Colour Green, the one and only release from German underground folk denizen Sibylle Baier, has been around since the early '70s, albeit in her closet. Recorded on reel-to-reel in her home between 1970-1973, the budding actress, seamstress, writer, mother, and singer/songwriter chose family over fame, and it wasn't until the tapes landed in the hands of Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis that they began their ascent into the world that they so eloquently describe. A wistful rendering of Vashti Bunyan, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, Baier's conversational voice can be both tragic and comforting, turning the simplest task ("Driving") into a sepia-toned snapshot of longing. Each track is like a field recording of the highest quality, with every whisper of the locale present, yet unintelligible. Like Anne Briggs with a guitar or Nico without all of the junkie baggage, Baier, who would silently haul out the tape machine and press record late at night when her family was asleep, conveys the purest of intimacies with the kind of confidence only secrecy can afford. From the opening cut, when she sings "tonight when I came home from work/there he, unforeseen sat in my kitchen," the listener can't help but be transported behind the soft closed eyes that grace Colour Green's basement-scavenged, yellowing cover.

(by James Christopher Monger , All Music Guide)

Sibylle Baier - An un-crowned queen of the 70's underground folk scene – Nico meets a female Jim Croche.

Sibylle's Music is simply amazing in its intimacy and closeness. Recorded in the late 70's on her home reel to reel recording device, the songs on "Colour Green" are intimate portraits of life's sad and fragile beauty. Her music has appeared in Wim Wenders' Film "Alice in den Städten"(Alice in the Cities) and in the film "Umarmungen und andere Sachen" (Embraces), by Jochen Richter.

Sibylle started playing guitar and piano as a young girl, and through the years enjoyed german folk songs, english and french ballads, George Brassens, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, as well as classical music, especially Brahms and Bach.

In a particularly dark and moody period of her life, a friend of Sibylle’s dragged her out from under the bed and took her on a road trip to Strasbourg ending up across the Alps in Genoa. Upon the return of this trip Sibylle felt her sprits renewed and set out to write the song “Remember the Day” grateful for being alive. It was the first song she ever wrote.

In the late 60's and early 70's my mother Sibylle Baier slowly moved away from her career as an actress and songwriter to raise a family. A gifted musician, painter and seamstress, Sibylle is a fountain of expression, a deep thinker, a philosopher and writer. Living in Stuttgart, Germany with her two kids and husband, an accomplished screenwriter, their circle of friends included a colorful mix of eccentrics, artist, philosophers, dancers, royalty, musicians, neighbors and hobos. Sibylle, the talented beauty, was at the heart of that circle.

A student of religions and philosophy, her songs search for life's meaning as well as reflect the struggles of a mother, wife, lover and friend. Her unusual harmonic changes and beautiful meandering melodies take you on a special journey through the landscapes of her life, "through the hills (marked by apple trees)", "to the top of the empire state" and into his car, "a place where she's been happy". It just occurred to me that she, a German, wrote all these songs in english while living in Germany and it is interesting that our family ended up living in the US, in the beautiful Berkshire hills, “marked by apple trees”.
Colour Green is a gem of an album that will blow your mind. You will ask yourself how it is possible you have never heard this before? Sibylle is a star who chose to shine for her friends and family instead of the whole world. With the release of this CD I hope to finally share the full radiance of her power with all of you.

(Robby Baier, gefunden bei soultube.com)