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I have to think ECM didn't release "Spanish Bitch" because someone at the company objected to the title...

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Could be the case, though they could have simply insisted on changing the album’s title. Good record, curious history.

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Miles Davis released "Bitches Brew" a year later and clearly no one at Columbia either objected or cared about what it was called. But Columbia was an American label and ECM is not, so...

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True. And, you know, 'Spanish Bitch' seems a little more 'in your face' than Miles' more psychedelic title.

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Mal Waldron played with members of Amon Duul 2? What a revelation. I loved that German band in the way only a Creem writer could circa 1974. I know I reviewed one of these albums. I’ve got to find this!

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I would so love to read that, Wayne. Whenever I go poking around in ‘70s German rock and experimental music I seem to find some new avenue to explore.

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If I find it, I’ll send it, Marshall. I know you like that Creem stuff. And in 1975, one of the last issues I edited, Lester did the cover story on Kraftwerk. Coherent and visionary story.

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