Think (Germany) - Variety, 1973 [2002, GoD]

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg

A chance here to correct the misleading mythology of Think, as included in the Little Wing press release, and adapted in our original book entry...

Think originated from Marl (north of the Essen conurbation) and were actually formed by Friedhelm Wördehoff (drummer in Essen beat bands since the mid-1960's), two Hungarians (whose parents had fled to Germany in the late-1950's) and the cream of the crop of local talent from the bands: Pohl's Tractor and Tiffany Shade. The Hungarian Ramor brothers found another "Eastern" compatriot in Czech Ludovich Sandrik who had also been playing with the Philharmonia Hungarica.

Prolific on the local live scene, the producer of Menga aided them with the release of their album VARIETY, quite an exceptional release, one that fused together radically different cultures into a complex progressive rock featuring flute, violin and guitars in a richly folk and classical intoned style, hinting at many other bands (I quoted Pell Mell and Eden originally, yet I can also see common elements with Sahara, Seedog, and such-like) yet original with an eclectic song style, rich almost symphonic instrumentation, and a strangely atmospheric beauty.

In 1974 Think became associated with Moondog, performing renditions of his strange "classical" music, they also played some prestigious gigs, but would seem to have split shortly after. A reformation was attempted, but nothing came of that. Later, Ricky Ramor and Frank Voigt went to Join In.