Triumvirat

Triumvirat ‎– Spartacus
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Label: Capitol Records / ST-11392 | Release: 1975 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock

Are we going to a symphonic-rock gem? and to this day I move to Germany with the legendary “Triumvirat”. They have called the ‘ELP’ clones… hmm, well, but not be so exhaustive as to call them ‘clones’, some influence each other, nothing else. Triumvirat use their imagery to create his symphonic court music, however ELP takes the classic straight to their creations. Attention! I’m a fan of both groups. Triumvirat I’ve still this album along with “Illusions on a double dimple’ is their finest works in my opinion, unfortunately after the death of Helmut Köller, Triumvirat was no longer the same. In ‘Spartacus’ is displayed all his creative energy, good keyboards, good melodies. The sound recordings Triumvirat, it seems remarkable, excellent sound engineer.
Cover Artwork
Ah! The covers are cut quite simple, but effective. The mouse inside the bulb, I’ve always liked the plot of Triumvirat.

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Triumvirat ‎– Old Loves Die Hard
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Label: Harvest ‎– 1C 062-29 622 / EMI Electrola ‎– 1C 062-29 622 | Release: 1976 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock

WOW! This record is just a bit less good than Spartacus: mostly, it sounds very similar to Spartacus. The weak point on this album is Barry Palmer’s lead vocals, although bearable. “I believe”, sounding a bit pop, has good rhythmic piano, Fender Rodes, choir parts and some floating keyboards. The first part of the marvelous “Day in a life” has Fender Rhodes and background floating keyboards sounding like the Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver” track; the second part has a very progressive & melodic piano a la Rick Wakeman: absolutely GRAND; finally, the third part sounds like on the Spartacus album: rhythmic piano, VERY spacy moog, fast drums and bass. The epic “History of mystery part 1” starts with another excellent piano part, followed by heroic & catchy keyboards like on the Spartacus album: Hammond organ and moog; so, this tracks sounds like the best ELP of the early 70’s! The excellent “History of mystery part 2”, containing a killer moog solo in the beginning, is a variation on the theme present on the “History of mystery part 1” track. The simple and not very progressive “A cold old worried lady” is a good but not catchy piano oriented song, with some background orchestral arrangements: no synthesizers, no drums and no bass. The next track “Panic on 5th Avenue”, sounding again like on the Spartacus album, is a pompous keyboards exploration a la ELP: TONS of Hammond organ, ultra floating moogs a bit like the Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver” track again, police sirens emulation, hammering drums, elastic bass, the track is maybe a bit repetitive, but it is very well made; the killer long & melodic moog solo at the end is absolutely OUTSTANDING! The more ordinary last track, “Old loves die hard”, has a bit the same style as “A cold old worried lady”, except there are drums and bass plus some discrete organ notes.
Rating: 4.5 stars

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