VALENTINE WHEELS, LIVE IN LONDON

Valentine Wheels, the concert from London's Shepherd's Bush Emipre presents us with a very good selection of music. Tangerine Dream put more balance on their better known older tracks from the eighties, and even the famous theme from Sorcerer, Betrayal from 1977. You can hear the audience react very enthusiastically as the well-know sequences from Poland:The Warsaw Concert, Le Parc, Underwater Sunlight, and, especially, their 95's reworking of the classic Stratosfear kick in. A truly great concert, with memorable music and outstanding performance. However, the polished and very studio-like versions of, say, LeParc or Warsaw in the Sun make me think whether they used some playback or at least samples. (The same you can hear on their Polish concert from Tournado album). The album is concluded with a VERY good live (I do not have any doubts, this is surely live!) performance of yet another classic Beach Theme with its sparkling guitar and lovely romantic feel. TD at their best.