Frumpy - By The Way (1972)

2013-05-09T16:04:04Z

Frumpy - By The Way (1972)


01. Goin' To The Country (Inga Rumpf) - 3:39
02. By The Way (Carsten Bohn, Inga Rumpf) - 8:48
03. Singing Songs (Inga Rumpf, Rainer Baumann) - 7:00
04. I'm Afraid, Big Moon (Carsten Bohn, Jean-Jacques Kravetz, Inga Rumpf) - 6:24
05. Release (Inga Rumpf, Carsten Bohn) - 8:50
06. Keep On Going (Inga Rumpf) - 5:19

Personnel:
- Inga Rumpf - lead female vocals, acoustic guitar
- Rainer Baumann - guitar
- Jean-Jacques Kravetz - keyboards
- Erwin Kama - keyboards
- Karl-Heinz Schott - bass
- Carsten Bohn - drums, percussion

Another band that colored my childhood, Frumpy, is now included here. Well, I never considered that this would be featured here even though I really enjoyed this album. The key driving force was Inga Rumpf with the powerful vocal and stunning guitar work. Inga also the driving force that characterized the music of Atlantis. "Singing Song" was once a big hit in my country with some radios broadcasted the song on regular basis. The song has a very nice combination of blues and rock music and a touch of pop as well. The opening part which comprises acoustic guitar rhythm with vocal moves in crescendo into heavier part with stunning guitar work and Kravetz pulsating keyboards. Bass guitar plays important role as well. The title track "By The Way" is a rocker with blues touch, performede energetically by the band, with high energy. Again, Inga's unique vocal has added key musical characteristic of this album. I always treat that this is a classic rock outfit that was successful at its period. You might find this album nothing intensive about prog elements, but for sure this CD is one of my favorite classic rock albums, including Bloodrock 1,2,3 and Typstich. It's pity if Frumpy is included here while Bloodrock and Atlantis are not. Keep on proggin' ..! ---Gatot, progarchives.com

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Frumpy - Frumpy 2 (1971)

2013-05-12T16:15:08Z

Frumpy - Frumpy 2 (1971)


01. Good Winds (Inga Rumpf) - 10:06
02. How The Gipsy Was Born (Inga Rumpf, Jean-Jacques Kravetz) - 8:49
03. Take Care Of Illusion (Inga Rumpf, Jean-Jacques Kravetz) - 7:34
04. Duty (Inga Rumpf, Jean-Jacques Kravetz) - 12:12

Personnel:
- Inga Rumpf - lead female vocals
- Jean-Jacques Kravetz - keyboards
- Rainer Baumann - guitar
- Karl-Heinz Schott - bass
- Carsten Bohn – drums

Inga Rumpf's Frumpy was among the most startling bands on the entire German rock scene of the early '70s, an act so diametrically opposed to the Krautrock boom beloved by critics elsewhere that first impressions of their music always leave listeners scratching their heads. If Frumpy has any role models, it is a collision between Meddle-era Pink Floyd and a less-precocious Uriah Heep. Frumpy 2, unsurprisingly their second album, features just four tracks, but all are soaring slabs of emotive guitar and keyboards, deeply progressive of course, but unquestionably pop as well. Even at a shade over ten minutes, "How the Gypsy Was Born" sounds like a hit single, while the churning Hammond organ brings Deep Purple to mind in full on "Black Night"/"Woman From Tokyo" mode. Rumpf herself, meanwhile, has a range and depth comparable to Curved Air's Sonja Kristina, with an emotive strength which seems all the more remarkable when you remember that English is not her native language. The shifting, complex "Take Care of Illusion" brings the best out of her in every way imaginable, while the lengthy instrumental break during the closing "Duty" allows her bandmates to shine with equal aplomb. The guitar and keyboard solos and duels which take place above the tumultuous rhythms are as spectacular as anything else in the genre. But even while you're sitting slack-jawed in awe, it is very difficult to play favorites. Frumpy, like Rumpf's Atlantis after them, has antecedents aplenty, and their influences peep out behind every corner. But the manner in which they've been sewn together owes little to any Anglo-American role models and little to any Krautrock basics, too. Quite simply, Frumpy 2 is the prog album you'll be returning to long after the others have all dulled into wallpaper. --- Dave Thompson, Rovi

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Frumpy - By The Way (1972)

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