After Monster Movie and an LP compilation of soundtracks, the actual second album by the Cologne avant-garde rock band Can, consisting of Irmin Schmidt (keyb), Michael Karoli (g), Holger Czukay (b) and Jaki Liebezeit (dr), was released in February 1971. Singer Damo Suzuki replaced Malcolm Mooney, who left the band due to mental health issues. Tago Mago, named after a Mediterranean island near Ibiza, was released as a double album by United Artists Records and even reached number 38 in the German LP charts in the autumn of 71! And yet the music was anything but easy listening. On the contrary, what was offered on the four sides of the records was something that had never been heard before.

Experimental and avant-garde: drums providing a monotonous, metronome-like rhythm for a stoically rumbling bass, weirdly distorted guitars and lulling organ sounds in the background. Add to that a strange singer who doesn't sing, but breathes, talks, stutters and screams incomprehensible stuff into the microphone. The congenial cover design by Ulrich Eichberger also perfectly visualises the experimental and hypnotic sound of the album. With Tago Mago, Can created one of the most influential and important albums in rock history. The original German pressing of this musical work of art is therefore sought after worldwide.