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Kayak II

Original vinyl album:

Alibi (Scherpenzeel) - 3:39
Wintertime (Van Leeuwen/Koopman) - 2:51
Mountain Too Rough (Scherpenzeel) - 3:57
They Get To Know Me (Van Leeuwen/Koopman) - 9:18
Serenades (Koopman/Scherpenzeel) - 3:33
Woe And Alas (Scherpenzeel) - 3:01
Mireille (Instr.) (Koopman) - 2:13
Trust In The Machine (Van Leeuwen/Koopman) - 6:06
His Master's Noise (Koopman/Scherpenzeel/Van Leeuwen) - 1:45

CD:

10. "We Are Not Amused" (Koopman/Scherpenzeel)- 3:01

First release: 1974, EMI Bovema CD release: 1995, Pseudonym Records

Kayak

Ton Scherpenzeel — keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
Pim Koopman — drums, backing and lead (9) vocals, percussion, marimba
Max Werner — lead vocals (all but 9), percussion, Mellotron
Cees van Leeuwen — bass, harmonica
Johan Slager — guitars, backing vocals

Recorded at Intertone EMI Studios, Heemstede Holland 1973-1974 engineer Pierre Geoffroy Chateau

Mixing engineer John Leckie

Produced by Gerrit-Jan Leenders & Kayak

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Original cover design. The original title of the album would have been His Master's Noise, but EMI veto'ed that. The band then opted for a self titled album, or 'II' as it is usuallly called.

Billboard magazine article on signed deal between EMI and Kayak.

Advertisement in music paper 'Oor. It is an inside joke: pictured on the cartoon made by Ton Scherpenzeel is Intertone studio director Ger Hali.

Kayak miming 'Wintertime' in the TopPop tv studio.

Promo poster, 1974.

Almost equal billing for Queen and Kayak in 1974.

Another remarkable advertisement for Kayak II.

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