Triumvirat

It seems we are in accord. Even the title indicates what to expect in a way. Rather than a set that is pre determined like a meal, each song has a different influence and it is like a pick and choose order of songs, hence, A La Carte.

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Inceptional wrote: Hold off on the rocking chair.  I BELIEVE you are right about Hemmings although I don't remember Yes. You might want to lend me the chair though because I now believe I remember 2 more. Hawkwind (doing Master of The Universe) and Strawbs (Hero and Heroin era). I just can't remember if it was TV or a very early video cassette. Help if you can.

I'd like to back up and say it was on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert where I saw Yes, not the Midnight Special. I think the former was where you might have seen at least the Strawbs, eh, sonny!

I only have the 'classic 3', Illusions, Spartacus and Mediterranean Tales, all of them great albums, Illusions being my favourite.

Inceptional wrote: Hi RednightI don't remember too many actual prog bands being broadcast. Rock bands yes but prog was few and far between. I remember seeing Focus and Procol Harum and I think PFM. I also vividly remember a special concert that was broadcast of Rick Wakeman doing the entire Journey LP. It was complete with orchestra and the narrator who was sitting in a big suspended wicker chair reading the narrative. The old movie with Pat Boone was playing on a big screen in the background. Pretty cool as I remember.In line with your billboard memory I also have one. I remember being stunned when a local newscast was using Wall of Doom as lead out music before a commercial for an entire summer. The first time I heard it I could not believe it. Everything was so mainstream on TV back then.  I was floored when I heard it.

Your memories are my memories, although I believe I did see Yes on a Midnight Special once (I have a feeling there's some website on the show's broadcasts that may prove me wrong). As for Rick Wakeman's Journey', it was the late English actor David Hemmings who provided the narration on the recording and, I believe the In Concert special. With the word "believe" being used here, I could be wrong again, but were talking about 40 years ago here. Bring me my rocking chair.

Hi Rednight

I don't remember too many actual prog bands being broadcast. Rock bands yes but prog was few and far between. I remember seeing Focus and Procol Harum and I think PFM. I also vividly remember a special concert that was broadcast of Rick Wakeman doing the entire Journey LP. It was complete with orchestra and the narrator who was sitting in a big suspended wicker chair reading the narrative. The old movie with Pat Boone was playing on a big screen in the background. Pretty cool as I remember.

In line with your billboard memory I also have one. I remember being stunned when a local newscast was using Wall of Doom as lead out music before a commercial for an entire summer. The first time I heard it I could not believe it. Everything was so mainstream on TV back then.  I was floored when I heard it.

That could be a whole new thread: '70's prog acts that were on either ABC's In Concert or NBC's Midnight Special. Anyway, I missed Triuvirat on the former but did actually see a billboard along the freeway leading into Fresno, Calif. during a mid-'70s camping trip to Yosemite that advertised the band's Old Loves Die Hard album.

Hi again. I can tell you for a fact it was just the 11 to 12 minutes you know of as far as the broadcast is concerned. I recorded it at the time and that was all there was. The entire show was 90 minutes and had several other artist. Factor in commercials and just by logic alone there is no way it could run even close to 40 minutes. Cool and the Gang and several other commercial artist were on the same show. They make mention of the other artist at the end of my recording. Even though I only have the audio I still remember the show quite well. I could swear it was filmed on ABC's stage with the In Concert  logo behind the drums.

Normally I am not into boots at all. The only reason I brought this whole thing up is because I saw the thread about the show being lost and I could not find anything else about it until I stumbled onto this site. Triumvirat was always one of my favorite bands and not much prog rock made it onto television back in the 70's. That was why I recorded it. I was not aware of other Triumvirat boot recordings until you told me. I only collect official releases except for a few rare occasions.

Thanks again. I bothered you enough. I'll wait to hear your new response on A La Carte. Also, if you listed hard enough, there are some classic Triumvirat elements still present on Carte. Russian Roulette on the other hand is totally commercial. To restrain Fritz to that degree was difficult for me to endure. However, still better pop music then most though.

Inceptional wrote: Thank you for the welcome and the quick reply. Your answer is pretty much what I expected. I don't know how old you are but because of my age and background, I might be able to shed some light on the ABC In Concert broadcast.  You mentioned you have heard a fragmented version of the show running about 12 minutes. The entire broadcast ran 11:08. The annoucer starts off "From theGerman school of progressive music". I was always under the impression that this was the entire performance, just for ABC. It was a share the stage kinda thing with other artist much like Midnight Special.  I guess I was wrong if you are indicating this was only a portion of a full concert. Please verify if you can. The quality is TV of the day so it is poor by audiophile standards. Which brings up a sore point with me about reissues with very poor quality bonus cuts or any bonus cuts at all. I much prefer an album be presented as originally intended. It is like putting a moustache on the Mona Lisa. The Van Der Graaf reissues come to mind in particular. (Off topic-sorry). Anyway, you are welcome to a copy if you would like one for free. I used to be a keyboard player (of no fame at all) back in the day so I am used to not making money with music. At least not very much. We actually used to play an excerpt from Dimple in the local nightclubs. One last thing. I found you comments about the last 2 Rat albums very interesting. I too find some merit in them albeit of a more commercial nature. They almost appeared to be looking for a hit record by impersonation on Ala Carte." Late Again" sounds like Billy Joel while" I Don't Even Know Their Name" sounds like Toto. The craziest of all is" Darlin'" which sounds exactly like The Four Seasons. Listen to those songs with that in mind and give me your take. I personally like" Waterfall and A Bavarian In New York" the best. Anyway, thank you again. Very nice place here indeed. All the best.

There is a PA  member  with the username of TODDLER who claims that he saw the In Concert performance, and that it ran for 40 minutes. I have not seen audio or video of that to verify, though. I did e-mail the host of In Concert at that time, Don E. Branker, and he said the tape of that concert  was thrown out, and nothing extant exists to verify the length, except for the existing bootleg excerpt which is 12:02 exactly. That is cool that you were a keyboard player, and doing some of Dimple! I would love a copy of what you have. I will relisten to those tracks from A La Carte.

Spartacus!