Trying to locate a contact for owners of EMI / EMI Electrola Gmbh to inquire and or inspire licensing to Amazon. So far, only found umusicstoresupport and submitted a request there.

Open to suggestions.

Best,

John R

        I have inquired about Helmut Koellen's solo album being put onto cd (it should have happened long ago) but I got no response from my request.

           Sorry, I can not be of much help at this time. I am friends on facebook with band members and friends and family of band members, but nothing concrete in Triumvirat developments at this time.

Same here...there are other more obscure bands than Triumvirat that had a brief CD release and then disappeared from any catalogue. I still hang on to all my CDs and store them on my old school 160G classic iPod(s), containing the entire Triumvirat discography, including "Russian Roulette"  and Fritz's even more obscure "Millenium - Dreams of Amadeus"...

Hi,

The sad side of these details is that no website is obligated to carry anything, specially if it doesn't sell ... let's say that in 30 days, only one purchase was made ... and chances are that it will be removed from the inventory to make space/place for something else.

The fact that the members of the band are not making a better effort, I think only means one thing ... they obviously do not think much of their own music ... and probably didn't enjoy so much trashy comments about their work going back to the start. I had the album from the first, but can not say that it was a "favorite" at all ... but it was a nice listen, and when I replayed it for the first time in years a couple of months ago, I have to admit that it did not hit me very well ... it felt more like someone was trying to prove that they could play ... and make a song ... and hope for the best. 

Regardless of who they are, for the sake of the commercial side of it, the band has to stick together ... but it's easier to say that the members of the band that are still alive, obviously do not think much of their work, in order to stand by it.

Very sad state of affairs! What we don't know, or understand is how much of this was an issue based on EMI and HIpgnosis when they first appeared ... I don't find the cover does the band any favors!

How is being anti-streaming self-indulgent and snobbish?  They make very little money from it and it's their choice if they want to be on it or not.

And they typically have ~20 musicians on a release, so when looking at divvying up payments, they're kind of forced to look at the most profitable model they have and it likely isn't streaming.

Hi,

It's never my idea to be dismissive of any band ... the courage and desire it takes to get that far, is, by itself an incredible achievement, and some folks, when they get older, seem to not appreciate them as much, but the fact remains that a part of their lives is in it, and it has to be celebrated some ... you can't live a productive life being dismissive of your past ... it's counter productive. You have to make peace with it, is how I look at it, however, this might suggest that one member or two, were more in control of things musically, as to create enough tension to end up with situations like this.

One can only hope that it gets better, and they should realize that TODAY, the band is far more KNOWN and APPRECIATED than it was 40 years ago when as a youth they took their chances with their work.

However, I imagine that the folks/management of Triumvirat ... strikes me they don't have any representation, or things would be more "together" ... should/could try to find a way to start selling their own, and not depend on anyone else ... specially when there are massive stories around as to how some bands made it ... PT made it from SW selling cassettes from his garage. Marillion in the 90's had a really hard time, and then turned to their fans, who pretty much helped them put together at least 2 more albums ... in other words, there are many ways and the Internet is your friend, and wanting to rely on Amazon or anyone else, is a bit scary ... they only care/worry about numbers ... PERIOD. And Triumvirat would have to have mp3's to help sell more stuff on the site, for example.

It's a strange strange trip ... regardless how we look at it ... and we just have to hope that the artists themselves can start to gather more controls of their own work for their benefit ... 

      Imagine Triumvirat having a manager who would have really believed in them and would have moved heaven and earth for them in their quest to be recognised-like Led Zeppelin had manager Peter Grant who was like that-they may have made a stronger impression than they did. As their early albums attest, it was not for want of really excellent music, but that their non musical direction could have been more "together". Also , I feel that when they lost poor Helmut Koellen permanently when he died on May 3rd, 1977, they lost right then and there what I feel was their most important element to their sound, both musically and spiritually. But, alas, one cannot bring back the departed, such a sad ending and such a permanent blow to Triumvirat's career.

          Hopefully, the band can re-emerge from all of this....we'll see...