{"product_id":"nine-days-wonder-the-bacillus-years","title":"Nine Days Wonder - The Bacillus Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Twenty Sixty Six \u0026amp; Then, Kin Ping Meh, Epsilon, Birth Control - all four studio albums by the band in one set, including the rare Maternal Joy single - lovingly remastered - liner notes by Klemen Brznikar and an interview with NDW frontman Walter Seyffer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine Days' Wonder (NDW for short) was founded back in 1966, when singer and frontman Walter Seyffer gave his band The Graves a new name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike so many \"beat groups\" in the mid-1960s, NDW started out as a cover band.\u003cbr\u003eThe line-up changed constantly until the early 1970s, when the first more stable formation emerged with Walter Seyffer (vocals), Rolf Henning (guitar), Karl Mutschlechner (bass), John Earle (saxophone, flute, guitar) and Martin Roscoe (drums).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971, the quintet recorded their self-titled debut album, which was released in Germany on Bellaphon and in England on Harvest in the same year.\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1972, Nine Days' Wonder broke up at short notice; Walter Seyffer joined the psychedelic rock band Medusa, where he met bassist Michael Bundt.\u003cbr\u003eSince the quintet had only released one single on CBS, Nine Days' Wonder was reformed in December 1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new line-up consisted of four Medusa members (Seyffer, Bundt, guitarist Hans Frauenschuh and keyboardist\/saxophonist Freddie Munster) as well as drummer Karl-Heinz \"Hyanzintus\" Weiler.\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1973, the second Nine Days' Wonder album, \"We Never Lost Control\", was released on Bacillus\/Bellaphon.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1974, Rolf Henning returned.\u003cbr\u003eSid Gautama replaced \"Hyanzintus\" Weiler on drums.\u003cbr\u003eThe third NDW album, \"Only The Dancers,\" was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in the UK by Mike and Richard Vernon, with Dave Jackson from Van der Graaf Generator, among others.\u003cbr\u003eA year later, the personnel carousel spun again.\u003cbr\u003eWith a new line-up, the last album \"Sonnet To Billy Frost\" was released in 1976, after which the band finally split up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, at the end of August, all four albums are being re-released under the title \"The Bacillus Years\", remastered and including bonus tracks (the Maternal Joy aka NDW single \"Ticket to the North Pole \/ Fat\", 1971).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIG MUSIC","offers":[{"title":"CD Box Set","offer_id":53206482878791,"sku":"TRI-64875","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/592a4f49a1d6a38baeccc0a41b38797b.jpg?v=1769371895","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/nine-days-wonder-the-bacillus-years","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}