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Modrigue 
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Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
 Posted: June 20 2016 at 02:24 |
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I think TD may be my second favorite prog band, after Pink Floyd.
BTW, Documentary is coming...
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator 
Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: June 20 2016 at 03:22 |
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An old friend of mine recently gave me the new Official Bootleg Series vol 1...habahaba
 I initially thought it was a rerelease of the Bootleg boxset, which I already own, but it isn't. I am completely over the moon! More live TD from the luscious 70s?!?!?! You betcha. To be fair, I've heard all of these tunes before over ze JooToob, but it's nice to have my own copy. The sound quality is alright, but don't expect to hear a Steven Wilson-like clarity though. Most of the cuts still have that slightly fuzzy feel you often get from live albums cut during the 70s. I don't mind really. I can hear and differentiate between the different instruments and am never in any doubt as to whom is playing what (almost that is  ).Fans of Stratosfear and Phaedra, in particular, should definitely have a look see, because these 4 discs contain the aftermath of those seminal records....but in true TD fashion it's all improvised within certain sounds and rehearsed grooves. You never get a full TRACK from a record though, which is one of my absolute favourite things about this band. I can just imagine buying one of their LPs during the 70s - spinning that sucker like it was going out of fashion - remembering every little sound and musical gesture....and then buying tickets to see them tour the given album - finding out you don't know a peep and as a consequence stand absolutely no chance of whistling along as you've practised during late night weed seances. Edited by Guldbamsen - June 20 2016 at 03:23 |
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The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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2dogs
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Joined: December 03 2011 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 705 |
Posted: June 21 2016 at 00:40 |
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LOL that would be great to go to a concert full of expectation only to be blown away by something completely different
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kenethlevine
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Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 8952 |
Posted: June 21 2016 at 09:44 |
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Back to the show I went to in 1988, they didn't speak until the very end when I assume they showered us with platitudes, etc. Speaking would have broken the spell they weaved from the first to the last note
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: June 21 2016 at 12:37 |
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I'm listening to that set again right now, David (the 1974 Reihms Cathedral performance of the two included shows), and I truly believe the two concerts in the set, as well as pretty much ANY other concerts from around that era (or even most of the decade) all stand as their own beautiful albums in their own right. Each one sounds completely different to the last, making them a very worthwhile addition to the TD collection, and they demand you listen to them over and over. I've got the second volume on the way too. 
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2dogs
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Joined: December 03 2011 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 705 |
Posted: June 22 2016 at 01:04 |
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I've been enjoying White Eagle and Hyperborea a lot more since deleting Midnight in Tula and Cinnamon Road - they play very nicely in sequence and give a calming and ethereal feeling as if the band had turned their back on the world after Exit and were floating away into clouds of bright white light
 . Nice and easy to edit with an iPod but the remainder of the two albums would fit together on a single CD-R. |
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Modrigue
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Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
Posted: June 22 2016 at 03:14 |
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Agree for Midnight in Tula which is the weak point of White Eagle (an underrated album IHMO). However I do enjoy Cinnamon Road.
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2dogs
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Joined: December 03 2011 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 705 |
Posted: June 22 2016 at 07:03 |
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This is good, the more you can enjoy the better. I feel a bit guilty about giving up on Exit and Thief despite repeated and determined listens, but I figure the other 22 TD albums I have make up for this
. Also I really like Electronic Meditation which I expect puts me in something of a minority here  .
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Green Shield Stamp
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Joined: February 17 2009 Location: Telford, UK Status: Offline Points: 933 |
Posted: December 31 2016 at 09:41 |
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I've been listening to Quinoa a few times over the last week or so and wanted to find out a bit more about it - interesting facts, members views/reviews etc. But, I can't find it listed in any of the Tang Dream albums in Prog Archives. Is this an oversight, or is there a reason why the album is not listed?
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 01 2015 Location: Out East Status: Offline Points: 6777 |
Posted: December 31 2016 at 10:13 |
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^ Quinoa is listed under the "Official Singles, EPs, Fan Club & Promo" section.
Here's a link to the album page.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: January 01 2017 at 01:42 |
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How strange...I made that above post, I've definitely got the CD of that album, but for the life of me I can't think of a single second of music on it off the top of my head!
  A replay is in order! |
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15921 |
Posted: January 01 2017 at 01:56 |
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Invisible Limits..............one of the GREATEST pieces from TD.
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Modrigue
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Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
Posted: January 01 2017 at 02:19 |
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Replayer
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Joined: November 04 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 356 |
Posted: January 06 2017 at 09:47 |
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I've listened to Invisible Limits a few time's while driving with the volume turned up and the sudden bell noise right after the three minute mark caught me by surprise a few times I'm listening to Poland right now. It's a very good TD live album and I got it last year. I prefer Logos Live as a Schmoelling era live album, but I already listened to it so much that I feel I know it by heart.
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15921 |
Posted: January 06 2017 at 21:20 |
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^ The bell
Yes, the bell !! You have that serene and dreamy build and then BANG !! Gets me every time....I never got into Poland. Love Pergamon - Live at the Palast......, from this period. Really enjoy most of TD's albums from Electronic Meditation through to Underwater Sunlight. But, stupid me, I go through phases, or binges - where I will spin mostly Prog-Electronic, or R.P.I., or Canterbury, or 80's New-Wave or, like currently, on a Metal binge. Just so much to enjoy. Love it all. |
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verslibre
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Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 17195 |
Posted: January 09 2017 at 10:15 |
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On that note: Stratosfear one of the GREATEST albums from TD!
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: January 09 2017 at 11:16 |
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^Certainly the best cut on Stratosfear. Must revisit that album tonight - been such a long time since my last spin.
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The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
- Douglas Adams |
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15921 |
Posted: January 09 2017 at 21:32 |
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Davesax1965
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Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839 |
Posted: January 10 2017 at 03:12 |
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I suppose we all have our various tastes (thank God for that) but for me, Tangerine Dream really finishes around about "Cyclone". There are a few peaks after that, but quite a few troughs. Matter of fact, it's nearly all troughs. ;-) Well, for me, anyway.
The problem I have with it is that, as someone who's into older synth equipment (you might have noticed) the arrival of new technology, in the form of poly synths and digital synthesizers meant that the music changed. Tangerine Dream are so linked to electronic music developments that the history of electronic instruments and TD themselves is virtually identical. I might do a thread about the development of synth technology over the years. Well, at some point. ;-) To me, TD is the early experimental stuff and the use of their Moog modular and sequencers. I've got pretty much an "early TD " music setup here which many of you could probably spend a pleasant afternoon on. ;-) It's great fun to play around with, a real experimenters' set up, rather than one where you just press a button and get a preset sound. I'm quite appalled that the band is seemingly continuing without Edgar Froese. Tribute ? Or moneyspinner ?
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Pixel Pirate
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Joined: September 11 2004 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 793 |
Posted: February 10 2017 at 05:04 |
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Hi there,I have recently re-joined this site after a very long absence,and as a massive TD fan for many years I am in two minds about them continuing without Edgar. At first I was also appalled,but then I remembered what Rick Wakeman said many years ago about Yes,that he wouldn't be surprised if there was a Yes up and running long after he was dead and buried in the same way that there is a New York Philharmonic. And the fact that Yes are actually continuing even after Chris Squire died is an indication that Wakemans vision might be coming true,and why not TD? Perhaps it's time to rethink what a band is,start to think of it as an institution,or collective of musicians that change over the course of time, rather than a specific set of people?
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Guldbamsen wrote:
), some even seemed to consider it a kind of modern `Tangram'! 
). The final track is a fancy classical-inspired piece, rather grand.