Nine Days Wonder

10-28-08 Nine Days Wonder

German 70’s group, singing in English!

CD NINE DAYS WONDER BELLAPHON DE 288.09.106

1971 4 TRKS

LP NINE DAYS WONDER BELLAPHON DE 6494 004

1971 4 TRKS fish head cover

LP NINE DAYS WONDER BELLAPHON DE 6494 004

1971 4 TRKS green cover

CD WE NEVER LOST CONTROL BELLAPHON DE 288.09.113

1973 7 TRKS

LP WE NEVER LOST CONTROL BELLAPHON DE BLPS 19163 Q

1973 7 TRKS SQ Quad

LP ONLY THE DANCERS BELLAPHON DE BLPS 19200 Q

1974 8 TRKS SQ Quad

CD ONLY THE DANCERS BELLAPHON DE 288.09.116

1975 8 TRKS

LP SONNET TO BILLY FROST BELLAPHON DE BLPS 19234

1976 11 TRKS

as “Wintergarden”

LP LAND OF MILK & HONEY EMI DE 1C 064-46131

1980 9 TRKS

I got onto Nine Days Wonder by having a ‘free of charge’ promo copy of their debut LP sent to me from Germany! I got the ‘fish head’ cover first, and the puffy green cover later. I played it to death! It reminded me of Frank Zappa – it was fun music! Every now and again, I find myself singing “Moss Had Come” to myself, and it’ll take a few minutes to remember what it is…

And they had some really great song titles: “The Undershirt of Time” etc.

I liked them very much about ’73 – ’74…and was delighted when a member (or members?) of Van Der Graaf Generator appeared on their 3^rd LP, “Only The Dancers” (was it David Jackson?).

For whatever reason, I never warmed to their 4^th album – “Sonnet To Billy Frost” – I must take it out again and give it a listen. Whenever I went to Germany, I always used to buy “one more NDW CD”. “Sonnet…” is their only LP I don’t have on CD!

I don’t remember where or how I found out about Wintergarden – but I could clearly see that the singer OF NDW was present. A friend in England recently told me that he ran into, I think it was the NDW bass player, at a music show, somewhere in the north of England. So, some of them were British and some were German.

So, thanks for the music, guys. It’s been a part of my soul for 30+ years.