Old Loves Die Hard
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Old Loves Die Hard is an album
by German
progressive rock
group Triumvirat
.
The LP album
was released in the United States
and some other markets with a different cover from the Europe
an and later the CD
edition. It featured a cornered mouse seen through a magnifying hand lens
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
group Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat was a German progressive rock trio that formed in 1969 in Cologne, Germany. The founding members were: keyboardist/composer Hans-Jürgen Fritz , drummer/lyricist Hans Bathelt, and bassist Werner Frangenberg....
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The LP album
LP album
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was released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and some other markets with a different cover from the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and later the CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
edition. It featured a cornered mouse seen through a magnifying hand lens
Magnifying glass
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Track listing
- "I Believe" (Fritz/Bathelt) - 7:51
- "A Day in a Life" (Fritz)
- "Uranus' Dawn" - 2:57
- "Pisces at Noon" - 3:51
- "Panorama Dusk" - 1:21
- "The History of Mystery" (Fritz/Bathelt/Palmer) - 11:49
- "A Cold Old Worried Lady" (Fritz/Palmer) - 5:50
- "Panic on Fifth Avenue" (Fritz) - 10:31
- "Old Loves Die Hard" (Fritz) - 4:26
Personnel
- Hans BatheltHans BatheltHans Bathelt is a German musician, who played with progressive rock band Triumvirat.-Studio Albums:*Mediterranean Tales *Illusions on a Double Dimple U.S. #55*Spartacus U.S. #27*Old Loves Die Hard U.S. #85...
- percussion - Jürgen FritzJürgen FritzJürgen Fritz is a German musician. He was the keyboard player in progressive rock band Triumvirat.- Albums :* 1972 – Mediterranean Tales by Triumvirat* 1974 – Illusions On A Double Dimple by Triumvirat...
- keyboards - Werner Frangenberg - bass guitar
- Barry PalmerBarry Palmer (British singer)Barry Palmer, born 1958 in England, is a British singer who was one of Mike Oldfield's vocalists around 1984.-Biography and career:Barry Palmer's music career began in 1976, when he became a lead vocalist of the German rock band Triumvirat, with which he recorded three albums...
- lead vocals