The obscure band Hvide Sande, named after a port town on the west coast of Denmark, originated in Wienhausen near Celle in Lower Saxony and was founded in the mid-1970s. They played hard-hitting garage rock with psychedelic influences and folk elements. After various regional live performances over the years, the desire to release their own recording grew. At the time of recording their first album, the band consisted of Ralf Backhausen (g, b), Christoph Fricke (voc), Ralf Michaelis (g), Ole Gerke (b) and Michael Otto (dr). The recording sessions took place sporadically from autumn 1978 to summer 1979 in a boiler room, equipped only with microphones and a multi-channel mixing console. The tapes were then mixed and produced at the Burghardt & Sohn recording studio. The debut album Sperenzchen was released at the end of 1979 as a private pressing on their own label in a limited edition of only 200 copies, which were sold at concerts. The band split up soon afterwards due to acute financial difficulties. Hvide Sande's first and only LP is considered one of the greatest Krautrock rarities and is now impossible to find due to its minimal print run.