Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) [CD-single]

1. Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) [808 Mix One]

2. Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) [Radio Mix]

3. Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) [808 Mix Two]

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5. Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) [LP Version]

Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts),Jon Hassell,Warner Bros / Wea,Jazz,Minimalism,Pop,Rock

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Average customer rating: Guitarded, my review from Barcelona Leslie "the Best" West This is a compilation great! guitared

Guitarded Leslie West Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Got Blooze Blues to Die For Blue Me As Phat as It Gets Dodgin' the Dirt ASIN: B0002QI626 Release Date: 2004-10-11

Tracks:

1. Allergic
2. Cross Cut Saw Blues
3. Stormy Monday
4. Honky Tonk Women
5. Hang Me Out To Dry
6. If Heartaches Were Nickels
7. The Cell
8. Dragon Lady
9. Goin' Down
10. Third Degree
11. Born To Be Wild
12. Old Brown Shoe
13. Theme For An Imaginary Western

Product Description

1. Alergic
2. Solution
3. Cross Cut Saw
4. Stormy Monday
5. Honky Tonk Woman
6. Hang Me Out To Dry
7. If Heartaches Were Nickels
8. The Cell
9. Dragon Lady
10. Theme From An Imaginary Western (From The Night Of The Guitars)
11. Bardot Damage
12. Born To Be Wild
13. Out Into The Fields
14. Old Brown Shoe

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Guitarded, my review from Barcelona.......2007-05-25

Leaving apart four songs composed by West, the other tracks are great classic that Leslie West covers with dignity, but to tell it short, this record is more a Hard Rock-Blues record than a Blues record, with too much hard guitar and a strong voice in several moments similar to John Foggerty's (Credence Clearwater Revival) more suitable for Rock than Blues.The guitar is very good and also the voice but I prefer the subtlety of the original versions.It is considered one of the Best Blues - Rock Album of the 2005 year and it really is a very good record, hard driving Blues-Rock with intense guitar and voice, but most of these tracks have been released on other albums over the years by the great names of the BLUES. If you want to listen to Leslie West, my recommendation is "Blues to die for", a really very good album with some very nice covers as well. Nonetheless, anybody who likes Blues and Rock like I do can enjoy this album. It contains a good cover of "Honky Tonk women" (but I prefer the Rolling Stones original) and very interesting live tracks.

Leslie "the Best" West.......2006-11-13

If you are into 70s rock you will love this album...I am an aspiring guitarist growing up in the 60s .. 70s..Ye..I am old... but if you like pure Rock & Blues some of us "old timers" still can hold our own !!!

This is a compilation.......2005-11-09

There are no liner notes, or anything on the CD or its cover to so indicate, but if you look at these songs as part of Leslie's catalog, they were released in the 10 or so years preceeding this disc.

That being said, it amounts to a post-Mountain "best of". Stormy Monday and Third Degree especially sound fine, but the rest of the album is good too. I would have liked some real liner notes, but the music is tasty.

great!.......2005-10-10

Hard driving blues by a master. I was pleasantly surprised by the intense guitar work and fell that West was really enjoying himself.

guitared.......2005-09-30

I found this to be weak. covers are feeble at best. a sign of that current time in music history

Average customer rating: And Now for Something Completely Different If only 6 stars was possible "She oped the door, she drew me in...." After 40 years Tangerine Dream morphs it's style again. Get the DVD/CD release of it.

Madcap's Flaming Duty Tangerine Dream Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Paradiso Detroit March 31st 1977 Lamb with Radar Eyes Live in Preston: November 5th 1980 Rocking Mars ASIN: B000NQDCH4 Release Date: 2007-04-16

Tracks:

1. Astrophel And Stella
2. Shape My Sin
3. Blessed Damozel
4. Divorce
5. Dream Of Death
6. Hear The Voice
7. Lake Of Pontchartrain
8. Mad Song
9. One Hour Of Madness
10. Man
11. Hymn To Intellectual Beauty
12. Solution Of All Problems

Description

The Stunning new album from Tangerine Dream. Tangerine Dream celebrates their 40th Anniversary in 2007 with the release of their latest album -'Madcap's Flaming Duty'. The album is dedicated to former Pink Floyd guitarist Syd Barrett who died in July 2006. The lyrics for each of the songs on the new album are adapted from English and American poets from 17th and 18th century literature by Bianca F. Acquaye. The music is written by Edgar Froese and Thorsten Quaeschning. This recording is dedicated to the influential spirit of a legendary musical mind, Syd Barrett, who had to end his present incarnation in summer 2006.

Customer Reviews:

And Now for Something Completely Different.......2007-06-24

As other reviewers have pointed out, Tangerine Dream is an old and very prolific group that has put out over a hundred albums that span a wide range of musical styles. With masterpieces like Phaedra and Rubycon under their belt, sometimes it's just too easy to dismiss the rest of their work as uninspired product, ignoring quality work that doesn't fit the same mold.

Occasionally TD does a "voice" album, and, truth be told, I tend to skip the lyrical songs when they crop up in my player. They aren't necessarily bad, but they're not what draws most people to TD. Imagine a well-known comedy actor doing a "serious" role and you more or less get the picture--even if it's done well, you can't help but think it's just wrong.

However, with Madcap's Flaming Duty, I was shocked to find myself putting the album on repeat play. First off, the instrumental work here is impressive, but it's really the lyrics and the vocals that make this album work. The lead singer's voice complements the instrumentals rather than overpowering or distracting from it. Furthermore, the lyrics are some of the best I've heard (and yes, I know they're adapted from old poetry and literature).

The album reminds me at times of some diverse groups, such as VNV Nation, Peter Schilling, later Depeche Mode, and Peter Murphy. It's soulful stuff that's quite inspirational, with only the occasional "muzak" flourish to make you wince (TD seems to struggle sometimes to avoid sounding like elevator music, especially when a saxophone is involved).

"Shape My Sin," "A Dream of Death" and "Lake of Pontchartrain" really stand out to me as the best songs on the album. These are catchy songs that I've been unable to get out my head since I first heard them. I was really surprised to hear such fine voice work from a TD album; it makes me wonder if they haven't found a new direction--though I also find their new "Blue Dawn" album a new high point in their career. It's exciting to be a Tangerine Dream fan again!

If only 6 stars was possible.......2007-05-25

I am not surprised to see reviews ranging from 3-5 for this album. As more reviews come in, I expect to see a few 1's from the die-hard fans. However, in my humble opinion, this is the best TD release since the early 80's and contains my new all time favorite track (Burning Babes Reality Song). This song was previously released as Earthlings Reality on Metaphor with keyboards from Edgar and Thorsten and vocals from Chris. I think this new singer is absolutely great and could easily fit into any group. I do admit something that helps boost my score and that is that I have the DVD/CD version of this which contains videos for the whole album...some just performance and some combination of performance and artistic. If noone else has seen the video, it is nice to see the group perform as there is a lot of guitar, cello, violin and analog drums. Even Thorsten sings on a couple of tracks.
I really hope people give this a chance. I don't like every TD album and certainly not everything they do with vocals but this is a 5 star gem easily.

"She oped the door, she drew me in....".......2007-05-08

Tangerine Dream (TD) has been with us for 40 years. Wow, that is a lot of time (man, I'm getting old). Like other fans, I have most of the CD's, DVD's, etc., etc. I recently got my 2 DVDs celebrating the 35th Phaedra Concert Anniversary and the 40th Tangerine Dream Concert Anniversary. Both DVDs are a great resume of TD history (70's, 80's, 90's and New Millennium). Then I got Madcap's Flaming Duty (MFD) CD. What can I say?. It was totally unexpected for me. The music is great but the voice, I don't know. But at the end this events are the ones that makes TD unique. Edgar Froese, as a great artist he is, is always reinventing himself and he is showing it with this new release. So, after listening to MFD few times it started to grow in me. Even my kids are already singing it. As for this moment, I think that the best track is the fifth one; "A Dream Of Death". So, just after the "Their faith the dead and living plight..." Linda Spa plays her flute and the magic starts to grow, then the guitars come along, and, wow, what a great track!!!....

Yes, definitely it is starting to grow in me...

Greetings from Mexico City.

After 40 years Tangerine Dream morphs it's style again........2007-05-01

Every decade it seems Tangerine Dream releases an album that alienates fans because singing never fit well with their style.In the 70's it was Cyclone which even founder Edgar Froese brushed off in an interview as "just an experiment".In the 80's there was poetry set to music in Tyger an oddly schizophrenic album with half sung poetry and half instrumental tracks.Tyger though is an interesting predercesser to this album which boldly forges ahead with all vocal songs like it or not.The good news is that most of the songs are a mesmerizing blend of vocals and music that bring to mind Pink Floyd.The bad news is that poetry doesn't always gel with the music and the vocalist is good but not quite David Gilmour.Edgar's son Jerome is absent but TD's new member Thorsten Quaeshning has revitalized the group since Jeanne D'Arc,the long instrumental middle of track 5 is brillant.There's even a surprisingly good Irish song(!) and a hypnotic Depeche Mode like final song.Like their Dante trilogy this isn't for all tastes but they deserve credit for continuing to evolve and try new approaches to music.How much you like it is a matter of taste but it's still a bold musthave for all TD fans.

Get the DVD/CD release of it........2007-04-28

Mindblowing, mystical, romantic, and brilliant. Can't stop playing it. Been a big fan since 1981... this one is one of my favourites ever and is easily the best TD album with vocals.... easily.

Average customer rating: Worthy for at least ONE song..... NOTHING like 90125!! Nice look behind the scenes Great album Rabin gives boost to Yes

90124 Trevor Rabin Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live In L.A. Yes 9012 Live The Unknown Can't Look Away White ASIN: B00008GQCM Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
2. Changes
3. One Track Mind
4. Moving In
5. Where will you be?
6. Owner of A Lonely Heart
7. Walls
8. Promenade
9. Love will find a way
10. Miracle Of Life
11. Cinema

Album Description

Immediately prior to joining Yes for their come back album, 1983's massive selling 90125, Trevor Rabin had been recording songs for his next solo album which remained unreleased until now as many of them formed the basis for the Yes album.

Now, for the first time we can hear Trevor's original versions of several songs that appeared on 90125 including Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Changes.

Also included are some fine songs which were not used by Yes, such as One Track Mind and Moving In. These are firmly in the hard rock category, with Trevor's distinctive voice and exceptional guitar skills to the fore.

90124 is a fascinating compliment to 90125 showing how Yes developed the songs and also demonstrating how much his presence influenced the band's sound. It will appeal to fans of Yes as well as fans of Trevor's music.

Customer Reviews:

Worthy for at least ONE song............2006-12-21

Close observers to the original Yes LP "Talk", will notice that the song "Walls" is co-written by Supertramp co-founder, Roger Hodgson, although he isn't heard on the original. There was talk by Roger himself of a possible full-length collaboration with Trevor and a beautiful demo of "The More I Look" (from the eventual album "Open The Door")is the only finished product. Nothing more though...until this record! Roger is all over the place on this demo version of "Walls" and it just demolishes the tepid version with Jon Anderson. Supertramp/Hodgson fans should get this album just for this song. The rest? A matter of personal taste.

NOTHING like 90125!!.......2006-11-06

Jeeze, I hate to be a sourpuss about this album, but I find the previous glowing reviews quite misleading and I'd like to save people the disappointment of buying it.

It's true that the CD contains some of the best songs on 90125 (plus "Love will find a way" from Big Generator), and I admit that Rabin has some talent (when properly coached and restrained). However, the versions here are VASTLY inferior to those on 90125. Within each song, those parts that were "approved" by Yes and ended up on 90125 are great; those that where rejected/modified SUCK: they have trite lyrics, corny arrangements, thin vocals, no tension and (paradoxically) boring and predictable guitar riffs and solos!

Most of the songs on 90124 seem lifted straight out of the soundtrack of one of those dismal 80s teenage action flicks (you know, overproduced crap sung by hyena-sounding, spandex-clad, no-talent unknowns).

To summarize, check out this album ONLY if you want to see how a group of excellent musicians took a batch of uneven songs, extracted and distilled what was promising in them and released one of the best pop/rock albums of the 80s!!

Nice look behind the scenes.......2005-09-24

This isn't just demos for 90125. There's demos for new albums too. It is a very interesting look at Trevor Rabin's original ideas and cool to contrast them with the final Yes versions. I'm glad Rabin is having a lot of success outside Yes, because he's a very talented musician. I've always had mixed feelings about his version of Yes, since it seemed that he was clearly the focus of the band and not quite as democratic; I would have preferred they called it Cinema. But it did produce some great music. This will show you just how in control he was.

Great album.......2005-06-20

Shows you how His tunes became Yes tunes!

Talk about it here...

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Rabin gives boost to Yes.......2005-01-30

A lot of die-hard Yes fans who absoultely hated Trevor Rabin didn't want to hear this or any of his other work with Yes but the truth is there might not be a Yes today if it wasn't for Rabin's genius,he plays every instrument except drums I believe, & produced 90125 ,Big Generator as well as the underrated "Talk".
I personally enjoy every vesion of Yes as their very being makes them experimental if it be hard core prog, super polished power pop or love/hate "Tales from from Topographic Oceans",self indulgence,the bottom line is they never put out a bad album & realised the magical hooks in these demos presented to them @ a major turning point in their careers,clearly a good move & went on to sell major units without selling out.

Average customer rating: interesting first listen, but do you want to hear this again? Muzak for Aging Proggers CONTEXT BEING THE THING Excellent Prog-Rock Interpretations for Jazzy but not Jazz Piano Trio Great CD! Bring on Volume 2

King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 1 The Crimson Jazz Trio Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pictures of a City: Live in New York Love Cannot Bear The Brondesbury Tapes (1968) Live in Japan Exposure ASIN: B000B865DM Release Date: 2005-10-17

Tracks:

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. Three Of A Perfect Pair
3. Catfood
4. Starless
5. Ladies Of The Road
6. I Talk To The Wind
7. Red
8. Matte Kudasai

Album Description

Very, very few players have covered King Crimson repertoire and no-one of prominence (other than The Schizoid Band and Andrew Keeling's orchestral arrangements) has attempted more than one or two pieces. There have been honourable renditions & representations but, until now, without significantly adding to my understanding of Crimson material.

The CJ3 have respectfully & irreverently taken 8 Crimson classics, repositioned them in the musical spectrum, and delivered their first Songbook with superb musicianship in service to wit & invention. I have heard, as if for the first time, Schizoid, TOAPP, Catfood, Starless, Ladies Of The Road, I Talk To The Wind, Red & Matte Kudasai.

Ian Wallace provides personal hotline & Crimson-juice authority to the Trio, although anyone unfamiliar with Ian's jazz passion & experience may be surprised by what is going on here. O for a shabby & smoke-free jazz club to sit back & savour The CJ3 in living sonic colour. O for someone to persuade Ian, Jody Nardone & Tim Landers to climb into the back of a van and travel.

Album Description

CJ3 have respectfully & irreverently taken 8 Crimson classics, repositioned them in the musical spectrum and delivered their first Songbook with superb musicianship in service to wit & invention. Featuring well known King Crimson members Ian Wallace and Mel Collins. Sleeve notes by Robert Fripp.Voiceprint. 2005.

Album Details

Very, Very Few Players have Covered King Crimson Repertoire and No-one of Prominence (Other Than the Schizoid Band and Andrew Keeling's Orchestral Arrangements) Has Attempted More Than One Or Two Pieces. There have Been Honourable Renditions and Representations But, Until Now, Without Significantly Adding to My Understanding of Crimson Material. The Cj3 have Respectfully and Irreverently Taken Eight Crimson Classics, Repositioned them in the Musical Spectrum, and Delivered their First Songbook with Superb Musicianship in Service to Wit and Invention. I have Heard, as If for the First Time, Schizoid, Toapp, Catfood, Starless, Ladies of the Road, I Talk to the Wind, Red and Matte Kudasai. Ian Wallace Provides Personal Hotline and Crimson-juice Authority to the Trio, Although Anyone Unfamiliar with Ian's Jazz Passion and Experience May Be Surprised by What is Going on Here.

Customer Reviews:

interesting first listen, but do you want to hear this again?.......2006-08-09

Being a big fan of the King Crimson material chosen for this disc and of good jazz piano (Evans, Jarrett, Tyner, Charlap, Gustavsen,....), I had high hopes. Sadly, this just doesn't work for me.

Faster tempo sections lack grit or aggression, and the quieter passages frequently descend into a Hilton lounge vibe.

Do the guys have musical chops? Certainly. And drummer Ian Wallace brings Crimson bandmate experience to the plate (the drums are the highlight of this set). I would have preferred an acoustic bass instead of the "front of the mix" electric that was chosen, but ability and instrumentation are not the problem. Soul and innovation are.

Despite an ever-changing band line up (sans Fripp, the only always-present member), King Crimson was always filled with musicians who had a lot to say and the ability to say it (even if you didn't didn't necessarily enjoy every incarnation or album).

Sadly, this CD doesn't live up to its concept. Great Crimson "standards" were chosen, but (unlike a great jazz trio tackling a stanard tune and building something new and exciting) these interpretations don't go very far.

I DO recommend checking this disc out. It's interesting to hear these pieces in a different context. The question will be whether or not you would like to hear them more than once.

Muzak for Aging Proggers.......2006-03-19

A few years ago, following the dubious success of "The Orchestral Tubular Bells" we were treated to a rapidly-descending series of lugubrious orchestrations of the music of Jethro Tull, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd (Oh, the humanity!) and several other Baby Boomer favorites. Thankfully, the trend died out as fast as it arose and elevators all over the world have gone back to "Tiny Bubbles" and "Raindrops."

Or maybe not. Is the Crimson Trio a harbinger of the next wave of bowderlization, where everything sacred is turned into Lounge Jazz this time? Can Nick the Lounge Singer, crooning "Aqualung" in airport lounges to blue-haired travelers, be far behind?

Oh the Trio is tasteful -- Landers is one hell of a bassist and Wallace is underappreciated -- but the first signs of the Apocalypse always are.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

CONTEXT BEING THE THING.......2006-03-11

The equation is pretty simple: The Crimson Jazz Trio is to jazz somewhat less than King Crimson is to rock. But the real import here is a dramatic change of context, one that shifts the rhythmic and melodic components from an often clinical glare into a warm and generous new light. By allowing us to recognize these now familiar pieces in a completely new setting is a great way to demonstrate just how compelling, flexible and open-ended the music of King Crimson is. Even more interesting is the way in which the music of various generations of KC, each with its own distinct stylistic signature and aesthetic preoccupations, adapt to the here "standardized" jazz form.

More than an exercise, the first volume Songbook shows us that no matter what the form, interpretation is a critical aspect of making music. The interpretations here are uniformly worthwhile and exhibit the outcomes of what must have been some difficult decisions. Just consider untying the Gordian Knot that is "Starless", absent of Alexander's sword. Music such as this, with its strictly metered progressions built on razor-fine divisions and subtle, clockwork variations would seem impossible to adapt to the freer shadings of jazz. Yet, the Crimson Jazz trio accomplishes just that, to great effect.

Listening, however, proves to be equally demanding and rewarding, especially when compared to a spate of comparatively onanistic "mash-ups" of the original work. Anyone interested in music and its seemingly infinite pliability and potential should spend time with this Songbook.

Excellent Prog-Rock Interpretations for Jazzy but not Jazz Piano Trio.......2006-03-05

This disc is almost an instant classic, give or take a few minor reservations. Exceeded all my expectations that's for sure.

Landers & Wallace need no introduction but it is the unknown Nardone who is the revelation here. He's unfailingly tasteful in the slower and medium-tempo sections, really catching the immortal spirit of classic KC but he also tends to overplay and overstate and bang on the keyboards and take the song through some sort of climax, unnecessarily ruining his own extended state of grace, apparently thinking he has to do this just because this is the mighty King Crimson after all that they're interpreting and a bit of loudness and 'rocking out' is called for! Not so. By riding out the entire song in a perfect state of understated balance which is what cool jazz is all about and with fresh inventiveness each step of the way, he creates a masterpiece whereas whenever he bangs on the keyboards he creates only annoyance since no piano can match the power of Fripp's guitar.

That criticism aside, the great thing about Nardone is that when he's flying improv he's flying strictly with the 'beyond' feel or 'transcendent' feel of a tune, the mysterious spirit that makes it great and he's all about that 100% and where that takes him and not at all tied into a jazz idiom. In other words, if Keith Jarrett or Chick Corea or Herbie Hancock improvised on these same tunes, it would sound too jazzy and they would take a jazz approach and subordinate the feel of the tune to the jazz approach which tends towards homogeneity. Not Nardone, he takes the improv approach but leaves the jazz patterns or feel out because it would take away from the superior classic KC feel. The Jazz or be-bop derived style of playing with its established patterns of approach has been run down into the ground by hundreds of players over the years so it's great to hear a guy who likes the freedom of improvisation but likes the transcendence prog aims at at its best better than the very different type of transcendence jazz tries for. You could say that this is cool-jazz played with equal parts cool-jazz spirit & prog-rock imagination but without any be-bop dervied stuff thrown in that you hear in all standard jazz albums from Pat Metheny to Keith Jarrett.

Excellent job recording the CD as well, super-thick very nice piano sound, a killer deep electric bass that stands in for an upright and the classic Wallace drum tone.

Great CD! Bring on Volume 2.......2006-03-03

While this is not officially King Crimson, it's definitely a must for any Crimson fan. This is even a great jazz CD for those who aren't (yet) fans of KC. I really enjoy the very melodic fretless bass guitar. I definitely hope they stay together and record a Volume 2. I'd love to hear some more arrangements from the '80s Fripp/Belew/Bruford/Levin line up as well as the '90s Double Trio.

Average customer rating: Lyric sheet not included. . .and still no guitars

Sequencer Synergy Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra Cords Games Audion Metropolitan Suite ASIN: B000167XW6 Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

1. S-Scape
2. Chateau
3. Cybersports
4. Classical Gas Paradox:
5. A. Largo, New World Symphony
6. B. Icarus
7. Sequence 14
8. Sequence 14 [Original 1975 Demo]

Product Description

1. S-scape
2. Chateau
3. Cyber-sports
4. Classical Gas
5. Paradox
a. Largo, New World Symphony
b. Icarus
6. Sequence 14

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Lyric sheet not included. . .and still no guitars.......2005-12-04

After the promise of Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra the previous year, one would think that Sequencer would have been a comparatively impressive work. Unfortunately, this album is gravely disappointing compared to the first album. S-Scape, the first track, ends as soon as it starts to get good. Other tracks, like the wonderful Chateau and the cool Cybersports, are good short pieces but offer only a taste of the Synergy heard in ER. It just strikes me that Larry Fast may have been a bit short on material (or energy) at the time he created this album as the majority of the pieces on it are either covers of others' works or tone sequences. Only once the last track (Sequence) 17 gets going do you begin to hear the Synergy character that you wanted to hear more of when you bought the album.

Now don't get me wrong--there are tracks in here that are definitely worth listening to. It's not a bad album, but this is not the best that Synergy has to offer.

Average customer rating: WAAAAAY BETTER AUDIO THAN THE BOOT, 4-STARS FOR THE PERFORMANCE

Live in Concert: Newcastle City Hall 1974 Refugee Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Refugee Live at the BBC Story of I Mainhorse Live at Montreux 2003 ASIN: B000N3AXCE Release Date: 2007-03-26

Tracks:

1. Outro (Ritt Mickley)
2. One Left Handed Peter Pan
3. Diamond Hard Blues Apples Of The Moon
4. Someday
5. Papillon
6. She Belongs To Me
7. Grand Canyon Suite: A)Source B)Theme For The Canyon C)Journey D) Rapids E)Mighty
8. Refugee Jam

Description

Refugee was the band formed by Patrick Moraz, Lee Jackson and Brian Davison in 1973. They quickly became established in the UK and Europe thanks to both Jackson and Davison having previously been founder members of the hugely influential and successful British progressive rock band The Nice. This release has been cleaned up and remastered with the full co-operation of the members of the band.

Customer Reviews:

WAAAAAY BETTER AUDIO THAN THE BOOT, 4-STARS FOR THE PERFORMANCE.......2007-07-27

For years, there has been an AWFUL Refugee bootleg circulating (usually called "Miraculous Tracks") of a show from this '74 tour. I can't even begin to describe how pathetic that boot sounds.

This "mixing desk" recording, however, made to cassette and kept by Brian Davison, sounds much better. On a scale of 5 stars, I would rate the audio at a 2-1/2 (the boot would be a -1).

There isn't much bottom end to the recording, especially to the drums, but there's decent clarity between the instruments.

The performances are first-rate. When you get through listening to this, you wish Wakeman hadn't departed Yes; they offered his slot to Moraz, who then left Refugee for the Relayer album/tour. This recording shows just how good Refugee was, and hints at what they could have been, if they had not suffered that interruption.

It also demonstrates that Jackson and Davison are two world-class players. It's a shame that they folded their hands after the demise of this outing.

Gee, any chance you three could give it another whirl? That would be something. Maybe just one NEARfest performance, so we could finally have a first-class live recording? PUH-lease?

Average customer rating: i own the lp Best Version of Theme for Imaginary Western

Theme Leslie West Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Me Alligator Got Blooze Guitarded Live ASIN: B000E6GBU8 Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

1. Talk Dirty
2. Motherload
3. Theme For An Imaginary Western
4. I'm Crying
5. Red House
6. Love Is Forever
7. I Ate It
8. Spoonful
9. Love Me Tender

Album Description

Leslie West has gained fame the world over during his 30-plus year career as one of the most innovative and influential musicians in the history of rock music. He is most noted for his role as leader of the explosive hard rock trio, Mountain, which was named by VH-1 as one of the Top 100 Hard Rock Groups of all time. Voiceprint. 2006.

Album Details

Leslie West First Picked Up a Guitar in Anger as it were in the Sixties When He was a Member of the Vagrants. The Vagrants were Just One of Many Bands on the Club Circuit on Long Island During the Sixties. Two Other Bands were the Young Rascals and the Hassles, which Featured a Young Billy Joel. Many People However Will Remember Leslie West as a Founder Member of Mountain Alongside Felix Papalardi and Long Time (Although Not Founder) Drummer Corky Laing. In Fact, Aside from a Short Period of Time During the Seventies When West was a Member of West, Bruce and Laing Alongside Corky and Former Cream Bassist Jack Bruce, Mountain Has Taken Up a Large Part of Leslie's Time. His First Solo Album Entitled Mountain Led to the Formation of the Band of the Same Name.

Customer Reviews:

i own the lp.......2007-01-25

what more can you say when howard stern reviews it for wxrk-fm?

Best Version of Theme for Imaginary Western.......2006-07-07

Theme came out in the 80s with Leslie working with Jack Bruce again. This is a great sounding CD with Jack doing the honors on vocal for the Title Tune (Excellent) Other highlights include a great version of Hendrix's "RedHouse" and Cream's Version of "Spoonful" segueing into "Love me tender" Leslie is in fine form throughout the offering. Highly recommended to WBL, Mountain, and Leslie West fans.

Average customer rating: My second favorite Synergy album Stands Up After 30 Years melodic depth A return, of sorts, to the beginnings.

Cords Synergy Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Games Sequencer Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra Audion The Jupiter Menace ASIN: B0001BH6HS Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. On Presuming to Be Modern
2. Phobos
3. Deimos
4. Sketches of Mythical Beasts
5. Disruption in World Communications
6. On Presuming to Be Modern II
7. Small Collection of Chords
8. Full Moon Flyer
9. Terra Incognita
10. Trellis
11. On Presuming to Be Modern III
12. Phobos & Deimos [Radio Edit]

Album Description

Cords was the third album to be released from Synergy and was originally released in 1978 whilst Larry Fast was recording and working with Peter Gabriel on his second solo album. The album is wholly composed and performed by Larry fast and contains the tracks Full Moon Flyer, Trellis and Terra Incognita. Cords has been re mastered for release alongside the other Synergy releases, which will be re released over the coming six months.

Album Description

The man behind Synergy is Larry Fast a native of New Jersey who was to have a far-reaching effect on the use of synthesizers in rock music during the seventies & eighties. 'Cords' was the third album to be released by Synergy & was originally released in 1978 while Larry Fast was recording & working with Peter Gabriel on his second solo album. Remastered with one bonus track 'On Presuming To Be Modern III'. Voiceprint Records. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

My second favorite Synergy album.......2007-03-24

While I like Sequencer a little better than Chords, I like Chords better than the first album.

My incentive to post a review though is that the editorial blurb states :
"The album is wholly composed and performed by Larry fast"
which I believe is incorrect.

Chords was the first Synergy album to include any form of guitar work, specifically in the form of an early prototype synth guitar and it was performed by someone other than Mr. Fast.

Really interesting stuff though, with a 'darker' feel than the first two albums. This one is a must have for synthesizer fans in my humble opinion.

Stands Up After 30 Years.......2007-01-10

This album blew me away in 1977 as a thoughtful, fast-forward use of electronic instrumentation for melodic music. While others around were utilizing similar technology, this album is truly inspired with music commensurate with the instrumentation (technology) that moves from beginning to end with the right mix of excitement and understatement making this a truly classic recording.

melodic depth.......2006-10-06

I own an original 1978 "clear" vinyl copy of CORDS which I am afraid to put a needle to. So this CD allows me to listen to this synthesizer masterpiece at will. CORDS stood out from the other electronica of that era due to its advanced layering and oceanic depth. Even in today's electronica genre this project has a fresh sound. An assemblage of titles which posses an ominous "breathing" quality about them.

A return, of sorts, to the beginnings........2005-12-11

This album is more like Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra than like Sequencer. If you liked the original Synergy album ER you'll probably like this one. If you like Sequencer (and I do) you'll probably like this one more. It's a return to the early days of synth music, when composers and musicians were just figuring out what to do with them, and just what they could do.

Average customer rating: Pre-Digital Electronic Music A very sophisticated recording of electronic music

Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sequencer Cords Games Audion The Jupiter Menace ASIN: B000167XVW Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

1. Legacy
2. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
3. Classical Gas [1975 Version]
4. Synergy
5. Relay Breakdown
6. Warriors

Album Details

This Re-issue Has Been Remastered and is the First in a Series that Will Make their Entire Back Cataloge Available. Includes Different Bonus Tracks to the Us Version.

Customer Reviews:

Pre-Digital Electronic Music.......2006-08-24

I have the original lp of this album(it came in clear vinyl) which was recorded in SQ quadrophonic sound! The early U.S. release on CD doesn't even come close. I only wish it could be remastered using SACD or Dolby Surround like some of todays CD's or even DVD Audio. But, even on CD this is one of the best early electronic music masterpeices!

A very sophisticated recording of electronic music.......2006-06-20

This 1975 album is, in my estimation, nearly singular in the world of electronic music due to its sheer complexity. In fact, this album by American electronic composer Larry Fast is much closer to progressive rock than Berlin School electronica for example - there is just a lot going on in each of these compositions.

The six tracks on the album range in length from 2'58" to 12'50" and feature a range of tones and dynamic contrasts. Another interesting aspect of the music, and I never expected to discuss this in a review of an electronic composition, is the abundant use of melodies, harmonies, and most importantly both rhythmic and melodic counterpoint. In fact, it is amazing what Larry achieved with just the use of a mini-moog, an Oberheim Polyphonic, and a Mellotron 400. In fact, it makes me wonder what it would have sounded like if he had scored these complicated synthesizer pieces for rock instruments, including a full drum kit.

Interestingly, Larry's link with prog rock is not as tenuous as one might think with his being an electronic composer and he struck up a good working relationship with the prog band Nektar around this time. His excellent work can be heard on Nektar's Recycled album (1975).

This remastered album features restored cover art and excellent sound quality, along with some skimpy liner notes.

This album is very highly recommended to those electronica fans who want something a little more varied than the typical fare. Also recommended are two albums by Isao Tomita including Snowflakes are Dancing (1974) and The Tomita Planets (1976).

Average customer rating: not good experience It'll Go Down In A Storm In The States!! Hatfield plus Henry Cow A must have for National Health Fans

Missing Pieces National Health Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Playtime Egg Space Shanty If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You Hatfield and the North ASIN: B000024OOM Release Date: 2005-03-17

Tracks:

1. Bouree
2. Paracelsus (Inc. Bouree Reprise)
3. Clocks And Clouds
4. Agrippa
5. The Lethargy Shuffle & The Mind-Your-Backs-Tango
6. Zabaglione
7. Lethargy Shuffle Part 2
8. Croquette For Electronic Beating Group
9. Phlakaton
10. The Towplane & The Glider
11. Starlight On Seaweed
12. Walking The Dog (Extract)

Album Description

National Health was founded in 1975 by two keyboard players - Dave Stewart of fearsomely complex experimental group Egg and Alan Gowen, one of Britain's leading jazz-rock writers and players. This CD was originally released in 1996. 12 tracks. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

not good experience.......2007-01-04

I did buy the music Missing pieces after it was shown in reference with an Autism notice. It was totally misleading and not worth any money at all much less the money I wasted in it. This has turned me off from trusting Amazon in the future.

It'll Go Down In A Storm In The States!!.......2005-03-01

This might seem ironic, coming from an avowed "non-completist" like myself, but I do put forth, even if you have much of the National Health canon, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE!!!

This is a remarkably cohesive assemblage of previously unheard material from its early formative period, before their first album, National Health was released. At the core were of course, keyboardists Allen Gowen and Dave Stewart, guitarist Phil Miller, bassist/French horn maestro Dirk "Mont" Campbell, and the drum stool shared by Pip Pyle and Bill Bruford, plus a bit of help from the lovely Amanda Parsons on occasional vocals, and additional guitarage from Steve Hillage and Phil Lee.

This early version of National Health was meant to be a mini-orchestra of sorts, but due to the onset of logistical and economic realities, they were forced to pare it down. Two major things stand out on Missing Pieces:

1) The band's sound and character was very fully formed already

2) The compositions of bassist Mont Campbell are featured prominently, a side that not many were able to hear previously.

Dave Stewart points out in the hilarious liner notes that Mont and him used to have contests to see who could write the most complicated pieces. The listener would be hard pressed to say who won. The songs run from the sublime to the ridiculous, often within the same song!!

Campbell's "Bourée" for instance starts off innocently as a textbook Mozartian exercise in French horn quartet writing but quickly becomes totally unhinged and begs to be used to scare away pesky lawn insurance salesmen. "Clocks and Clouds" (with Amanda Parsons' lovely soprano voice!)may well be the only song ever written about antiquated weather measuring devices. The really serious compositional highlights include "Paracelsus", "Agrippa" and "The Lethargy Shuffle/Mind Your Backs Tango". For sheer nuttiness (and it even abounds in the more "serious" pieces) there is a version of the vocalized drum solo "Phlakatoon" performed by a table of audience members at a Canadian club show (much to the band's astonishment and amusement, Pip Pyle is heard to quip, "You know, it took us 3 weeks to record that!") and a hilariously noisy all-out attack on the old R&B chestnut "Walking The Dog". How often is it that you get a group of deadly serious musicians that don't take themselves the least bit seriously? Also of note is "Starlight On Seaweed", a Mont Campbell song reworked by Dave Stewart and singer/wife Barbara Gaskin (after they heard a not-so-great sounding audience recording of the song from several years previous) to dazzling effect. The recording quality is not always consistent, but the sheer joy and complexity of these performances vastly overshadows that little flaw. And Dave Stewart's hilarious liner notes certainly don't hurt; in fact they made the package even more enjoyable for me and made me want to take up blindfolded sledgehammer tossing!

Allow yourself to fall under the spell of Missing Pieces and you too will find yourself dancing foxtrots in 17/4 and vocalizing drum solos!!

Tea break over, back on your heads!!!

Hatfield plus Henry Cow.......2003-07-10

Being a Hatfield and the North fan, I discovered National Health way after they had ceased to be. A Google search for Hatfield will find the Calyx web site - and an excellent summary of what was to become National Health.

In short, Missing Pieces is 50% Hatfield and the North, 30% Henry Cow and 20% Frank Zappa at his rhythmic best. Harmonically challenging and always enjoyable, go and buy this CD today. My only regret is that I have only recently discovered the group. Long may their CDs remain available.

A must have for National Health Fans.......2000-06-08

Simply put, you'll want this CD if you like National Health. Don't get confused: Missing Pieces incorporates tracks which are not available on the "National Health - Complete" collection (or, obviously, on the three regular LP's/CD's the group produced) and this CD is therefore essential to anyone who likes NH.

For those new to the group: don't buy this CD, get the Complete collection. Brilliant music and quintessentially British. This is "prog rock" with a hell of lot of impish improvising, sly musical remarks, and English whimsy. Very, very good.

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9. A Calmer Panorama [CD-single]
10. A Sky of Dreams

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