Emma Myldenberger is surely a group with its own unique sound. Emma Myldenberger’s first album was published in 1978, in the time when Ougenweide had gained a national success with their Walter Van Der Vogelweide-inspired medieval folkrock. EM since 1977 had taken their music to an even further developed degree of challenge, with longer, well worked out, and rather improvisational instrumentals, taking the best of the 'older' music genres into a contemporary folk context that was almost classical (music) in nature.Their unique blend used hobo’s with handpercussion, acoustic guitars, violins and some glockenspiel. It is thanks to this reissue that I had a second appreciation of their first album. I remembered especially how good the second album was, and it seemed I forgot about the greatness of this album. It sounds also much better now with this remastered sound, compared to the inferior copy I had before. Between several well-hanging-together instrumentals, fits well a medieval song from Von Der Vogelweide, interpreted beautifully, with vocal and flute arrangements and a fragile female voice. On "Opus IV" this instrumental piece has parts of something psychedelic and semi-eastern, still embedded in a very structured, classical arrangement. The eighth and officially last track of the LP, "In Meines Vaters Garten" is the second song that has more acoustic guitar leads, in combination with flute, violin and double bass. Luckily with the CD reissue, the album does not end here. The beautiful French traditional "Colchique", subtle folkrock (like early Gryphon a bit) was recorded around the same time but didn't make it to the LP. The following bonus track is similarly styled (which includes crumhorn, flutes,..) and comes from a good quality live recording. The other three tracks from the same concert are happy folkrock, and are less ambitious than the LP, but are surely good to hear and still enjoyable.