Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra

Sampler to promote a tour of Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra to Africa, January 6th to February 20th 1979. Organized and sponsored by Goethe-Institut and Radio Deutsche Welle. All tracks previously released from Kriegel's MPS and MOOD records. A1 is from Octember Variations, MPS, recorded Oct.-Nov. 1976. A2 from Topical Harvest, MPS, recorded Dec. 1976. A3 from Inside: Missing Link, MPS, recorded March 1972. B1 from Live im Schützenhaus, United Jazz+Rock Ensemble, MOOD Records 28 600, recorded Jan. 1977. B2 from Topical Harvest, MPS, recorded Dec. 1976. B3 from Inside: Missing Link, MPS, recorded March 1972. Note from the backside: From January 6th to February 20th 1979 the Goethe-Institut or German Cultural Institute and Radio Deutsche Welle will realize their first joint musical venture in Africa. That venture will feature, from the German side, the seven member jazz-rock group headed by the very well-known German Guitarist Volker Kriegel. The groups name: Volker Kriegels Mild Manic Orchestra. The group will perform in Khatroum, Lusaka, Ndola, Mombassa, Lomè, Dars-es-salaam, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Douala, Yaoundé, Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, Accra, Kumasi, Abidjan, Ougadougou, Bamako and Dakar. Everywhere they go, they jam with local musicans.