I suspect that it doesn't get mentioned much because when you do the conversation usually goes off into a heated discusion about where and when it was recorded. So to avoid that sort of conflict you tend not to mention it.Hobo wrote:Why do you think it's not talked about more Chris? It's right up there with the best of them IMO.
Pleasure John. I'm glad that one or two fans are going to rekindle their interest in this album. It is simply stunning!sparrow wrote:I haven't listened to this one in a long while. I'll dig it out tommorow. Thanks for the wake up Mick..
I listened to the whole album earlier..I still love the title track..very Floyd like and the sublime sequencing on Astral Voyager simple but effective.Hobo wrote:Pleasure John. I'm glad that one or two fans are going to rekindle their interest in this album. It is simply stunning!sparrow wrote:I haven't listened to this one in a long while. I'll dig it out tommorow. Thanks for the wake up Mick..
Chris Monk wrote:Wasn't it recorded just before Phaedra and was shelved when Peter Baumann came back into the band os something like that?timer wrote:I read (years ago!) that GD was recorded at the same time as Phaera, and it's purpose was the choice to give Virgin in the original contract.
Yep, Green deseert got them the contract with Virgin (that and Virgin were selling loads of their OHR albums on import thanks to JP), but Peter has away again (he left TD anything up to 5 times, but reports differ). The advance from Virgin then allowed them to buy the 800,000 DM Moog modular that used to belong to the Rolling Stones (they also snapped up another synth from the Moody Blues). Obviously using that bit of kit was a major leap 'sonically' over Chris' and Edgar's effort and Peter had returned, therefore GD got shelved and 'mostly' forgotten for a decade.epsilon75 wrote:Chris Monk wrote:Wasn't it recorded just before Phaedra and was shelved when Peter Baumann came back into the band os something like that?timer wrote:I read (years ago!) that GD was recorded at the same time as Phaera, and it's purpose was the choice to give Virgin in the original contract.
Spot on Chris..................i believe it was shelved as they were going to record Phaedra at Manor Studios