The four musicians Inga Rumpf (voc, perc), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (org, p, mell, keyb, sax, perc), Karl-Heinz Schott (b, perc) and Carsten Bohn (dr, perc) left the Hamburg-based folk band The City Preachers, founded in 1965 by Irishman O’Brian-Docker, to form Frumpy in 1970. Contrary to the band’s name, which means „old-fashioned“ or „outdated“, their progressive blues rock (without a guitarist!) was by no means out of date. Quite the contrary: following their first successful concerts in France, they toured with Spooky Tooth and played with bands such as Yes and Humble Pie. This caught the attention of the major label Philips, which offered them a record deal. They recorded their debut album in August 1970 at the in-house Phonogram Studios, produced by Rainer Goltermann (known for numerous other productions, such as those for Weed, Eiliff, Dull Knife and Cravinkel).

The album was released in October in an elaborate, versatile gatefold sleeve, wrapped in plastic film, brilliantly designed by Witt Design Studio. The quartet played psychedelic blues-rock, led by the French-born Kravetz with his remarkably powerful and forceful organ playing and the magnificent voice of Inga Rumpf, who was described at the time as the greatest vocal talent on the German rock scene. Their first LP sold quite well and remains a sought-after collector’s item to this day.