Have You Seen Triumvirat Live?

cstack3 wrote: presdoug wrote: Well, well, well!          For the first time in my life, on the net tonight, i saw a direct reference to a concert with Triumvirat in Canada.  (I started a thread on Triumvirat in Canada, but it has been closed)            The reference mentions Supertramp and Triumvirat -Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for Tues. Aug. 5th, 1975.               It does not mention who led in for who, and whether this concert actually did take place for certain.         Anybody out there actually see the show?             Have you tried contacting the musicians themselves?  I'm friends with many proggers like John Goodsall, we chat all the time.    Of course, you'd have to contact Helmut's next of kin....such a sad and stupid ending to a brilliant career!

cstack3 wrote: presdoug wrote: Well, well, well!          For the first time in my life, on the net tonight, i saw a direct reference to a concert with Triumvirat in Canada.  (I started a thread on Triumvirat in Canada, but it has been closed)            The reference mentions Supertramp and Triumvirat -Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for Tues. Aug. 5th, 1975.               It does not mention who led in for who, and whether this concert actually did take place for certain.         Anybody out there actually see the show?             Have you tried contacting the musicians themselves?  I'm friends with many proggers like John Goodsall, we chat all the time.    Of course, you'd have to contact Helmut's next of kin....such a sad and stupid ending to a brilliant career!

Thanks for your suggestion, cstack3. Definitely worth attempting. I believe i know how to reach Jurgen Fritz on the net, Hans Bathelt i am not sure, and possibly Helmut Koellen's sister, Elke Schlimbach (who remarried evidently for a second time, so the last name may now be different)
          Being Canadian, i have always  been curious about possible Triumvirat activities here in the seventies
         Sometimes i feel like hell when i think of Helmut Koellen being gone all these years, i know what you mean, what a senseless waste


Edited by presdoug - June 13 2011 at 11:08

Well, well, well!
         For the first time in my life, on the net tonight, i saw a direct reference to a concert with Triumvirat in Canada.
 (I started a thread on Triumvirat in Canada, but it has been closed)
           The reference mentions Supertramp and Triumvirat -Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for Tues. Aug. 5th, 1975.
              It does not mention who led in for who, and whether this concert actually did take place for certain.
        Anybody out there actually see the show?
           

Okay, so the ABC In Concert Triumvirat video is not possible
           but what about backing things up a bit?
     Did anybody see the band on television in Europe before their involvement in America? Possibly The Beat Club in Germany, or something similar?
            i know about the two songs on youtube currently, the Hymn from Germany with Barry Palmer on vocals, and Waterfall with Jurgen Fritz singing from Switzerland, both from 1978 i believe, but what about earlier than the In Concert video from 1975?
              Ring any bells, anybody?

Lozlan wrote: I'd just like to state that, due to this post, I hunted down and started listening to Triumvirat.  Great stuff - I'm a whore for excellent keyboard work.  Thanks.

Great news-enjoy!

For the mention about the Trimvirat-Uncommon cd I think you're talking about a bootleg from the Illusions and Spartacus era. Most tracks are with B- sound but it's worth listening to it. If you want it I know where you can obtain it for free. Just e-mail me.

cstack3 wrote: presdoug wrote: i have not got good news        It seems that the masters for the Original In Concert series are "missing", which translates as lost or ditched, probably a bit of both-it seems that the concert footage was not considered a money making thing at the time               Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is a bit of a different story, only problem is that i double checked their complete episode guide and there is no reference to Triumvirat                      i find this very painfull news, but what more can i say? Sorry to learn that!  I recall some great episodes of In Concert including Mahavishnu Orchestra!! My friends Flash were on Midnight Special once, but I missed that show & can't seem to locate a recording!     Flash will play at Progfest, check out their YouTube postings.  Scale the Summit are also there, talented kids from Texas.  Highly recommended for instrumental prog-metal heads!

thanks for your responses, cstack3. Man, i envy you!

Yep, I also saw them back up Fleetwood Mac about 1975!   Mac was touring with the "Heroes Are Hard To Find" LP, and they were really very good!  I like Bob Welch a lot.   

I saw Triumvirate opening for Jefferson Starship and Fleetwood Mac in 1975 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ca.  They played the usual 45 minute opening band set.  I wasn't all that familiar with their music  but I thought they sounded a lot like ELP and even the haircut and leather pants worn by Hans Jurgen looked like he was trying to get that Emerson image on stage.  Not so much the other two.  They were competent without really much of a stage show being the openers and all but they played well . They were better than Fleetwood Mac for sure ( the Bob Welch led band at the time) but it was so short there were not any lasting memories for me expect for the fact I bought Spartacus a short time later.     Sorry i don't have much more to report.  

Edited by Garion81 - August 16 2010 at 17:54

cloviskoba wrote: Only thing I got is in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jCG2Q4RJb8 That's a melodic song from Pompeii album, sorry for us there's no other published.

thanks, cloviskoba, was aware of that one-only other live one on youtube  is a Swiss tv performance of Waterfall from the A La Carte album-the voice still sounds like Barry Palmer, but onstage is Jurgen Fritz singing and playing piano with a bass player and drummer
                  too bad there is nothing from the Fritz-Bathelt-Koellen period currently, but there is always hope