Best Triumvirat songs ever!

Fright Pig wrote: On a somewhat related topic, Triumvirat themes and passages have been sampled and used in a number of contemporary songs and tracks....mostly in Rap. I pretty much doubt that these Rap artists have stumbled upon them while working through a mountain of second hand vinyl. I wonder if the record companies who own the rights to the Triumvirat masters market them to entities who like to throw retro passages on their records and build beats around them.Example #1-Sam The Kid: (4:44 on) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-2yB-U3Y8IExample #2-G-Unit: From the Top: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4mXWdJHvBcExample #3-Scarface: From the top-same riff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DGrJSx7OIM According to whosampled.com, Triumvirat has been sampled and used at least 15 times: http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Triumvirat/Any thoughts?

You know, that is interesting, and it hadn't really occurred to me, before. I can't listen to audio or video clips on my PC because i am on old dail up internet access, but visited whosampled.com, and saw their list of artists and songs with year of release that sampled Triumvirat and what Triumvirat album song was used, and what portion of that song, right down to the minutes used. I wonder if EMI Cologne knows about all of this? It would be interesting to know.

Yeah, Tom, what the F lol?!?! You got rid of them, or cashed them in or something lol?! Track those babies down!

Some wonderful proggy gold over all those albums! And if I come across an LP copy of `Pompeii' to replace the battered cover of my current copy, I'll pass that onto you!

I find some of the vocals on `Medi' a bit wretched, but the album itself is so good! Urh, I hate the vocal bit in `Eleven Kids', you know....`Thought I loved you like I did...' or something!

Too much of  =

stegor wrote: I really like the sound of Illusions. The drums have an unusual doubled/gated effect that's really effective without being annoying.

I really liked "March to the City" from Spartacus, and "I Believe" from Old Loves Die Hard

That is cool that CHUM played it! I remember the German vinyl of Old Loves with the old style German writing on it.(And a tiny mouse looking at everything on the front cover) Then the inferior North American pressing with the mouse under the magnifying glass cover. Have always loved that photo of Jurgen Fritz from the Old Loves inner sleeve.

"Across the Waters" it was, they thought it Mozartesque

Just got Old Loves Die Hard ( thanks Doug)

I have so far had the privilege of listening to only one Triumvirat album- "Illusions On A Double Dimple"
So, current favourite is the title song. But it was quite difficult chosing among the two songs from this excellent album.
Feeling great to have discovered Triumvirat
Thanks Progarchives

Edited by addictedtoprog - October 13 2014 at 14:39

presdoug wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Damn...so that album is missing in action....and the world missed out on some killer live shows Doug, do you know of any official (or even unofficial) videos of live footage of the band? Probably no DVD's, that's for sure. There is nothing on DVD. The only videos i have ever seen are on youtube-two from the Pompeii album that were filmed in Germany in 1978-an excerpt from "The Hymm" and also "Dance On The Vulcano". Also, there is a Swiss tv performance of "Waterfall" from the A La Carte album, and looks like it was done in '78, as well.(Jurgen Fritz is singing and playing piano on that one, but in the sound, it is Barry Palmer's voice)      During Triumvirat's 1974 tour supporting Fleetwood Mac, a show was filmed and presented in January, 1975 on ABC's "In Concert" program-the complete two suites from the Illusions album were done. Unfortunately, that video was thrown out, according to Don E. Branker, whom i contacted, who was the show's host at that time. In Germany, in 1976, there was a film done of band interviews and music from Triumvirat's Old Loves Die Hard album on a tv program called Bios Banhof Music. It has never been re-broadcast, as far as i know. Also done was a German tv film of the single "Party Life" from their last album Russian Roulette.     Also should mention that in June of 1999, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, there were some concerts filmed that were in part a tribute to Triumvirat, with singer Barry Palmer backed by the Par Lindh Project and Alaska. They were available on a limited edition VHS set, but are long gone, now. Palmer sang music from Spartacus and Old Loves Die Hard.

The ABC footage is not of the two complete suites but is only 11:08 long, fitting just some of the first Illusions suite in there. Bios Banhof Music started in '78 according to the net, so there couldn't have been footage from Old Loves in 1976.
            There is now something on DVD. A dealer on IOffer has a dvd called Triumvirat-A Kraut Prog In the 70s-that has all the existing youtube videos I have mentioned on it, as well as music set to pictures of Triumvirat, and some Barry Palmer vids with Mike Oldfield and solo.


Edited by presdoug - October 13 2014 at 17:40