One of my favourite albums in the 70´s. Saw them live 1976 in Ludwigshafen, Germany as opening act of Wishbone Ash. My first concert when I was 15 years old.
Unfairly forgotten band, they were German but sounded like the very best American AOR bands. Great sense of melody, fantastic rhythm section and superb keyboard
I heard this song for the first time in the '76 to '77 time-frame. It was in the early fall. I was just starting high-school in Alabama. Yes, Boston / Kansas / Styx / Heart / LRB / Chicago were among the mainstays of that time, but this song floored me. 1/3 of a century later, and I still feel young when I hear it. Though "Key" did "place" on the charts, too bad it didn't take off. They certainly gave it a go. Glad to see that Lake still has their RIGHTEOUS following, here on RU-vid.
The definite band from Germany. At the time they did their first 2 albums we were going crazy as it was 100% what we loved. Covering LAKE songs by the dozen :-) Even taking miserable live recordings from the radio. Ah, those times!
They fell under my radar until I found one of those seventies records at a market, remember when you bought albums because the artwork somekindaways talked to you. Recently a friend of mine went into the virtual world and replaced all of his vinyls to me. And among 240 lp's there were 4 more Lake ones, 77 to 81. Killer sound and music although his records have to go to the bathroom.
My very first concert, by a professional band.....In Villingen-Schwenningen "Messehalle B". My uncle had to drive us there. I won the ticket on the radio "SWF3"..... Wonderful memories!
This is off of Lake's self titled debut album. You can get it at Barnes and Noble. It's available with their 3rd album, Paradise Island as a double CD.
Pouco conhecida aqui no BRASIL...Acho fantástica , musicas maravilhosas ..Comprei este LP em uma loja que só vendia LP importados....Não tenho conhecimento de outros discos dessa Banda.
Da werden alte Erinnerungen wach. Das war mein erstes Live-Konzert, da war ich 13 und mein alter Herr hat mich hingefahren und wieder abgeholt und die Otto-Berndt-Halle hat nachdem Gig ausgeshen wie Sau.......So eine Musik gibt´s heute nicht mehr
Joohoo! Habe auch fast alle auf Vinyl auf Flohmärkten zusammengesammelt. LAKE ist "The Best German" werde die Platten niemals verscheuern! Dieses Lied birgt soviele Erinnerungen! und Time Bomb. Ich hatte das Glück, James Hopkins kurz vor seinem Tod im Pumpwerk in WHV live erleben zu dürfen (ist lange her...)! Gruss aus Friesland
Moinsen aus dem Raum Kiel! Ich glücklicher hab alle Lake Scheiben von damals noch auf Vinyl... Die Platten laufen immer noch auf der Anlage von damals! Gut dass ich die Sachen nie weg gegeben habe :-) LG aus dem Norden
Tanx to a facebookgroup I found this song again after 35 years (!). I just remembered the name of the band; Lake. Really grateful to the person who helped me to find it again:)
@Bremer62 Neee...leider nicht..ich Vollldepp hab´meine ganzen Platten, zusammen mit meinem guten, alten Thorens Plattenspieler, an einen Koreaner verkauft, der mit Sicherheit nicht weiß, was er da für Schätzchen erstanden hat. Allerdings bin ich ich mit der "Greatest Hits"-CD, wo alles Wichtige drauf ist sehr zufrieden :-)
I first heard these guys in my drummers garage after we got done rehearsing. Right away I knew I had a lot of practicing to do. Does anyone know which album this originally came off of? There were a ton of great tunes including "Time Bomb" on it and I cannot find it anywhere.
I found a cassette player in my attic, (I’m 13) end. It has a lake, cassette thingy, and it has this as the first song, but the saying, sounds distorted, how to fix.
@MrBruno0564 Moin,Tja mir gings besser war damals ne CD verweigerer.Fand Vinyl schon immer besser,aber wer Platten verleiht und nicht wiederbekommt hat selber schuld ich Depp.Dadurch ging eine Freundschaft in die Brüche.Eigentlich schade aber Shit Happens.Wünsch dir ne sonniges Wochenende
