[1] Their musical idols were Rick Wakeman (his solo albums), King Crimson and Genesis from the Peter Gabriel era.

Wakeman's albums The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Centre of the Earth (epic pieces) particularly impressed them.

The strong impression Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth left on Neuroth and Mayer prompted them to compose a long piece of instrumental music as well, and they subsequently worked on the musical adaptation of the famous Lewis Carroll novel Alice in Wonderland.

[4] In 1975, Neuschwanstein performed it to win a band competition at the Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken; the audience was enchanted by the orchestral and melodic richness of their arrangement.

"In the new cast, Neuschwanstein not only honed their music but also devised an elaborate stage decoration as well as complex visual effects with masks and costumes, similar to those used by Genesis in Peter Gabriel's time.

Even slides were projected at the back of the stage, with Limpert, and later Weiler, reciting the song sequences, interspersed with illustrations of the story.

[2] In 1975, two new members joined the band: Rainer Zimmer, replacing Uli Limpert on bass, and Roger Weiler, who took over for Udo Redlich on guitar.

[3][6] Despite the largely positive reviews, Thomas Neuroth later commented: "Alice in Wonderland is heart and soul, enthusiasm, charm and ambition.

[8][2] On 18 November 2022, after 46 years, a re-release was released on the Explore Rights Management label (a sub-label of Cherry Red Records).

The first attempts were not satisfactory, but then with a new AI-controlled software, AudioShake,[10] it was possible to remove the narration completely without damaging the background tracks.

However, some of the Mad Hatter's outbursts were borrowed from other chapters to match the number of theatrically sung passages to the music.