OFF: Tangerine Dream

[Craig Shipley]

John,

The TD remasters, all of them, are a joy to listen to. Everything from
ELECTRONIC MEDITATION to TYGER / LIVE MILES has been redone (except for
SORCERER, which is on MCA and EXIT, on Elektra) and all of the ones that I
have heard have been improved, some dramatically, some not-so dramatic. Some
of the re-releases are easy to find in the US, but the re-masters of the
group consisting of PHAEDRA / RUBYCON / RICOCHET / STRATOSFEAR are only
available as imports to the US (be aware, the Griffin releases of FORCE
MAJEURE and CYCLONE are NOT remastered; rare, perhaps, improved, no.)

If you have the 2CD issue of POLAND, don't rush out to replace it with the
single CD version, as there is a complete track missing and a significant
editing job done elsewhere on another. Boycott this one, I did...

BTW, if you are not aware of it, there is a 4-CD , uhhh, "rare track
collection" called ELECTRONIC ORGY, which you should make Priority ONE in
obtaining. I have this boo, uhh, rare collection and it has just about every
rare recording since 1972. Wanna hear "Ultima Thule Pt. 1 & 2"? it is here.
How about the tracks from the "70-80" box set, yup, they are here too!
Tracks from the KLEM cassettes and CD? Got 'em!! About the only thing that
is missing is the half-hour "Quinoa" track (but you can find that on the
MYSTERY TRACKS VOL 1 CD). Cost is around US$70 +/- $10. The CD's are 70+
minutes each, so you are going to get your money's worth!! Limited to about
500 copies, so ACT NOW!!

More info if you want it...
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Majka <flossbac at WCIC.ORG>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 4:31 PM
Subject: OFF: Tangerine Dream


>I bought all the Tangerine Dream CDs when they first came out, and I've
>noticed that SOME have been reissued in the past few years with
>super-bit-mapped mastering.  Does anyone have these and can you tell me, do
>they in fact sound noticeably better?  The only ones I've seen are
basically
>the 80's Virgin albums.  What about all the 70's Virgin stuff--are there
>remasters available or what?  I know these albums would sound great if
>remastered correctly (as evidenced by some of the remastered stuff in the
>Tangents box set), but I don't know if they have been or not.  And then
>there are the albums remastered by Castle...how do these sound, compared to
>previous issues?  Any improvement?  I know that remastering can work
>wonders.  The Hawkwind remasters are incredible (particularly Hall of the
>Mountain Grill, which sounds like fifty pounds of mud and filth was cleaned
>from the master tape!).  The Rush remasters too are a joy to hear
>(especially A Farewell to Kings).  I have some of the original CD issues of
>the Led Zeppelin albums and they are dreadful compared to the reissues.
Can
>anyone give me a comparative opinion on these TD discs and their
availability?
>Thanks!
>John Majka
>flossbac at wcic.org
>