Toad Vergeat SEALED LIMITED ED. 50th Ann. 3X COLORED LP Box Set w/ Book Poster
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RARE Toad (feat. Vic Vergeat) SEALED 50th Anniversary Self-titled 3X COLOURED/COLORED Lp Box Set with Poster and Booklet. The vinyl is GOLD, BLUE AND MAROON colored/coloured, with the images of vinyl used in this listing from another, open box set which sold.
(Via. Wikipedia:) "Toad was formed in 1970 by guitarist Vittorio 'Vic' Vergeat, who was briefly in the British space rock group Hawkwind, with bassist Werner Fröhlich and drummer Cosimo Lampis, both of whom left European psychedelic rock band Brainticket after the recording of their first album, Cottonwoodhill. Toad began writing and recording material for an album in late 1970, and in 1971 released their self-titled album and the single "Stay!," which did fairly well and made a great deal of headway in the Swiss charts – a feat that no other hard rock band had accomplished. The album was mixed by the British producer Martin Birch (who also produced for Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath). The album also features Benjamin "Beni" Jaeger on vocals, who would leave once the album was finished. As their first album was being released in 1971, Toad performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and was recorded live by the Swiss Television, but the footage was lost and to date there seems to be no further copy.
In 1972, the band released Tomorrow Blue, which was in a more blues direction and without a lead vocalist (with Vergeat and Fröhlich taking over vocal duties). Like their first album, it was engineered by Birch. It included Helmut Lipsky on violin, who played prominently on the tracks "Blind Chapman's Tales", "Change In Time" and the single "Green Ham." Later the same year, the band recorded the album Open Fire: Live in Basel 1972, which included covers of Hendrix's "Red House" and the Band of Gypsys "Who Knows."
They waited until 1974 to release their third album, Dreams, which featured the popular single 'Purple Haze'. Their history after that is largely undocumented except for a live album recorded in Geneva during 1978 and a studio album released in the early 1990s with different versions of the band. The rest of the 1970s and 1980s were spent appearing on a few compilations, releasing live albums and performing while slowly fading into relative obscurity. Sometime between 1979 and 1988, bassist Fröhlich left the group and was replaced by Kelvin Bullen. After he too departed from the group in the early 1990s, he was replaced by André Buser, who would remain with the band until its end. In 1986, Toad made an appearance at the St. Gallen Open Air Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
In 1993, Toad released the studio album, Stop This Crime. Following its release, drummer Lampis departed from the group and was replaced by Claudio Salsi, who remained until Toad broke up. Lampis went on to create a school in Sardinia. In 1994, Toad played a concert in Brienz, Switzerland, which provided the material for the live album, The Real Thing.[8] In about 1995, Toad broke up, following which the album Hate To Hate was released. It contained the same tracks as Stop This Crime, but with a different cover and title.
Vergeat went on a solo career, releasing many albums over the years. He then formed and toured with his own band, the Vic Vergeat Band. He still records and plays live to this day, mostly in Europe. The other former members went on to other groups or retired from the music business."
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