I am very surprised to see that this album has not been adopted into Amon Duul II's discography the way the 1973 Utopia album has been. All the members of 18 Karat Gold have been in Amon Duul II at one time or another, but not all at the same time. Keith Forsey was in AD II in 1973, Lothar Meid was part of the band 1970 through 1973 and both Klaus Ebert and Jorg Evers were in the late 70's version of the band.
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(Review from Crack in the Cosmic Egg, progarchives.com)
An early supergroup borne out of the prolific Munich scene fronted by American-German Klaus Ebert. The idea behind 18 Karat Gold seems to have been to present krautrock in a commercial dilute form to the pop public. Four bright stars of the German kraut/jazz stage were inspired to join into a project for the sheer sound of “easy music”. Highlights include the guitar tune in “Going Home” (which can be considered symphonic); a bit more heavy and instrumental “Goldrush”; even more symphonic in its tempered, but warm sound would be “Star-Eyed”, instead the vocals ease out yet again, while the guitar contrasts with a decent psych-like flavour. This sole album is very much like late 1970s Amon Duul II and indeed features band members who would all work with Amon Duul II at some time or another.
Credits
Bass, Vocals – Lothar Meid
Drums – Keith Forcey
Guitar – Jörg Evers, Klaus Ebert
http://venenosdorock.blogspot.co.il/2011/12/18-karat-gold-all-bumm-1973-german-prog.html
