The Triumvirat debut did not make much of an impact, initially, but remains to this day, an "underground classic". The band's sound did not really fit in as "krautrock" even though they were German, and the public and media in Germany were pretty good at ignoring Triumvirat, until with the release of their second album, when they were making a noticeable impact in the US, and one of the first German bands to do so. Then other areas of the world started to take notice, most notably Brazil, Argentina, and other parts of Europe.

           For me, the Triumvirat debut has stood the test of time, though, despite the band folded way back in 1981, and group leader Juergen Fritz has distanced himself from the group's lasting legacy for most of the time since then. 

Yes, it is available on several bootleg live cds, and is titled "ABC In Concert"; as Triumvirat only played about 11 and a half minutes of music on "In Concert" -the beginning of the Illusions On A Double Dimple suite-it is usually tacked onto some other, more lengthy live bootleg performances. Type in "Triumvirat live" on youtube and you will find it.

            The host of the show, the late Don E. Branker, introduced the band, but most audio of the show doesn't include his introduction. Branker told me that the video footage of Triumvirat from In Concert no longer exists, sadly.

1972 was a incredible year for prog with so many classics. It was just at that point were bands had the confidence to totally express themselves and the music was still fresh 'out of the box'.

At this point, I don't really care for the debut, and the last time I listened to Double Dimple, it felt little more than a warm-up for Spartacus.

At the time, 1973/1974, both myself and Guy Guden has a lot of time spent on the artists that showed up listed in the "Breakfast Cereal" Ingredients by HARVEST. And within a year they were adding to their listing, and things like KAYAK and TRIUMVIRAT showed up and they were far out. And I remember listening to these things, and loving them, and the Harvest collection of artists was totally far out, and gave us such Incredibles as Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, The Edgar Broughton Band, Capability Brown, The Third Ear Band, and so many others, that I still enjoy today and find amazing that anyone would do this AT ALL ... considering the miserable state of the music industry, SPECIALLY TODAY, with the fan-cista control of the work of many of these folks that are not "famous" or sell more than ten gazillion farts!

I much preferred some other things, but TRIUMVIRAT was very much appreciated on the local radio station, though I think that Guy Guden ended up concentrating more on Kayak, Supersister, and many other Harvest bands, many of which were still "imports", but that music ... yeah ... that MUSIC ... is all still very vibrant in my heart!

That's interesting as I struggle to connect the dots between Double Dimple and Spartacus. The latter is very bitty and the overly poppy vocals don't do much for me. Double Dimple is pure symphonic prog and, although I almost hate to admit it, they went that step further than ELP and other contemporaries of the genre. They and Refugee had it nailed down tight. Moraz v Fritz, that's a 'fight' I would pay money to see 

That's an interesting take, because I don't rate DD anywhere near Brain Salad Surgery. 

just that BSS could have been better if certain tracks were taken out , notably BTB and Still You Turn Me On.

90% brilliance is great but it could have flowed better. Still enough for it to be my favourite album though.