most of Amon Dull's stuff but for me their best stuff is their less self indulgent output, including Hijack, Made In Germany and Wolf City.
Opinions are of course just like arseholes....everyone has one! and this is mine...lol
Doc_Smiley Jan 13, 2013
Edited 11 years ago
Being a proud owner of all thing Amon Duul II related, for the longest time this was one of my least favourites. I just got through playing it for the first time in years (the original German vinyl on Nova), and now it's a strong contender to be in my Top 5 by this band. It seems my tastes have become much more tolerant/accepting over the last 40 years. Or perhaps the new phono cartridge is responsible? This album isn't for everyone, in particular fans of their earlier works; Yeti, Wolf City, Carnival In Babylon, Tanz der Lemmings, etc. They might find this a tad difficult to listen to. But who knows?