In 1970, near Zurich, 20 teenagers founded the chorus les Amis. The chorus sung gospels and quickly became quite successful, garnering a following via its many live performances throughout Switzerland. Some of the members of les Amis grew tired of the chorus and began working on a project of their own: a progressive rock band, Alpha to Omega. Alpha to Omega recorded and performed over the next five years, with a chorus that grew at times to include over 100 members. Work on the band's debut album, the concept rock opera A Life, gradually appropriated much of its time and performances became rare, causing one after another of Alpha to Omega's members to exit the band. When recording was finally complete, the band had been whittled down to only one member: Fredy Baumann. He decided to spend all his money on a pressing of 600 records, one of which found its way to the only Swiss radio station in existence at the time, Radio Beromunster. As it so happened, at the very same time, the Swiss government had sponsored and released a rock opera of its own, and A Life was not simply favorably compared to that project, but was instead declared far better by the station. Within days, Radio Beromunster received bags full of fan letters concerning Alpha to Omega, and the small pressing of records sold out in mere days. More records were not pressed due to an odd occurrence. An agent of Cat Stevens had heard the airplay being given to A Life. Impressed and intrigued by the story and music, he attempted to buy the entire rights to the story from the band. The band was unwilling to sell, so the words and music were slightly changed, and, six months later, the "Alpha to Omega" project was released in England "by" Cat Stevens, with additional help and appearances from Elton John and other notable recording artists. A similar "Alpha to Omega" project was released in Australia. Black Rills Records officially reissued A Life in 1997. Many of the former members of Alpha to Omega re-formed in 1997 and began playing as Mu, recording new songs in a style similar to their former outfit. Line-up / Musicians Fredy Baumann/Vocals Fritz Beerstecher/Vocals Priska Weidmann/Vocals Erica Laederach/Vocals Pierre Laederach/Piano J.C. Laederach/Flute,Vocals Peter Ohno/Guitar,Vocals Werner Homberger/Guitar Jurg Gallo/Bass Renaud Suter/Drums Rene Liniger/Drums Discography(Album) A Life 1977
1.Alpha 2.Easygoing Childhood 3.The Grey City 4.The First Day At School 5.The Tiny Difference 6.King Michael 7. One Thousand Arms 8.The Woman 9.I'm In Love With Life 10.Happy Time 11. The Breakdown 12.And He Doesn't Know What The Preacher Says 13.Awakening 14.The Rich Man, Yet So Poor 15.Temptation 16.Guilt 17.My Friend Death 18.Omega
