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    Posted: March 01 2025 at 16:06
Thought I would share this very rare photo of Triumvirat's Helmut Koellen, who would have turned 75 on March 2nd of this year. RIP.
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Helmut looks like a total MILF in this photo. Also, nice vintage MD421. Not everybody's go-to vocal mic, but it was a a different time.
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I just heard from a close friend of the band, that not only did Helmut return to try again making music with Triumvirat,  actual recordings for the Pompeii album were made with him-half the album had been recorded  with Koellen! And then his passing ended that, and Juergen Fritz never released them. So the Pompeii album we know had Barry Palmer singing.....such a sad ending for Helmut Koellen....

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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I just heard from a close friend of the band, that not only did Helmut return to try again making music with Triumvirat,  actual recordings for the Pompeii album were made with him-half the album had been recorded  with Koellen! And then his passing ended that, and Juergen Fritz never released them. So the Pompeii album we know had Barry Palmer singing.....such a sad ending for Helmut Koellen....



That's really interesting!! I'd like to hear those recordings. There should be a Triumvirat box set with rarities and that would be featured.
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Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I just heard from a close friend of the band, that not only did Helmut return to try again making music with Triumvirat,  actual recordings for the Pompeii album were made with him-half the album had been recorded  with Koellen! And then his passing ended that, and Juergen Fritz never released them. So the Pompeii album we know had Barry Palmer singing.....such a sad ending for Helmut Koellen....



That's really interesting!! I'd like to hear those recordings. There should be a Triumvirat box set with rarities and that would be featured.
I sure would like to hear them, too, but I rather doubt they will see the light of day as Juergen Fritz has held them back for so long; my gut feeling is that they will stay suppressed.....I hate to say.....
          
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Are you sure it's not a hoax or an urban legend?
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Are you sure it's not a hoax or an urban legend?
I rather think not; the person who told me I have had as a facebook friend for years, and I know for a fact that he was a close friend of Helmut Koellen's and knew the rest of Triumvirat, as well....
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Such a waste of young talent and a life, RIP, but the music lives on. Hopefully more material with him will get to see the light of day at some time.
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Brian, Janis, Jimi, Amy, Jim and Helmut. RIP
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