Chris Karrer, John Weinzierl, and Renate Knaup surface together in 1969, the earliest credited hands in the scene, and the records that bind them gather around Amon Düül II — the recurring band-presence threading through nearly every name that follows. By 1971 Lothar Meid and Hartmut Enke join the sessions, then 1972 widens the circle to Daniel Fichelscher, Werner Diermaier, Jean-Hervé Peron, Gunther Wüsthoff, Joy Alaska, and Joachim von Grumbkow, with Olaf Kübler and Peter Leopold turning up again and again as recurring players across those dates. Behind the desk and the master tapes, Jürgen Koppers and Peter Kramper recur as engineers binding Karrer, Fichelscher, Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, and Meid, while Henriette Kroetenschwanz, Klaus-Jürgen Schneider, and Jürgen S. Korduletsch are the recurring presences stitching Karrer, Fichelscher, Weinzierl, Meid, and Knaup into one continuous credit. Harald Grosskopf picks up the baton in 1973, carrying the line forward through the decade. In 1980 it reaches Adrian Belew, an outside hand pulling the lineage into a new orbit, before Hans Joachim
The spine, inception to now
1969Chris Karrer
1969John Weinzierl
1969Renate Knaup
1971Lothar Meid
1971Hartmut Enke
1972Daniel Fichelscher
1972Werner Diermaier
1972Jean-Hervé Peron
1972Gunther Wüsthoff
1972Joy Alaska
1972Joachim von Grumbkow
1973Harald Grosskopf
1980Adrian Belew
1996Hans Joachim Irmler
The threads that bind it
Jürgen Koppersengineer — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, Lothar Meid
Peter Kramperengineer — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, Lothar Meid
Peter Leopoldmusician — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, Lothar Meid
Amon Düül IIproducer — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, Lothar Meid
Olaf Küblermusician — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Joy Alaska, Lothar Meid
Henriette Kroetenschwanzmusician — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Lothar Meid, Renate Knaup
Klaus-Jürgen Schneiderengineer — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Lothar Meid, Renate Knaup
Jürgen S. Korduletschproducer — Chris Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, John Weinzierl, Lothar Meid, Renate Knaup