the complete vertigo studio recordings 1972-1975

After three highly successful studio albums and a live double LP, Frumpy disbanded in 1972: Singer and frontwoman Inga Rumpf, keyboardist Jean Jacques Kravetz, and bassist Karl-Heinz Schott continued as Atlantis. Frank Diez joined as the new guitarist, and former Emergency drummer Curt Cress replaced Carsten Bohn, who had come from the successful Frumpy days.

The band's eponymous debut album, which Atlantis recorded at London's Island Studios, sold very well in the US, where Rumpf's blues-oriented voice was appreciated. After the recordings, Diez and Cress left the band. Udo Lindenberg and Cravinkel's guitarist George Meier stepped in for a tour with Traffic and Procol Harum.

From then on, Atlantis's personnel carousel was constantly revolving, but this did not hinder their steadily growing commercial success. Albums like "It's Getting Better" (1973), "Ooh, Baby" (1974), and "Get On Board" (1975) are among the milestones in German rock history. In January 1976, Rumpf and Schott announced the band's dissolution.

All four Atlantis studio albums, released between 1972 and 1975 on the Vertigo label, are now available on a compact double CD with extensive liner notes and numerous photos.

Track listing:

CD 1:
Atlantis
• Get Up 05:26
• Big Brother 05:08
• Rock'n Roll Preacher 03:42
• Maybe It's Useless 03:42
• Let's Get On The Road Again 03:34
• Living At The End Of Time 09:09
• Words Of Love 04:54
• It's Getting Better
It's Getting Better 04:53
• Drifting Winds 05:10
• Days Of Giving 07:26
• Changed It All 06:06
• Fighter Of Truth 06:20
• Woman's Sorrow 03:26
• A Simple Song 02:02
• Total: 70:58 min.
CD 2:
Ooh Baby
• Brother 03:08
• Son Of A Bitch's Son 03:52
• Waiting And Longing 03:17
• Bigshot 05:32
• The Way I Choose 03:54
• Ooh Baby 02:55
• Smiling People 03:33
• New York City 04:38
• Godfather 03:45
• Leave It To The Devil 03:13
• Good Friends 03:36
Get On Board
• Get On Board 03:48
• Change My Mind 04:31
• The Man 03:48
• Let Me Stay For A While 03:58
• Keep The Music Going On 02:50
• Chartbuster 03:16
• The Captain And The Ship 03:49
• If I Couldn't Sing 03:40
• Tried To Climb A Mountain 04:35
• Mainline Florida 02:56