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From: eirikur@amber.DEC (Eirikur Hallgrimsson)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: tangerine dream
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 14:40:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 14:40:28 1985
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As a long-time fan, I'd recommend Phaedra and StratosFear, if you 
can find them. Phaedra is about 1974 vintage.  Rubycon ('75?) isn't 
bad either, but  it has some random noodling here and there.  The 
prelude to side one  of Rubycon is truly wonderful.

T.D.'s live albums have excellent sound quality.   There are three;
the most recent is, I believe, Logos.  There was a double album
from an american tour, which had some uninspired spots, but some
great improvisational glimpses into where their album cuts come from.
There is an earlier live album called Ricochet. I think that Ricochet 
is better musically than Logos. 

BTW: does anyone know if they are born-again christians as implied 
by  some stuff on the back of the  Logos album, as well as its 
title?  Considering the very trippy early T.D. material, I'm rather
surprised!

I'm not as pleased by the more organized, modal, straightforward,
almost MOR-simplistic  sound of some of their recent stuff.   This 
trend first truly irked  me in parts of Force Majuere, but this is
just my opinion.  I loved their earlier stuff, and perhaps I can't
tolerate the changes. 

See also the solo albums by Edgar Froese, particularly Epsilon in
Maylasian Pale, and Peter Baumann, particularly Transharmonic Nights.

My, all this from work, where my record collection is not!

There are several records predating Phaedra--they are more
unstructured.  I bought, but never played them much.  I should go back
to them and give a good listen.  I might find them just the thing
given that I'm not crazy about their latest.

	Eirikur

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eirikur@dec-marlboro.arpa

Posted:	Fri 11-Jan-1985 14:33 Marlborough uncorrected time.
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