Tangerine Dream: Untangling the Tangram

verslibre wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote:  1985: Le Parc This album's so great. I love this.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 26 2024 at 02:27

 1985: Le Parc - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lsmX2VSg1qMvBTTRv6unoj1kGn2Le_KLoLe Parc is the 26th album overall and marks the beginning and ending of an era for Tangerine Dream. Le Parc is the band's first studio album on the Jive Electro label, but sadly, it's the last album to feature Johannes Schmoelling in the trio. This brief era (1985-1987) has come to be known as Tangerine Dream's "Blue Years", presumably because that was the colour of their new record label and not because fans were left feeling blue about the sudden departure of Johannes Schmoelling. Le Parc features nine tracks inspired by the major city parks of the world with the title track NOT representing Paris as you might expect, but Los Angeles, where it was famously used as the theme for the TV series Street Hawk, (which didn't star Jan Michael Vincent as I'd presumed). Interestingly, the final track "Yellowstone Park" features the soaring vocals of Clare Torry, who you may remember from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 22 2022 at 01:58

Psychedelic Paul wrote: verslibre wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Anyway, I'll be back on-topic again soon when I'll be taking a walk in Le Parc.  I vividly remember the day I bought both Le Parc and Firestarter at the Wherehouse. Classics!  I recall Le Parc was the last Tangerine Dream album I bought on the original vinyl. I'll keep a look-out for the Firestarter album the next time my local record store has a fire sale.

Jacob Schoolcraft wrote: I discovered Tangerine Dream in the early 70s. Their music was fascinating to me and I followed their career for decades. I additionally became interested in the solo albums of ex members and current. I was obsessed with their music and I bought all of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann solo albums. I collected everything by Steve Jolliffe and I missed his performance at a balloon race somewhere in New England. Missing that was a huge disappointment. Eventually I became fanatical over the Tangerine Dream family tree and as a result collected everything I could find by Klaus Schulze and several others . It was fun

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Yes, but I can hardly criticise David for going off-topic when I'm the self-proclaimed king of off-topic-ness.

Cristi wrote: Logan wrote: I like Le Parc, so I might join you there. And I often am going astray in les parcs and les forums, but as often as I wander off, I usually wander back. I like free-slowing discussions, especially when one can always bring things back on topic if one cares to by saying something on topic (segues work well and I like a little subtlety). I haven't been participating here, but I love lots of Tangerine Dream (one of my favourite bands). Cristi, what are your favourite Tangerine Dream albums? Cyclone, Thief, White Eagle 1974-1983 is my favorite period of theirs, although i do listen to their early work sometimes.

Many thanks. I have a long drive today, and you have inadvertently just chosen music for me to listen to -- those would be great for my drive and I did want something other than early period for it (much as I like it).

Logan wrote: I like Le Parc, so I might join you there. And I often am going astray in les parcs and les forums, but as often as I wander off, I usually wander back. I like free-slowing discussions, especially when one can always bring things back on topic if one cares to by saying something on topic (segues work well and I like a little subtlety). I haven't been participating here, but I love lots of Tangerine Dream (one of my favourite bands). Cristi, what are your favourite Tangerine Dream albums?

Cristi wrote: ^ this is still a Tangerine Dream thread, right?

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 21 2022 at 08:26

David_D wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: A Savage Rose tribute thread would be very welcome, especially by me. "Bring out the Danish!" - as we say in England.   Yes, I remember, Paul, but band threads are not exactly me, and not least the Danish ones, that is except from Secret Oyster, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe and Ache - and even I like some of Savage Rose (at least Dødens Triumf).

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 21 2022 at 08:22