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Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple

I was casually browsing through the regular used section the other day, and I was aimlessly wandering and found myself checking in the "T" section to see if anything affordable was to be found by Trio, or Triumph, or Talking Heads, or The Tubes ... I stumbled upon Triumvirat and the cover was oddly appealing. Reading the back cover I assumed this was more than likely some early '70s German prog rock, probably really heavy on keyboards. I'd never heard of them. There weren't any liner notes but that was okay, I wasn't going to be picking this up. Later ... yeah I picked it up.  The album is comprised of two sides (don't roll your eyes at me, there's more) each with a theme. Side A is Illusions on a Double Dimple , and has six associated songs. The first side features former member and lead vocalist Hans-Georg Pape on bass guitar. Side B is Mister Ten Percent and is another half dozen songs. I'm guessing they were pissed at their former manager. Thi...