Live@space [Live]

Disc: 1

1. Introduction: Welcome to Club Space - Oscar G.

2. High [Chab Mix]

3. Werq - Richie Santana

4. Tonight [G-Pal's Creative Mix]

5. Mekkanika

6. Rapido [Giangi's Dark Male Mix]

7. I Feel Love - Donna Summer

8. Get Back to the Music

9. @ Work

10. Domino

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Introduction - Oscar G.

2. Psiko Garden - Alex Dolby

3. Envy Me [Subway Baby Remix] - Deep City

4. Vital 3, Pt. 1 - Phil Kieran

5. Rock - Digistar

6. Dead Man Talking - Stanny Franssen,

7. Help Me [Chris Cowie Remix One] - Jurgen Driessen

8. Specific Ground - Stanny Franssen

9. Before the Storm - John "DNR" Alvarez

10. Wall [Saeed & Palash Knockout Mix] - The Puncher

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Zulu
From Russia With Love
From Russia With Love - 007
Goldfinger
The Ipcress File
The Knack
Mister Moses
Thunderball
The Wrong Box
Born Free
The Quiller Memorandum
You Only Live Twice
The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
Deadfall

Tracks:

The Lion In Winter
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
The Appointment
The Last Valley
Walkabout
Monte Walsh
Diamonds Are Forever
The Persuaders
Mary Queen Of Scots
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Dove

Tracks:

The Tamarind Seed
King Kong
Eleanor And Franklin
Robin And Marian
The Deep
Hanover Street
The Black Hole
Moonraker
Somewhere In Time
Raise The Titanic
Body Heat
Frances
Octopussy
The Cotton Club

Tracks:

High Road To China
A View To A Kill
Out Of Africa
The Living Daylights
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves
Chaplin
Moviola
Indecent Proposal
The Specialist
The Scarlet Letter
Cry The Beloved Country
Mercury Rising
The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

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The penultimate collection ...
Muisic of the Spheres
The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection
SciFi Album gift
Away From to be a Collectible Peace

The Science Fiction Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
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The Science Fiction Album, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000066HE5
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Sound Effect - The Nostromo
Alien
A.I.
Armageddon
Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
Apollo 13
Back To The Future
Battle Beyond The Stars
Battlestar Galactica
The Black Hole
Contact
Capricorn One
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Dune

Tracks:

Galaxy Quest
Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
Enemy Mine
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Heavy Metal
Independence Day
E.T.
Judge Dredd
The Last Starfighter
Lifeforce
Sound Effect - Crash Landing
Lost In Space
Mars Attacks
The Matrix
Predator
The Right Stuff

Tracks:

Moonraker
Robocop
Silent Running
Sound Effect - Alien Organism
Species
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Starman
Star Trek - TV Theme
Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
Klingon Attack
Sound Effect - Warp Drive
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Sound Effect - Battle Stations
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
Anakin's Theme
The Adventures of Jar Jar
Duel of the Fates
The Time Machine
Things to Come
The Thing From Another World
War of the Worlds
When Worlds Collide
Total Recall
You Only Live Twice
Superman

Customer Reviews:

The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.

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A lot of 70's Music
Bond and beyond on an excellent career retrospective.

Themeology: The Best of John Barry

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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-02-23

Tracks:

Persuaders Theme
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Knack
Wednesday's Child [From the Quiller Memorandum]
Space March (Capsule in Space)
Girl With the Sun in Her Hair
Vendetta
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From Russia With Love - John Barry, Matt Monro
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
007
Walk, Don't Run
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Album Description

23 track retrospective of the acclaimed soundtrack composer's best for the cinema. Includes 'Midnight Cowboy', 'The James Bond Theme', 'Dances With Wolves', 'Out Of Africa', 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', 'Born Free' (sung by Matt Monro) and Shirley Bassey's vocal performancesof 'Goldfinger' & 'Dimaonds Are Forever'. 1997 Columbia release.

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Album Details

Best of Package Includes: Goldfinger, from Russia with Love, Midnight Cowboy, Born Free, Diamonds Are Forever and More.

Customer Reviews:

A lot of 70's Music.......2005-09-20

If you really like 70's themes, you should like this CD. It was a little too dated for me.

Bond and beyond on an excellent career retrospective........1998-08-25

Imitation is often considered the greatest form of flattery. John Barry's oeuvre has been sampled by dozens of contemporary musical artists, and he is often credited as being the godfather of "trip hop" (check recent albums by Portishead and Mono to hear the Barry influence). The Academy-award winning composer has been producing music for over forty years, but this collection focuses on the artist's most commercially successful period, the 1960's. The instantly recognizable and inimitable Barry style is well documented throughout 23 varied compositions. Selections range from classic to obscure, and include all the title tracks from the early James Bond soundtracks. Barry's film and television music is the defining sound of that era - lush orchestrations, cool jazzy riffs, pure excitement. "Themeology" is an excellent starting point for the novice collector and equally attractive for the long-time admirer.

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magical

Live Herald
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Customer Reviews:

magical.......2007-07-23

Fantastic music from a fantastic musician. Nice sound quality in this reissue. If you're not familiar with Hillage's early work, this is a good place to start. Check "Fish Rising" and his only Khan album too.

Celestial Memories - Tapestries of Light from the Singing Crystal Bowls

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Hurry Up & Meditate
Transport Yourself to Higher Realms!
Inspiring!
Transformational harmonics
Communicating with your celestial soul

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Celestial Memories presents the pure sine wave tones of the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, with the gentle addition of flutes, chimes, vocals and drumming. Journey to spaces of deep relaxation and peace as the music of these crystal bowls opens up gateways of awareness and wholeness within your Being. The perfect pitch tones of these harmonically tuned instruments help to align your chakras, which balances and rejuvenates your vital life energies. Each song contains a specific healing energy channeled from the celestial realms, for the highest good of the listener. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, spiritual growth and healing.

Customer Reviews:

Hurry Up & Meditate.......2006-10-23

Celestial Memories - my go-to cd & best buddy as I know it best
I highly recommend you try one of her cd's and see what they might offer you. Better yet, attend a concert & see what most draws you so you can select your perfect cd. Best to listen to when you have a few minutes to hurry up and meditate...ha ha...don't recommend using while power walking or driving...prefer sitting in candle lit silence and being blissed by Elivia's music...like being inside a secret sacred cathedral...Namaste

Transport Yourself to Higher Realms!.......2001-08-18

If you want to have a new experience, meditate more deeply, relax after a hard day, drift off to sleep easily or tap into a deeper sense of connection with the universe then start with this CD! If you have never heard these bowls or the joyful sound from the angelic realms--you will when Elvia and her group plays.

I first heard Elivia play solo in La Costa. Within a year she had assembled a wide variety of bowls of different tones. In the Fall of 2000 Ark Ministries for Illumination (with another local church) sponsored a healing concert with Elivia and her bowls here in the mountains. The result was amazing. In the summer of 2001 she was again sponsored so she could perform under the pines in the pristine mountain community of Big Bear. Her ensemble had grown to a larger number of bowls, other instruments and musicians. Larger crowds flocked to see her and the local television station even showed up to film her. Afterwards the concert was the buzz around town.

Elivia's concerts now take her around the Southwest every weekend with great hoards of people anticipating their arrival. I was thrilled when this CD came out since now people everywhere could have this incredible experience in their own home.

Buy this CD and find out why others are so excited about it. BUT I CAUTION YOU --make sure you don't listen to it while driving! ;-)

Inspiring!.......2001-05-04

Elivia Melodey's Celestial Memories is magically inspiring. The beautiful tones and music that come from the crystal vibrations are rich, deep and unique. It's perfect to meditate to. The CD quality is excellent.

Transformational harmonics.......2001-04-29

This work contains transformational harmonics that take you to many lovely places, balancing and healing your energy field. This divinely inspired music transports you to other realms of Spirit and magic.

Communicating with your celestial soul.......2001-04-27

When I first came across the clip of this CD - I felt immendiatly transported to a previously untapped part of my inner being. I've heard before that music is the universal language. and it is so true. The tones emanating from the crystal bowls played so hauntingly by Elivia resonated deep into my soul, connecting my mind and opening my heart to all that is beautiful, available and healing to me. In addition I was overcome by a deep awareness that washed over me through this exceptionally unusual example of universal language created my Ms. Melodey. I felt enlightened and soothed to feel just how connected we are to ourselves, each other and our environment when we open our senses, inviting in the music of the crystal bowls to bathe our world weary bodies, transporting us into a magical place of universal connection and healing within and around us. This CD will lead you gently into an experience so magical you will want to share it with all who deserve the gift of an open heart that resonates with the healing power of Elivia's music.

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amazing!
Beautiful, dreamy melodies
Towards the Future...
Subtle pleasantries.
SOMETHING SO GOOD

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ASIN: B00003OP8Q
Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

Alicia (1999 Remix)
Misunderstood (I'll Always Love You - 1999 Remix)
Ring
Asleep
Madras
Amarillo
Above The Lone
Subsequently (Live)
Kykeon
Depression Glass
This Endris Night
Ladonna Dissima
Mediterranea

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A greatest-hits disc after only four albums? Apparently, when you're as good as Love Spirals Downwards, you can get away with it--especially if you throw in a few remixes and rare tracks to make it worth your fans' while. Working its way backward through the band's career, Temporal provides a highlight reel of vocalist Suzanne Perry's ethereal musings and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lum's moody atmospheres. And while it's perhaps not too much of a stretch to go from the 4AD-style bliss of early tracks such as "Mediterrenea" and "This Endris Night" to the heavenly drum and bass of later songs such as "Alicia" and "Ring," LSD have never left their core audience behind, most of whom would heed Perry's siren call even if she sang in a heavy-metal band. Cocteau Twins fans, the torch has been passed. --Steve Landau

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amazing!.......2005-05-31

i decided to purchase this cd solely for the song "depression glass" that my older sister had introduced me to. i had no idea who the band was, i just knew i loved the song. since i am not too familiar with other works, i had decided to start off with this hits compilation, and i have not been able to stop listening to it since then. the melodies are so beautiful and the voices angelic. i love how guitars give a semi strong powerful/semi soothing mood to the music [depression glass, kykeon, mediterrenea] while some tracks are more techno-oriented, like in ring, asleep, and madras. i cannot get enough of this cd, and anyone not familiar with this group but interested in this genre of music should definitely start off here. you won't regret it!

Beautiful, dreamy melodies.......2004-06-04

Founded by Ryan Lum, Love Spirals Downwards has been around since the early 90s. They're sadly no longer together but he's still signed to projekt records with a band called Lovespirals with new singer Anji Bee. I believe their sound is somewhat similar to this but I can't say for sure...

'Temporal' is LSD's final release and is a collection of music past & present. I'd been wanting to check this group out for a while but have always been leery of anything ambient based as it tends to lull me to sleep, and not because it's soothing but because it's boring! This, however, has altered my seemingly narrow perception.

While this is a compiled album of previously available material by LSD there's also a sparse amount of new tracks as well as exclusive remixes included here on their "greatest hits". I've never heard the originals before but on here "Alicia" is mostly downtempo drum&bass and "Misunderstood (I'll Always Love You)" is purely trip hop with some jazzy saxophones sounding in from time to time (those are the two remixes provided here).

Some tracks are supported by electronics with lilting sirens spiraling upwards while others are slower paced, relying more on acoustic instruments. But, no matter what, the textures never lose the lush, full and sumptuous sound they permeate that is always rich in atmosphere. In the early years Suzanne Perry was the main vocalist for LSD but later on her sister Kristen Perry took over and so I'm assuming that both voices can be heard throughout this record. However, I'm not 100% clear on that fact for nowhere inside the booklet does it specify who sings what. Every song is amazing, though, and as a whole it flows rather nicely and the beats are, in a word, heavenly.

LSD kinda reminds me of a more toned down version of Chandeen with a dreamier, female-fronted likeness of Lycia thrown in for good measure. I therefore recommend this to anyone who wants hypnotic soundscapes and ethereal voices that neither overpower nor serve as background accents to entrance and relax you, but without driving you to boredom.

{I truly love them all but my favorite tracks include: "Ring", "Asleep", "Madras", "Above The Lone", and "Depression Glass"}

Towards the Future..........2003-05-30

Beautiful music! Love Sprials Downwards have managed to criss-cross and unite new age/moods/ambient and chill-out all in one. An eclectic masterpiece and a wonderful blueprint of newest instrumental music. We have come along way from the great foundations of Windham Hill, Narada and others. This is the future!

Subtle pleasantries........2000-10-01

This CD slows my world down. Or maybe it just softens the edges a little; I'm not really sure which. The soft, echoing guitars and vocals are conducive to writing; even after the CD's finished playing, the melodies remain in my head, helping to coax new descriptions out of the things around me.

Two paws up for the track arrangement, too; the drum 'n bass tracks in the beginning transition very nicely into the more ethereal-sounding tracks at the end. All together, the 13 tracks are more like one big, lavender, 66-minute mass. Kind of like the album cover, now that I think about it.

I'd compare Love Spirals Downwards to the Cocteau Twins, since that's what I'm most reminded of here, but I don't really see the point. LSD are similar, sure, but by no means derivative. Take my advice and appreciate this album for what it alone is... oh yeah, and for what it'll do to your mind. Trust me; you'll like it.

SOMETHING SO GOOD.......2000-04-13

Temporal is the only album by LSD I have ever heard, but not the only one I will ever buy. I discovered the band some weeks ago, and I haven't heard much of other music lately, because their music steals all my attention. I wouldn't be much wrong if I say they remind me a bit of Cocteau Twins and the moods I get in when I listen to them. I am looking forward to buy the other records they made, and in meanwhile I will enjoy this one.

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Spacemen 3 - 'Performance:Live At The Melkweg,6/2/88' (Taang)
uneven, but worth buying.
Taang's Reissue of the old 'Performance'
Cosmic dust in your headphones

Performance: Live at the Melkweg 6/2/88
Spacemen 3
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Spacemen 3 & The Birth of Spiritualized

ASIN: B000000EU9
Release Date: 1995-09-01

Tracks:

Mary Ann
Come Together
Things'll Never Be
Take Me To The Other Side
Rollercoaster
Walking With Jesus
Repeater
Starship
Revolution
Suicide

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Spacemen 3 - 'Performance:Live At The Melkweg,6/2/88' (Taang).......2006-11-12

A good Spacemen 3 live CD release,but way too similar to their 'Spacemen Are Go!' disc(see my review).A worthy hour long live concert from 1988,apparently.I saw a review somewhere(cannot remember where)suggesting that this might ACTUALLY be the same show,but re-edited.Either way,'Performance...' is fun to listen to late at night.Tunes that stood out were "Things'll Never Be The Same",the mind-levitating "Take Me To The Other Side","Walking With Jesus",Sun Ra's "Starship" and "Revolution".Good neo-psychedelia.Get ONLY if you don't already have the previously mentioned 'Spacemen Are Go!' or if you happen to be a die-hard fan.

uneven, but worth buying........2003-12-13

While tracks like Mary Anne, Rollercoaster, and the one-two-three punch of Starship, Revolution, and Suicide are good, the rest is a little give and take.

For one thing, four of the ten tracks are covers (Mary Anne, Roller Coaster, Come Together, and Starship) which makes one wonder if there wasn't a show that had live versions of say, Call the Doctor or Come Down Easy, etc. That, and the disc sounds as if it was culled from multiple sources.

Either way, the disc is worth buying, if only for the last three tracks.

Taang's Reissue of the old 'Performance'.......2001-11-30

This is a wonderful, blasted example of the Spacemen 3's euphoric, trance-inducing sound. Were there anyone to question the Spacemen's validity as an artistic entity in my presence I would wonder whether this individual might be missing the point. Features all the hits which led Forced Exposure to give them the monniker: "Urine Salesmen of the Apocalypse". Too great.

Cosmic dust in your headphones.......2000-02-28

Some people argue that Spacemen 3 were terribly over rated, while those who know realize Sp3 as the precursor for the entire shoe gazer movement. This live album should prove the doubters wrong. All thier classic songs are here: Mary Anne, Walkin with Jesus, Take Me to the other side, et. al, and they are all great. The greatest thing about this album is the final four song arc of Repeater, Starship, Revolution and Suicide, which is one long white-noise anthem that is sure to get your blood running. If you've never heard Sp3 before don't buy this album first, but don't be afraid of the sheer brilliance of these lads.

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Two worlds of music
Listen... and get ATTUNED!
Attunement....Demby's spontaneous "Masterpiece"
Listen... Experience and get ATTUNED
Excelente

Attunement
Constance Demby
Manufacturer: Sound Currents
ProductGroup: Music
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SONIC IMMERSION - Vibrational Sound Healing Attunement

ASIN: B00005OMVV
Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

Bringing down the Silence
Strings of my Heart
Out of the Mist
Eyes in the Mirror
Fathoms (Space Bass)
Deep Mother
Gabriels' Dragon
Absolution
The Light of All
Ringing in the New

Album Description

"If you take time to listen to it as a whole piece, in one sitting, you will realise the majesty and grandeur, the feel and atmosphere, the playing and composing talent - in fact the very heart and soul - of a master musician at work. The opening track is one of the finest of her career to date, as the scene is set with glorious synths and textures flying all around, making you believe that there's a real group at work and not just one person, the clarity of sound and production, as on the other album, being second to none. "Absolution" is one of the most gorgeous such compositions you'll hear ... The rest of the album is both multi-layered, cohesive and consistent ...a sit-down, serious-listening affair, a voyage through space and time that's as good as it gets." -Andy Garibaldi - CD Services

"Attunement begins with the atmospheric "Bringing Down the Silence," a massive exhale, a cosmic benediction, and (with Connie's total-depth-vocals) a bodily engagement. "Strings of My Heart" is pure loveliness, a rhapsodic melody for harp and strings. "Out of the Mist" features a solo flute with drone, that later huffs up to a huge bagpipe band with bass drums, all echoing through the valleys of the mind, banging boldly on the heart. Very ennobling! The pivot of the album is "Fathoms," which features Connie playing the ten-foot sonic steel sculpture, which sounds like the roar of the universe. You will probably not hear such an all-encompassing sound work you over, ream you out, and massage every neuron. Once worn down, there's no escaping "Deep Mother" who works her raw sensuality and midwife-compassion through goddess-Connie's voice. The primordial vibes continue through the lizardy-firebreathing sounds of "Gabriel's Dragon." "Absolution," with its lead organ sound, is one of the most gorgeous such compositions you'll hear ... blissful music that would somehow strike a chord in your heart, something that stays with you and is re-awakened here. Attunement continues with symphonic stews of somber longing, glistening gleams of redemption, and triumphant clarion bells." -CWright and -Andy Garibaldi

Customer Reviews:

Two worlds of music.......2004-06-26

First I would like to say that I greatly admire Constance Demby's talent. However, if you are interested in buying her CDs, be aware that her music falls into two vastly different worlds. Novus Magnificat, Set Free, Aeterna, and Sanctum Sanctuorum are rich in harmony and very uplifting. Attunement, Spirit Trance, and Sacred Space Music are atonal and reminiscent of a waking nightmare. Unfortunately Amazon.com does not make much of her music available for listening so it is difficult for someone new to her music to be aware that the mood of her work varies greatly. I would love to have her compose more music along the lines of Set Free and Novus Magnificat.

Listen... and get ATTUNED!.......2001-12-03

"Magical. Enthralling. Enchanting. Moving. Profound. Subtly
exhuberant. Deeply touching. Fathomless. Haunting. Ethereal.
Inspiring. Heartfelt. Ancient. Delicate. Brazen. Passionate. Cosmic.
Galactic. Graceful. But most of all.......BEAUTIFUL. Simply
beautiful. Once again... YOU'VE DONE IT!!!!! Tonight... I sat back,
dimmed the lights, smiled and... GOT ATTUNED. I can't wait to hear you play
live... Such energy transmitted over CD. I can't imagine what it must
be like to 'feel' it in person. Don't mind me if I bring tissues with
me when I'm moved to tears of joy." - Chai G.

Attunement....Demby's spontaneous "Masterpiece".......2001-11-22

Attunement is a true miracle... a live performance captured with a minumum of engineering and recorded in vivid, spectacular sound. Those expecting another Novus Magnificat or Aeterna need to open their ears to other vistas they may never have suspected existed. But in the lens of Demby's all-encompassing Camera Obscura, Attunement ranges from the raw, sensual cries of the Demby Earth Mother to the Bachian passages of organ and chorus. The textures are constantly changing, like the colors and fragrances of a secret garden. You round another corner and are greeted with an even more beautiful blossom than before....such is the power of Attunement. This CD demands careful listening and will ultimately prove to be Demby's masterpiece of spontaneous composition (spontaneous combustion??...it does smoke at times...the fire from the earth's inner core) A stunning CD that deserves the widest possible exposure!!

Listen... Experience and get ATTUNED.......2001-11-14

"Magical. Enthralling. Enchanting. Moving. Profound. Subtly exhuberant. Deeply touching. Fathomless. Haunting. Ethereal. Inspiring. Heartfelt. Ancient. Delicate. Brazen. Passionate. Cosmic. Galactic. Graceful. But most of all.......BEAUTIFUL. Simply beautiful. Once again... YOU'VE DONE IT!!!!! Tonight... I sat back, dimmed the lights, lit some amber candles, leaned back, smiled and... GOT ATTUNED. I can't wait to hear Constance play live... Such energy transmitted over CD. I can't imagine what it must be like to 'feel' it in person. Don't mind me if I bring tissues with me when I'm moved to tears of joy."

from -Alan Clancy, healer
"Heads don't roll - they open - in a Demby concert. Her concerts have a profound affect on me, not only for the beauty of the music, but for what remains in consciousness; it creates a temple of spirit like no other has ever done, pushing you beyond your capability to receive. You relax, reflect, twist to open, resist, then go. This procedure is more like an internal workout. The more you put into it the more it gives you. No other artist can reach this depth. I suggest you prepare beforehand your intention to change. You will be met. This is serious work. Your old spirit will unravel for days. Take the journey. It will be "the sound of your life!"

from - Mark Krueger, metaphysical astrologer
"This was not just a concert. It was an opportunity to ground the music of the spheres into planet Earth and the body Human. For on these concert dates, Dec 17-18, the Sun was at the center of our galaxy, a portal to Source. As Constance grounded the new vibrations through her music, we became the listening instrument for the collective body, the sympathetic strings of the Mother's Heart."

from - Dr. Baune, D.C., D.A.C.N.B.
"I am a physician and healer and, during the December concert, I literally watched myself facilitate a non-local healing of a young patient of mine who has deep seated emotional abuse issues. I had no intent to do this before the concert began. The music opened an intuitive part of me that knew where to go and what to do, and took me to the space where it all happened. Several days later, the patient had noticed a profound shift since that night. It expanded the forum of healing possibilities that I can now use. , and Constance's music is something you don't just hear or listen to, you experience it at the deepest level of your being. The harmonic vibrations that she brings forth are a profound gift to this planete."

from - - Cris Beaty, healer and counseler
"Experiencing Connie's Salon Concerts is being in a temple of profound effect and lasting meaning. For me - my body deeply relaxed, mind freed, emotions bubbled, light DNA activated, purpose reclarified, soul touched, chakas opened."

from - Scott, musician
" I sat down in the back yard to listen, and as I was enjoying
"Absolution," my favorite piece with the big organ, the wild peacocks that hang around my area came up to the back fence and stood there transfixed --all of us listening to this incredible music together under the light of the full moon. The peacocks finally left, but only after the album had finished playing."

from - - Viki King, consultant and author "I observed during the concert that Constance Demby's soundings have the capacity to awaken the higher strands of DNA in our bodies."

from - "Journeys to the Infinite"(FUN Radio Romania)
"I think Constance's work has never been better than on ATTUNEMENT"." This concert is from the other side of the Universe! ATTUNEMENT has all the qualities of a spiritual initiation"."I feel something unexplainable in my body and mind listening to this album. It's a sort of exorcism through music".

"The sound of the Space Bass scares me with his other-worldy beauty".

Excelente.......2001-10-25

Es una aproximación al trabajo inicial de Demby. Para quienes la conocen, comparada con Bach, es un disco imprescindible como una aproximación a sus fases iniciales, y de manera sorprendente con un calidad inigualable desde el principio

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Steve Hillage-'Live At Deeply Vale Fesitval 1978'(Ozit)2-CD

Live at Deeply Vale Festival '78
Steve Hillage
Manufacturer: Ozit Records UK
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ASIN: B0002476OC
Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

On Stage Announcement/From DJ at Deeple Vale/Saucer Surfing
Searching for the Spark
Octave Doctors
Salmon Son
Crystal City
Radio
Palm Trees
Light in the Sky
Hurdy Gurdy Man

Tracks:

Lunar Musick Suite
Sun Song (Reprise)
Activation Meditation
Glorious Om Riff
Saucer Surfing
Searching for the Spark
Octave Doctors
Salmon Song
Some Deeply Vale Stage Announcements/Babylon's Burning - The Ruts
More Deeple Vale Background Sounds/The Jester - Tractor
Argument for One - Tractor
Deep Vale - Bring What You Expect to Find - Tractor

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Steve Hillage-'Live At Deeply Vale Fesitval 1978'(Ozit)2-CD.......2005-01-11

About as good,if not better than either of his 'Live Herald' or 'BBC Radio 1' releases(see my review of both).A very satisfactory sound board-source live recording of a historic concert.This gig has apparently been bootlegged before,so this official/legit pressing is most welcome.All of disc one(9 tracks)and the first four(4)of disc two add up to the approx. 80 minute performance that with the exception of a few flaws in the last couple of songs,give the true Hillage fan a real audio gem as well as a memorable keepsake.The flaws don't really effect the quality of the show.Do what I do,think of it as one of those band/artist-released CD's where their taping equipment had some minor problems.The tunes I liked best are "Searching For The Spark","Octave Doctors","Palm Trees",the Donovan cover "Hurdy Gurdy Man",the tripping "Lunar Musick Suite" and "Glorious OM Riff".Line up is:Hillage-guitar,vocals&keyboards,Miquette Giraudy-vocals&synthesizer,Christian Boule-glissando guitar,John Mackenzie-bass&vocals and Andy Anderson-drums.Disc two continues with various audio segments that were lifted from an audience cassette recording.There's a couple of Tractor,one that's actually live from a Deeply Vale outing that I thought sounded about as good as this Hillage show did.Believe I also heard some crowd chatter here and there.Comes with two(2)eight page fold-outs with plenty of informative liner notes and good photos.A must-have for all true fans of Hillage,Gong,Canterbury,Avant Garde and just British psych in general.Aging hippies,rejoice because it rarely gets better than this.Just a great cosmic piece of work.Recommended.

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Psychedelic Hippie Space Prog Rock NEVER Dies!
A compilation of concerts from 73-75 and one studio outtake
excellant overview
Gong - 'Live Etc.' (Caroline) 4 1/2 stars
Tremendous Live Gong!

Live Etc.
Gong
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Psychedelic Hippie Space Prog Rock NEVER Dies!.......2006-03-16

One way to envision the advent of progressive rock in the very late 1960's is as an offshoot of psychedelic rock. Think of it this way: in the mid-late sixties, through the use of marijuana and LSD, many talented musicians, raised on standard rock and roll, began to see the potential of rock and roll to incorporate other musical genres and thereby create more evolved, complex music to fire the imagination. This they did, and thus the psychedelic era of the sixties came into being. The Beatles are a primary example of this phenomenon.
Perhaps some time shortly after this, one of these drug-crazed, talented musicians might have had a revelation thulsy: "you know, this 'music' stuff is pretty cool. If we could just stop smoking pot for a while, we could really do something with it." And thus, the Progressive Rock movement was born. Talented, clear-headed musicians, comitted to incorporating alternative genres into rock in order to fulfill its potential as an art form, creating complex, innovative music that would be prized and imitated for decades to come.
Well, Gong is the band that apparently didn't get that memo. Think of them as a bunch of very talented, creative musicians and artists who do love music, but feel quite secure in the notion that they can smoke their pot, drop their acid and, through the haze, still manage to make some pretty good music, thank you very much.
And so they do. There really isn't any band quite like these guys. Listening to them live onstage, there has never been a band so utterly free of the notion of professional obligation to the zeitgeist. They do their thing, they do whatever they please, and fortunately people buy tickets so they can put gas in the bus. The music is totally off the wall, totally ridiculous, and totally fun- you can tell how much fun the musicians are having onstage, and the sensation rubs of as you listen.
They have apparently still not got the message. At their "planetgong" website, there are pictures of longhaired, white bearded, scrawny old men in ridiculous costumes playing guitars in front of the same rainbow backdrops they must have using back in 1972- and even THEN it must have been an anachronism. I don't know why Deadheads don't follow these people now that Jerry's gone- they do "hippie-go-lucky" better than the dead ever did.
Take it from Gong- reality is overrated. Go and make your own. Since it's up to you, make your new reality one in which people frolick around carefree all day long, loving each other. And when you do, make Gong the House Band for your new reality- they'll know exactly what to do to make you feel right at home.

A compilation of concerts from 73-75 and one studio outtake .......2006-01-16

This album was not released until 1977 and is a great compilation of spirited and dynamic live performances recorded during the 1973-1975 timeframe. The live recordings were taken from concerts at (1) Salle Bataclan Paris, (2) the Edinburgh Festival, (3) Club Arc-en-Ciel (Roanne), (4) BBC Studios, and (5) the Marquee Club, while one track is actually a studio outtake from the You sessions (Where have all the flowers gone?). Fortunately, the live performances do not fall prey to the problems that plague live albums - there are no lengthy (and seemingly endless) solos and incredibly dull "note-for-note" reproductions of the studio pieces. Rather, the pieces are very lively and feature excellent group improvisations that expand the studio works far beyond their original configurations. Although the performances by all members are outstanding, I feel compelled to single out drummer Pierre Moerlen who simply blazes - his playing on this album is truly something to behold. For those folks that love the Daevid Allen lineup, I think it is worth indicating that the music is played by three different lineups, which are identified in the liner notes as lineups A, B, and C. Lineup A (Tracks 1-6 and 11) includes Allen, Smyth, Malherbe, Howlett, Hillage, Blake, and Moerlen; Lineup B (Tracks 7-10) is the same, with the exception of the replacement of Pierre Moerlen with Rob Tate, and the addition of Di Stewart (vocals/percussion); and Lineup C (Tracks 12-15) features Hillage, Howlett, Lemoine, Bauer, Moerlen, Malherbe, and Giraudy (the Shamal lineup). With respect to the different lineups, I missed Pierre's superb drumming on the Lineup B performances, and I have to say that although the players are excellent, Lineup C did not do much for me - I really missed Tim Blake's atmospheric, bubbling synthesizer work on pieces such as Isle of Everywhere and Master Builder (from You, 1974). It's not that keyboardist Patrice Lemoine is bad - it's just that instrumentation that includes only electric organ (and a virtually buried mini-moog) really does not lend that spacey effect that made the You album so amazing. Guitarist Steve Hillage however, puts in a great performance and Pierre Moerlen simply rips. One last thing - the liner notes indicate that the piece entitled "Ooby-Scooby-Doomsday or the D-Day DJs got the DDT Blues" was not included on the CD due to time limitations. This piece does, however, turn up on the remastered version of Angels Egg. All in all, I have to say that this is a good live document that more or less captures the essence of 73-75 period Gong. In spite of the fact that there may be better live recordings of Gong out there, this is certainly readily available to most people and is pretty darn cheap. Recommended.

excellant overview.......2005-09-25

released in 1977 but recorded in various venues between 1973-75 this version of gong contains the classic lineup of daevid allen, tim blake and steve hillage and while angel's egg is probably their finest work, this is a supreme example of space rock while providing an excellant overview of the daevid allen era. daevid allens's compositions seem to be underated in their ability to convey an otherworldly sense of mystery and joy of discovery, and this album realizes the full spectrum of his skill as a bandleader. the entire band shines, with the transcendant and beautiful sax of didier malherbe,the incredible psychedelic atmosphere created by tim blake's synth work (a pioneer in the field who doesn't seem to be given enough credit for creating the spacey sounds of space rock), the understated and sophisticated drumwork of pierre moerlen(rip), but most impressive is probably hillage, whose sonic explorations on guitar electrify the music with a possessed fervor and established his reputation as a supreme guitarist in the field. simply wonderful. reccomended for all gong fans and space rock fans.

Gong - 'Live Etc.' (Caroline) 4 1/2 stars.......2005-08-05

'Live Etc' is an absolute must-have compilation for all true Gong fans.It features a total of fifteen live tracks of tunes that originally appeared on the band's key albums 'Camembert Electrique','Flying Teapot','Angel's Egg' and 'You'.Taken from unreleased live soundboard tapes(I assume)from shows between 1973-75.Absolute best cut here is "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" along with "6/8 Tune",that are the disc's only unreleased material.Other cosmic gems include "Dynamite/I Am Your Animal","Isle Of Everywhere","Oily Way" and "Master Builder".Duration is 78:33.Heard they wanted to add the 16th cut that was originally on the 2-lp record,but the CD simply wouldn't hold it.Talk about wanting to give your fans their money's worth.Long live the mother Gong ship!Recommended.

Tremendous Live Gong!.......2004-10-06

Both this and the transitional "Shamal" L.P. are in dire need of domestic or Japanese remastering. Let's go, people! Enough already with the shoddy, poor acoustic early '90's CD reproductions. These 2 releases are both critical components of the Gong catalogue and the audience is waiting!

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Last Night on Earth, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]

Flamenko Futuro [Import]

I Love Synthes12er Dance V.1 [Import]

Plenty

There and Back