Named after a famous character from a novel by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, the short-lived German band Dorian Gray recorded their first and only album in March 1976 and then disappeared from the scene. A fate that was shared by quite a few German bands at the time. The five musicians, all from Meinerzhagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, were the singer Claudia Schippel, the guitarist and singer Filler Mueschenborn, Rüdiger Brune on keyboards, the bassist Herbert Jassmann and Kurt Paetzold on drums.

This unknown, non-professional quintet created a progressive Krautrock sound with punk influences and lovely, sweet female vocals. Dominant, heavy guitar riffs, subtle synthesiser sounds and a groovy bass line, underpinned by the driving rhythm of the drums, created a rather unusual sound blending 1960s psychedelia with elements of the burgeoning punk scene. Their self-produced and self-financed LP Idahaho Transfer was released in 1976 with nothing more than a plain white cover and a text insert on the small, obscure label New Blood, known for rare records in very limited editions. The reported print run of just 200 copies is likely the reason why it is one of the rarest and most valuable Krautrock albums and an expensive collector’s rarity.