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Triumvirat
Triumvirat was a West German progressive rock band from Cologne in then- West Germany. They became, during the 1970s, a key figure in Eurock, the progressive rock of continental Europe whose German variant is called krautrock. The name Triumvirat comes from the Latin word ''triumvirate'', which refers to a group of three powerful individuals. Members of the original band were Hans-Jürgen Fritz (aka Jürgen Fritz) on keyboards, Werner Frangenberg on bass and vocals, and drummer-percussionist-lyricist Hans Bathelt. However, that line-up would be in a constant state of flux over the band's career, with each album featuring at least one different member. The band was often criticized for the similarity of their sound to British band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, something that band members may have had in mind when they wrote the song "Lucky Girl" for their ''Illusions on a Double Dimple'' album, perhaps in response to one of ELP's greatest hits " Lucky Man". History Beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Köllen
Helmut Köllen (2 March 1950 – 3 May 1977) was a German bass and guitar player as well as a singer for the band Triumvirat. Career Early years Early in his musical career, Helmut Köllen gained experience in various local bands in Cologne, Germany."Helmut...played part-time in various Cologne bands." – H. Bathelt. → In the seventies, he became the bassist and vocalist for the progressive rock band Triumvirat Triumvirat was a West German progressive rock band from Cologne in then- West Germany. They became, during the 1970s, a key figure in Eurock, the progressive rock of continental Europe whose German variant is called krautrock. The name Triumvi ..., after replacing Hans-Georg Pape (who had just got married) the band's previous bass player, who left the group before the completion of one of their most successful albums, ''Illusions on a Double Dimple. ''After the release of that album in 1974, Triumvirat with Helmut Köllen then embarked on a tour around the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Palmer (British Singer)
Barry Palmer (born 1958) is an English singer. He was a replacement for singer Helmut Köllen in the German band Triumvirat in 1976, and appeared on the albums '' Old Loves Die Hard'' and ''Pompeii'' in 1977. He later joined Mike Oldfield on his ''Discovery'' album in 1984, sharing vocals with Maggie Reilly. He has also released two solo albums. Biography and career Born in Worcestershire, England, Palmer began his singing career in the early 1970s when he joined Scarborough-based band Brave New World as their lead singer. Brave New World were a five-piece band who played all their own original material but were also influenced by bands such as Family, Fairport Convention and Wishbone Ash. After Brave New World disbanded in 1972/73, Palmer pursued a solo singing career and released his first single titled "Always". This was quickly followed up with the release of a second single titled "Getaway" in 1974, which was influenced by the style of T. Rex. In 1974, Palmer sang lead an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illusions On A Double Dimple
''Illusions on a Double Dimple'' is the second album by the German progrock group Triumvirat. It was a breakthrough for the band, which started to open shows in a U.S. tour for Fleetwood Mac. Triumvirat played the album in its entirety, and the tour resulted in increased popularity for the band in a number of countries. Triumvirat's popularity increased with their next release, ''Spartacus''. Track listing #"Illusions on a Double Dimple" – 23:25 #*"Flashback" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 0:57 #*"Schooldays" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 3:22 #*"Triangle" (Fritz) – 6:53 #*"Illusions" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 1:42 #*"Dimplicity" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 5:37 #*"Last Dance" (Fritz) – 4:53 #"Mister Ten Percent" – 21:33 #*"Maze" (Fritz) – 3:03 #*"Dawning" (Fritz) – 1:02 #*"Bad Deal" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 1:40 #*"Roundabout" (Fritz) – 5:49 #*"Lucky Girl" (Köllen, Bathelt) – 5:14 #*"Million Dollars" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 4:42 Bonus Tracks (released together as a single): #"Dancer's Delight" – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Loves Die Hard
''Old Loves Die Hard'' is the fourth album by German progressive rock group Triumvirat. It was their first recording as a four-piece band, with British singer Barry Palmer and German bassist Werner Frangenberg replacing their previous singer-bassist Helmut Köllen. It was also their last album with original drummer and lyricist Hans Bathelt. The album was released in the United States and some other markets with a different cover from the European and compact disc editions. It features a cornered rat seen through a magnifying glass. Track listing #"I Believe" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 7:51 #"A Day in a Life" (Fritz) – 8:09 #*"Uranus' Dawn" – 2:57 #*"Pisces at Noon" – 3:51 #*"Panorama Dusk" – 1:21 #"The History of Mystery" (Fritz, Bathelt, Palmer) – 11:49 #"A Cold Old Worried Lady" (Fritz, Palmer) – 5:50 #"Panic on Fifth Avenue" (Fritz) – 10:31 #"Old Loves Die Hard" (Fritz) – 4:26 Bonus Track #"Take a Break Today" (Single) – 3:47 Personnel *Jürgen Fritz Jürgen F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartacus (Triumvirat Album)
''Spartacus'' is the third album by the German group Triumvirat. It is a concept album based on Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator who led the 3rd slave uprising in 73–71 BC. The lyrics were written by Hans Bathelt, with contributions by Jürgen Fritz. It was originally released in 1975 on the EMI label, and later distributed in the U.S. by Capitol. It debuted at number 27 on the ''Billboard'' album charts. After this album, Helmut Köllen left the band to start a solo career. Two years later, he died of carbon monoxide poisoning when he was in his car, in the garage, listening to his own compositions on the car's cassette player. The album was digitally re-mastered and released in CD form in 2002 by EMI. The re-mastered version included two additional tracks: a live version of "The Capital of Power" and a previously unreleased song called "Showstopper". Track listing #"The Capital of Power" (Fritz) – 3:13 #"The School of Instant Pain" – 6:22 #* "Proclamation" (Frit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Tales
''Mediterranean Tales (Across the Waters)'' is the debut album of German progressive rock group Triumvirat. Track listing Personnel *Jürgen Fritz Jürgen Fritz (born March 12, 1953 in Köln Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabi ... – Hammond B3 organ, electric piano, Grand piano, Moog synthesizer, vocals on ''Eleven Kids'', vocals & chorus on ''Broken Mirror'' * Hans-Georg Pape – bass, lead vocals, except on ''Eleven kids'', vocals & chorus on ''Broken Mirror'' * Hans Bathelt – drums, percussion, words & lyrics References {{Authority control 1972 debut albums Triumvirat albums Harvest Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Cress
Curtis Cress (born 11 August 1952), known by his stage name Curt Cress, is a German musician, singer and songwriter. Life and work Curt Cress began his career in 1965 in Hanau with the band Load. Later also in Hanau he played with the bands Inspiration Six and most recently in 1969 Orange Peel, which was officially disbanded again the very next year, but comes together for occasional appearances. He has taken part in about 12,000 published recordings sold on at least 400 million records. He worked as a member of several bands including Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Atlantis, Spliff, Milli Vanilli and Snowball, Curt Cress Clan, and as a guest on numerous studio recordings and live performances with German and international artists, e.g. Falco, Peter Maffay, Rick Springfield, Saga and Tina Turner. In 1977, he replaced original drummer and cofounder Hans Bathelt in the german band Triumvirat, for their album '' Pompeii'', but because of temporary legal quarrels between the key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Bathelt
Hans Bathelt is a German drummer, percussionist and lyricist who played with the German progressive rock band Triumvirat between 1970 and 1976. He left because of musical differences between him and the keyboardist Hans Jürgen Fritz, the record company wanted some more commercial music, Fritz gave them what they wanted so the drummer left Discography Studio albums *''Mediterranean Tales'' (1972) *''Illusions on a Double Dimple'' (1974) U.S. #55Billboard Allmusic *''Spartacus'' (1975) U.S. #27 *''Old Loves Die Hard ''Old Loves Die Hard'' is the fourth album by German progressive rock group Triumvirat. It was their first recording as a four-piece band, with British singer Barry Palmer and German bassist Werner Frangenberg replacing their previous singer-bassi ...'' (1976) U.S. #85 Collaboration * 1977 : ''You won't see me'' from Helmut Köllen. - Text for the song ''The Story Of Life'', album was played & produced by keyboardist Hans-Jürgen Fritz. * 1984 : ''Gladbacher Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar, producer) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US, and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson's flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).Lake says almost dismissively, "It used to be a thing where as a balance to the record I would write an acoustic song." Lake's ballads, the least typical aspect of ELP's music, often garnered the band their greatest airplay and widest public exposure. The band came to prominence followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvest Records
Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969. History Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, and the independent Island label. Harvest was initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones, and was distributed in North America by EMI's US affiliate, Capitol Records. They were the European licensee for the American label Blue Thumb Records from 1969 to 1971. In the 1970s, the label primarily released progressive rock recordings by British acts including Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, The Move, Roy Wood, Barclay James Harvest, Be Bop Deluxe and Deep Purple. Most acts on the Harvest roster were British; two notable exceptions were Australian progressive band Spectrum (whose first two LPs were issued on Harvest) and Spectrum's successor Ariel, whose first two LPs also came out on the label. The Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonic Rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its " progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of " art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing. Progressive rock is based on fusions of styles, approaches and genres, involving a continuous move between formalism and eclecticism. Due to its historical reception, the scope of progressi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing. Progressive rock is based on fusions of styles, approaches and genres, involving a continuous move between formalism and eclecticism. Due to its historical reception, the scope of prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
