Wintergarden & The Land of Milk And Honey
Wintergarden
Wintergarden was a German rock duo formed in 1979 by Walter Seyffer and Bernd "Ravi" Unger, both veterans of the Mannheim progressive rock band Nine Days' Wonder. Their self-titled debut, Wintergarden (1979), was recorded in Hamburg and Hannover with an expanded lineup that included Rainer Herzog on Hammond organ, piano, and moog; Thomas Tscheschner on bass; Charles Esposito on drums; and Ian Cussick contributing additional vocals. The album featured seven lengthy, atmospheric rock tracks — including "Judy's Blue Monday Café," "Khaki Eyes," and "The Way We Were" — drawing on the progressive and art-rock sensibilities the duo had cultivated in their earlier band. Released on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records, the record sold approximately 20,000 copies in Germany, which Seyffer himself described as "not bad for an unknown group," though EMI considered the sales insufficient given their commercial expectations.
The Land of Milk & Honey followed in 1980, also released on Harvest, and represented the continuation of that same rock-oriented sound. The album's known tracks — the sprawling, ten-minute "Swan Song" and the more compact "Sweet Rollin' Train" — suggest the duo maintained their taste for extended, textured compositions. Seyffer described both albums as "completely different from what had happened in those years before," indicating they saw their Wintergarden work as a genuine artistic departure rather than a commercial concession. Unfortunately, the second album did not improve on the modest sales of the first, leading EMI to drop the band entirely.
Wintergarden & The Land of Milk And Honey
Wintergarden
Wintergarden was a German rock duo formed in 1979 by Walter Seyffer and Bernd "Ravi" Unger, both veterans of the Mannheim progressive rock band Nine Days' Wonder. Their self-titled debut, Wintergarden (1979), was recorded in Hamburg and Hannover with an expanded lineup that included Rainer Herzog on Hammond organ, piano, and moog; Thomas Tscheschner on bass; Charles Esposito on drums; and Ian Cussick contributing additional vocals. The album featured seven lengthy, atmospheric rock tracks — including "Judy's Blue Monday Café," "Khaki Eyes," and "The Way We Were" — drawing on the progressive and art-rock sensibilities the duo had cultivated in their earlier band. Released on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records, the record sold approximately 20,000 copies in Germany, which Seyffer himself described as "not bad for an unknown group," though EMI considered the sales insufficient given their commercial expectations.
The Land of Milk & Honey followed in 1980, also released on Harvest, and represented the continuation of that same rock-oriented sound. The album's known tracks — the sprawling, ten-minute "Swan Song" and the more compact "Sweet Rollin' Train" — suggest the duo maintained their taste for extended, textured compositions. Seyffer described both albums as "completely different from what had happened in those years before," indicating they saw their Wintergarden work as a genuine artistic departure rather than a commercial concession. Unfortunately, the second album did not improve on the modest sales of the first, leading EMI to drop the band entirely.