Birth Control with Kraan and Epitaph

German jazz-rock band formed in Ulm in 1967. Kraan fused psychedelia, funk-rock and exotic rhythms on albums like Kraan, Wintrup and Andy Nogger. Their 1974 Kraan Live won Sounds poll awards for Best Live Act and Best Album.

Epitaph were a German rock band formed in Dortmund in 1969 by British vocalist/guitarist Cliff Jackson and James McGillivray with bassist Bernd Kolbe. Signed to Polydor, they made post-psych prog LPs Epitaph (1971) and Stop, Look & Listen (1972), later shifting to hard rock; their acclaimed Outside the Law (1974) was recorded in Chicago. They revived in 1979 with Return to Reality and later issued Danger Man (1982).

German progressive hard rock pioneers Birth Control formed in West Berlin in 1966. Known for dynamic live shows and provocative album art, they fuse Krautrock with heavy psychedelic blues-rock. "Gamma Ray" is a cult classic. Their notable album "Open Up" charted in Germany, and "Hoodoo Man" sold over 300,000 copies.