Tangerine Dream

Chris Monk wrote:

Erik wrote:who directed this?

I have it in my mind that it was Jim Rakette. Don't know why and can't confirm this.

This video and "Stratosfear 95" were on the Tyranny of Beauty multi-media CD.

Erik wrote:a longer version of the Streethawk suite found on "Assorted Secrets"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWu7ycVOtU

Sounds like someone took some samples from the DVD Box set...

A largely forgotten gem IMHO with the totally stunning title track with Edgar's delicious guitar and PF resemblances. I often wondered what would have happened had this been released in 1973 and TD had not signed to virgin. 1986 re-mixed or not there is some wonderful music on this album 8) The tit...

epsilon75 wrote:All parts of the Dante trilogy have their merits IMHO but Purgatorio is by far my favorite part. I really enjoyed the show at the RFH and enjoy the album as much.

Yeah, I was there, too, so it kind of skews my preference a little bit.

I spent a lot of time listening to Zeit over the last several weeks - I've found so much more to it than when I first bought the album almost 20 years ago. Maybe I was too young to appreciate it.

Anyway - here's my review. Comments are always appreciated!

http://hotplate.freshbiscuits.com/?p=93

I would want all my TD collection to be burned with me when I am dead and gone from this planet. There is no way I would sell off my album/cd collection to a second hand store or on ebay. If I know that my boys are into TD and love the music of TD, then I would give my collection to them. But they ...

I heard Soundmill before hearing the actual concert (on TT1), and when I finally got to hear the unaltered recording, my brain kept expecting the overdubs to kick in. That said, I like both versions - the overdubs don't bother me as I see it as a completely seperate work. The skips, on the other han...

Flashpoint wrote:Would be great if more than just the theme song was available. There is supposed to be many hours of music unreleased.

A guy by the name of Giuliano Pilati released some worked closely based on Streethawk themes. You can download them here:
http://www.madeofme.com/compositions.htm

Jimbo

I'm going though the TD albums chronologically, spending a lot of time with each and writing a review as I go along. I just posted a review of AC here:
http://hotplate.freshbiscuits.com

Check it out and let me know what you think!