Wintergarden

After Nine Days Wonder disbanded in 1979, Walter Seyffer and Bernd Unger stayed together as Wintergarden. They had enough of being independent and forced themselves to get a major deal. Electrola signed a contract. The deal made it possible to record an album without any financial restrictions. Some very famous German musicians were featured on their untitled first album: Chuck Trevor [Thomas Tscheschner] from Karthago and Kin Ping Meh on bass, Dieter Arendt on drums [both Lake]. Ian Cussick sang backing vocals and Christian Schimanski played the pedal steel guitar. This debut album sold 50.000 copies, which was disappointing for Electrola but enough to let them record a second one (The Land Of Milk & Honey). For lack of success the record company wanted to decide over the next album, but Seyffer and Unger quit the contract. In the end their publisher wanted a third album. The duo pressed some demo recordings on vinyl and committed it to the publisher.