Amon Düül II, Dance of the Lemmings (side C)

I always think of Amon Düül II from their more structured and trance-y output from the mid-70s, but Dance of the Lemmings (1971) reminded me that the transition from their hippie years was more gradual. The electric instruments are here and occasionally there are bits of drone, but they're combined with a more meandering and unstructured approach than the early Amon Düül albums. Dance of the Lemmings sounds bizarre and slightly primitive, and it generally resembles little else. It comes in a crazy looking gatefold sleeve, but having sides A/D on one album and B/C on another (from the age of stacking turntables) will never fail to annoy me.