...this blog captures in order the albums as I pull these gems off the shelf and groove to them .....

Friday, October 31, 2014

Klaatu - Sir Army Suit (1978)

Klaatu - Sir Army Suit

"  It started off a routine day"....................

   Klaatu's albums are all amazing in their own way with Sir Army Suit holding a special spot in my childhood soundtrack.    The soug "A Routine Day" was like an anthem in my bedroom as i grew up (as was Calling Occupants) and i think i drove my mom nuts!

  Klaatu wrote some amazing and totally captivating songs which rank right up there as extra special for this music lover!  Klaatu mix pop, rock and prog in their music and although this album is less prog focused as their HOPE or EST albums it still stands up on its own accord!

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Sammy Davis / Count Basie - Our Shining Hour (1965)

Sammy Davis/Count Basie - Our Shining Hour

  As a kid my mom used to adore Sammy Davis and as a result I grew up appreciating his musical sense.   Sammy was a crooner but he had a very original and expressive voice and could he ever sing!  "Our Shining Hour" is one of his finest jazz moments with the huge sound of Count Basie!   This album was arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones as well so you k ow it gonna rock!

  I love the tune "Blues for mr. Charlie" with Sammy's emotive voice and Basie's jazz blues aura....pure magic!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark (1974)

Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark

  Court and Spark was my first Joni Mitchell album I ever bought and with Blue and Clouds are some of my favourite folk albums of all time.  Joni draws on some good musical friends to help her do some Courting including David Crosby, Graham Nash, Joe Sample, Cheech and Chong , Larry Calton, Jose Felicano and Robbie Robertson.

  Court is an album full of Mitchell's unique musical poetry with harmony in both her vocals, lyrics and music.  Her music is a bit of an acquired taste i will admit but you gotta just love Joni!

Her music is super expressive and full of deep conviction and meaning.  Musically these songs are well crafted and edge on progressive styling at times.


Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte (1975)

Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte

  "Voyage" is one of the great prog albums IMHO.  I loved it years ago and I still play it frequently!   Voyage was Steve's first solo album after leaving the mighty Genesis and here he shows up with both Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford helping take the Voyage.

  Shadow Of The Hierophant was a song I played over and over and still for me is the hallmark song on this album blending a mix of Genesis and Mike Oldfield.  Of course Sally Oldfield sings with her folk lore gentle voice.  Hackett plays guitars all over this album and adds mellotron and effects while brother John contributes flutes, synths and bells.

  This album is one that you best enjoy with the stereo turned up and the lights slightly dimmed......amazing auras and deep analog mellotron to fill your ears.

The Lonnie Brooks Band - Turn On The Night (1981)

The Lonnie Brooks Band - Turn On The Night

Lonnie Brooks has played and recorded the Chicago-styled blues for over 4 decades and has a ton of albums you should check out.     His first solo album was released in 1968 and "Turn on the nigt" was his sixth album and second originally released on Alligator Records.

This is just straight forward blues rock with loads of great guitar, bass, drums, keys, and brass bits.  Lonnie adds some great lyrics and vocals which suit the blues backdrop to perfection.

"Heavy Traffic" will make you laugh when you hear Lonnie say that he is going to pull off the road and get out of the traffic and get himself a beer.....or two......

An excellent blues album from a legend!

Paul McCartney - Press To Play (1986)

Paul McCartney - Press To Play

  Press to Play was like McCartney's 16th album and another great album full of pop tunes.  This album is often slagged by Maccan fans but I think its an excellent album.  Helping out Paul is Jerry Marotta, Phil Collins and Pete Townshend.

The Knack - Round Trip (1981)

The Knack - Round Trip

  "Round Trip" was the third album released by LA's The Knack and IMHO a fantastic power pop album on par with their first two albums.

  This is a fun album and one that you can crank up and really enjoy in your car too!  Sadly this album did not sell well amd after this album The Knack broke up and would never all record together again as a foursome.

Round Trip is the most adventurous of all the Knack albums with songs like "We Are Waiting" with its trippy backdrops , fuzzed guitars, Beatlesque vocals , sitar and tubular bells to boot!


Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives (1971)

Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives

  " Long Lost Relatives" is the follow up second album by Canadas trio of early electronic textured landscape musical creators.   Syrinx were John Mills Cockell (moog and synths)' Doug Pringle (sax, bongos) and Alan Wells (conga and tambourines).

  This is a fantastic album of sounds and textures and is a great album to to simply zone out to.  I love the hand percussion and the sax/electronic mix these guys fashioned back in the day.

There is some great moments of this album and some craziness too which seems to all hold together very well.    This is an excellent album to turn down the lights to and just veg for a while on the couch.

Syrinx - Syrinx (1970)

Syrinx - Syrinx

  During my progressive /electronic rock discovery days I stumbled upon the music of Canada's Syrinx and the genius of John Mills-Cockell.   Syrinx were a short lived trio centered around the electronic wizardry of John Mills-Cockell.  Rounding out the band is Doug Pringle who adds e-sax and the percussive tones vis Alan Wells.

Their music is collectively relaxed and very spacey and the perfect headphone experience album.  I love the two epic tracks on the album "Chant for your dragon king" and " appalosa- pegasus" which simply takes you on a ride on a super nova!

  Most of the album is centered on the great electronic symphonia of Mills-Cockell with Support of both sax and drums/percussion.  

NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium (1978)

NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium

   Several album in and this whimsical rock band delivered a real gem with "At Yankee Stadium".   I think this album is slightly less arcane than some of their other albums taking on a more straight forward pop feel.

 This is also the classic line up of NRBQ with Terry Adams, Joe Spampinato, Tom Ardolino and Al Anderson.   They do a great job of Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm" as the lone non NRBQ penned tune on the album.

"At Yankee Stadium" is a whole pile of power pop to make you shake, rattle and roll !

Tinsley Ellis - Fanning The Flames (1989)

Tinsley Ellis - Fanning The Flames

  Excellent blues rock from Atlanta's high voltage Tinsley Ellis!   This album is very much in the Stevie Ray Vaughan style with tons of toe tapping r&b with some great power riffs.

  Tinsley has a good voice, some great guitar blues skills and an excellent backing back.  Of course this is on Alligator Records and has that 80's Alligator sound!

  A superb album

The Budos Band - III (2010)

The Budos Band - III

Sunday, October 26, 2014

New Grass Revival - Barren Country (1979)

New Grass Revival - Barren Country
  Barren Country was the 5th album released by the New Grass Revival and remains one of their finest!   As far as bluegrass goes this band were one of the true mavericks of the genre blending pop, rock, country and bluegrass into deep vocal harmonies and superbly written songs.  This band were so progressive that they earned the tag "newgrass ".

  Banjo, bass, guitar, fiddle and mandolin dominate this music with a certain CSNY and Kansas feel at times.  Imagine a more bluegrass
version of the band Kansas with the harmonies of CSNY and a chunk of the Dillards thrown in and you are getting close!

This may be my favourite bluegrass album of all time !

Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl (1979)

Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl

  I first heard and fell in love with Harris during her days with Gram Parsons....

  Blue Kentucky Girl was IMHO one of her best albums and was up to that part her most "country" sounding LP to date.  Helping out Harris is a cast of some of the heavy weights including Ricky Skaggs, Dolly, Albert Lee, Tanya Tucker, Linda Ronstadt and Don Everly.

  Fittingly one the best songs is her haunting "Hickory Wind" which was written by Parsons which is deeply moving and spiritual.  I also love her version of the classic "save the last dance for me" which really works and suits the album.


Saturday, October 25, 2014

Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - Spaced Out (1969)

Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - Spaced Out


The full title of this 1969 release reads: Enoch Light presents Spaced Out, exploratory trips through the music of Bach, Bacharach, and The Beatles, integrating the Moog, the Guitar Scene, Electric Harpsichords, Flugelhorns, 

My LP also has an orange sticker claiming this to be "The First New Concept since the Percussion Era".

This is a superb moog drenched Project 3 LP from the spund master Enoch Ligt and his Light Brigade.    I just love the 60's psychedlia of this album in both is creative front and back cover as well as trippy stereophonic sound.   You cant help but look at this cover and not think of Barbarella...although this one here is wearing a tin foil bikini.......omg

  Musically this is an awesome album with tons of vocal harmonies and cool instrumentation and orchestration throughout.  The sound as with all of Project 3 vinyl pressings is audiophile with great clarity and carefull mastering.  This album is the trippiest thing I have ever heard from Enoch Light.

John Martyn - Sapphire (1984)

John Martyn - Sapphire

  Sapphire continues John Martyn' exploration into pure 80's soft pop rock while maintaning his characteristics.   No question this album is not as good as his early albums like "Solid Air" and "bless the weather" but regardless there are some excellent songs and standout Martyn moments here.

  Martyn had a very soft nasal/throat like unique sound and thus is immediately recognizable.

Offenbach - Le Dernier Show (1985)

Offenbach - Le Dernier Show (2 LP)

  John McGale was and still is a household name as was Offenbach!    Here is a spectacular live show from 1985 recorded at Le Forum in Montreal.

This double vinyl set is simply killer featuring some of the most electric songs from their vast catalogue.  Offenbach were a special band who play a mix of rock, jazz and fusion with the highest calibre of skill.

Offenbach had three members who played the guitar but also add in synths, organ, flute, sax and piano....and of course they all sang too.     Lead singer Gerry Boulet had a great rough rock voice and on this album he gets to let it wail!   Breen Le Boeuf gets to strut his bass skills while John Gravel and John McGale add thier guitars to the beat of Pat Martel.

  Great rock band and a great album to own !!!!!  Canadiana at its best !!!!

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Omar Khorshid - Belly Dance (1974)

Omar Khorshid - Belly Dance

  The first time I heard Omar Khorshid was from my audiophile buddy Jeff who played one of his tunes and I had to find one of his vinyl albums.   Audiophiles treasure Khorshid's albums as one of the holy grails of sound dynamics and I can hear why now......

  Musically this is waaaaaay cool Arab inspired Psychedelic music wrapped around the genre of Belly Dancing.   Lots of hand percusssion and finger symbols to boot.....

Of course the main attraction is the stellar guitar work of Omar Khorshid who picks and frets his fingers to the bone.   This is the first of three Belly Dance albums in this series and I am going to hunt down the other two as well.

  The first time I played this album my mother-in-law thought I had belly dancers in my music room!

Khorshid even does a psychy belly dance raga of "Never on Sunday" which made me howl with some cheesie organ accompany him..........but it works

This is a great album!

Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt (2014)

Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt

  Parker Griggs and the boys are at it again rockin the roof off the top of the house.  Magical Dirt is an ode to heavy psych rock with great hard musicianship.   This music is both nitty and gritty!!

  For those are not aware of the Radio Moscow what you will find is Zeppelin meets Sabbath meets Blue Cheer.  Their music is like we just went back in time to the storming psychedelic era with lava lamps, weed-hazed auras and old dusty amps.

I love the sound of this band and this album is superb......heavy, full of stereo panning and some well crafted songs.  On this album Griggs had added a full time drummer with Paul Marrone and this seems to give the boys more space to rock and booogie out.

Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)

Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (SACD)

  "The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard," one of two albums the trumpeter made for the Impulse label during a hiatus from Blue Note.

  Recorded July 2, 1962 By Rudy Van Gelder and Bob Thiele.  Hubbarc (trumpet) surrounds himself with quite a musical crew comprised of Curtis Fuller (trombone), Tom Flanagan (piano), Sun Ra's tenor saxist John Gilmore, Art Davis (bass) and Louis Hayes on the skins!

As usual both Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman did a masterful job on the careful remastering  to this lovely SACD format.  The sound is truely rich and full with little to no distortion and a wonderful soundscape.

Larry Coryell Better Than Live (1978)

Larry Coryell  - Better Than Live (super-disk!)

  With a sticked on the front that states that "this superb performance was recorded using advanced multitracktape recording techniques pressed under labratory grade conditions.  The record quality is noticeably better tha standard recordings". .......and all that is true making this LP fit for an audiophile.    But besides great stellar sound reproduction this is also some amazing fusion you will ever hear!

  Larry Coryell adds his electric and acoustic guitars while Darius Brubeck plays his vintage keyboards, brother  Chris plucks his bass strings and brother Dan tinkles with his drums and percussive toys.

  Of course the Brubeck boys are the sons of jazz giant Dave Brubeck who got their start playing along with their dad in the New Brubeck Quartet for. 1972 to 1978.  

Coryell and the Brubeck brothers get into so e fantatsic live fusion jazz bits on this album and according to the liner notes were recorded direct to disc so no overdubs.....what you hear is really a live jam with no cover ups.

This album is stunning and I would highly recommend it to all fans of fusion and good jazz rock!

Marianne Faithfull - Greatest Hits

Marianne Faithfull - Greatest Hits

   Here is a superb album of Marianne Faithfull's greatest hits lovingly remasterred by ABKCO records from the original master tapes.

  I should mention that this collection are her hits from the 60's and not after!   Incuded is her version of the Stones' "Sister Morphine", "Yesterday" by the Beatles, the Mamas and the Papa's "Monday Monday" and Jackie DeShannon's "In My Time Of Sorrow".  Interesting footnote is that Faithfull's version of "Sister Morphine" was released as her single several months before it would appear on "Sticky Fingers".

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (2014)

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

  Metamodern Sounds In Country Music may be one of the best Country albums I have ever heard.  Imagine Country meets prog rock meets Waylon Jennings and you kinda got it.

  Sturgill recorded this superb album in just 4 days with Jason Isbell's producer Dave Cobb in early 2014 and they knew they had something special.  Sometimes albums just capture something extra special and that is the case with this gem!

  Sturgill mixes honky tonk Country twang with his inherent vocal ode to Waylon Jennings and blends in melloton and great guitar bits.  But this album is anything but typical or boring Country music...in sharp contrast this album is deeply moving, interesting, expansive, slightly lunar and edging on psychedelic in a Country sort of way.

Sturgill's lyrics touch a lot of deep chords with odes to Jesus, budda, god, demons,drugs, sins and even Nashville!  He also tastefully add in two covers with "Long White Line" and "The Promise" (which is a tune I love by "When In Rome").......this one caught me off guard when I first his rendition.

My favourite tune on the album is the epic "It Aint All Flowers" which offers awesome fuzz guitar and feedback in a twirling psychedelic fest.

Cosmic Country music......

Tisheh o Risheh - Funk & Pop from Iranian Pre Revolution Generation (1970)

Tisheh o Risheh - Funk & Pop from Iranian Pre Revolution Generation

  Leave it to the fine folks at Pharaway Sounds for compiling and remastering these long lost gems of the 70's from Pre Revolution Persia.   So far this is a theee volume set with Tisheh o Risheh representing volume 3.  

  This two LP set features 19 rare pop, psychedelic and funk tunes with lots of grooves and cool rhythms for the jet setting Iranian pop genre.

  The title of this album comes from a Iranian proverb that interprets like "even the tallest tree has an axe waiting for its roots" and the title is featured on the LP and sung by tenor Amir Rassaie.  I love the theremin-like synth in the back ground making this tune the center piece for me on this comp.

I will have to track the other 2 volumes down shorlty.......i'm hooked

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Black Sabbath (1970)

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

  One of the pioneers of metal, Black Sabbath's debut album simply rocks!   Tony Iommi's heavy stompin guitar riffs, Geezer Butlers' deep bass lines and Ossie Osbourne (as is printed on the back cover) evil and satanic vocals harping over the band in an almost ritualistic vein!

  God i grew up listening to this stuff and I still love it......

  The album opens up with the self titled classic " Black Sabbath" which set the tone for the whole album.   If you have the UK version of this album then instead of "Wicked World" you get the cover version of Crow's "Evil Woman".  Both versions and songs are great ....take your pick.

  Sabbath always had that slow blues rock progressions mostly due apparantly to Iommi's loss of two finger tips causing him to play slower.   Regardless of why , this album established the sound and style of Black Sabbath which all albums thereafter drew from.

.....simply a classic of the metal genre




Monday, October 20, 2014

Plan 9 - Keep Your Cool and Read the Rules (1985)

Plan 9 - Keep Your Cool And Read The Rules

   Plan 9 were categorized as Neo-Psych and released a number of cool early albums that did really fit the categorization.   As the years went on Plan 9's music took on a more straight forward rock sound. "keep your cool" was the cross over album with lots of craziness and psychy elemenst with some great rock grooves.

In many way I think these guys were turned on by what Byrne was doing with the Talking Heads as well as the rawness of the Fuzztones and the insanity of the B52's.

  Lots of Farfisa organ too on this album which always grabs me on any album.   The music is dark, spooky and psych punk all the way.....

Fans of the Fuzztones will adore is album!


Sunday, October 19, 2014

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Xoo Multiples (1980)

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Xoo Multiples

 The Yellow Magic Orchestra were Japaneese pioneers of electronica only second to KRAFTWERK really.   Their sounds was analog digital with some great synth and electronic fueled songs.  Thier early two albums are amongst my favs of this genre and there is nothing wrong either with their fourth album XOO Multiples.
  This is kind of a wild album with pretty much everything tossed into the barrell....including a wild very of the Beatles classic " Day Tripper".

  If u are not familiar with the YMO then you likely have not discovered the genius of Ryuichi Sakamoto.



Michael Stanley Band - Stage Pass (1976)

Michael Stanley Band - Stage Pass  (2 LP Live)

Wow....what a great double live album full of great rock 'n roll!   I really did not know a lot about the MSB at the time I bought this set but i remember just loving it on first listen.

Stage Pass was recorded live over three nights in their home Ohio.
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The Beatles - Let it Be .....Naked

The Beatles - Let It Be.....Naked

  Ok so who doesnt just love "Let It Be"?  I mean its just a sensational pop rock album.  For years all i knew was the Phil Spector produced version with that " wal of production sounds" and forced orchestration.

    In sharp contrast this is a much skinnier version and is aply named NAKED for this reason.   Songs like "Across the Universe" sound very different and I caught myself saying "hey that isnt right" which is kinda funny!

  The LP version comes with an extra 7" vinyl single containing some pretty priceless studio conversation with the Beatles.   It also comes with a lovely detailed book full of rare and cool pics of the boys in the studio.

The vinyl sounds superb and I much prefer over the RBCD version.

  Im in live for the first time...dont you know its gonna last


Annie Lennox - Nostalgia (2014)

Annie Lennox - Nostalgia

  I cover the waterfront emotes Dear Annie Lennox in one of twelve of her classic songs covered on "Nostalgia".   Annie puts her pop shoes on hold on this album and delivers an enduring album of deep emotion and crooner styled songs.

  What a great album full of soul and spirit as only Annie Lennox can do.......imagine Annie singing Billie Hiliday, Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington tunes and you pretty much have it!  

I was a fan of this album from the first song to the last and cant stop playing this LP!

Saturday, October 18, 2014

B52's - Whammy! (1983)

B52's - Whammy!

  After the unsuccessful collaboration album with David Byrne "Mesopotamia" the B52's turned back to their vintage selves and crafted an excellent 60's styled pop infused release.

  The B52's are not musical heavy weights by any stretch of the imagine but they can sure write some cool pop tunes.  My god i grew up with is band with Rock Lobster as a part of my soundtrack  to my childhood.

Whammy! Was the fourth album released and contains of theie fan favourites tracks including "Legal Tender", "Whammy Kiss" and my favourite "Song For A Future Generation".

If you have the original vinyl edition then you have their rendition of Yoko Ono's "Dont Worry" which due to legalities was omitted from the CD release and replaced with "Moon 83".

Friday, October 17, 2014

Mandrill - Mandrilland (1974)

Mandrill - Mandrilland

Run Ra - Cosmos (1976)

Run Ra - Cosmos

  Years ago in my jazz prog explorations I discovered the genius of Sun Ra....definitely an aquired taste.   Cosmos is a fantatsic and accessible jazz album that blends as usual a ton of different instruments and styles.   Cosmos really is futuristic space travel as told thru a very crafty and philisophical nature.   This is music that is all about texture...something Sun Ra always focussed on.

Run Ra himself is credited with playing the Rocksichord while his Arkestra blend the interstellar sounds of sax, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, french horn, trombone, bass and drums.  At times this album almost plays like a Star Trek episode soundtrack with the space grooves and brass bits!

Overall Sun Ra's music is all about texture and feeling in the abstract sense and less about immediate recognition.   This is music for your mind and makes for an excellent headphone experience !

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Les Baxter - The Lost Episode (1961)

Les Baxter - The Lost Episode

  Taken from a television soundtrack from 1961 this is pure bachelor pad music tres extraordinare!  One of the most striking pieces is the tune RUBY where Beverly Ford mimics the theremin to a "t".

Michael Hedges - Live On The Double Planet (1987)

Michael Hedges - Live On The Double Planet

  If there was one Michael Hedges album to own then IMHO this is it !    Hedges may have been one of the alltime greatest guitarists on the planet....really .....this guy was amazing...

  I first discovered Hedges back in my univesity days and this album I played over and over again and again.  I still have my vinyl copy too which I am playing as I write thie brief review.

Live on the Double Planet captures Hedges live from various live shows on his 1986 tour.  There are guitar moments where you cant believe one guys is really doing all this !  

The sound also is amazing.....Wyndam Hill vinyl is pretty sweet and this is up to all the audiophile qualities and very worthy of this.


Monday, October 13, 2014

The Rascals - Time Peace (1968)

The Rascals - Time Peace

  Who could ever forget the music of the Rascals ? "Good Lovin'" is one of the most recognizeable garage punk psych songs of all time!

     "Time Peace" is a compilation of the Rascals first three albums plus a newly released song "A Beautiful Morning" which had just been released at the time of this LP's issuance.

I love their version of Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour".....very reminscent of the Doors actually and a bit of Eric Burdon and The Animals.

  This compilation is just too cool...........pop-psych at its finest



Procol Harum - Home (1970)

Procol Harum - Home

  "Home" was the fourth album released by Procol Harum and was the hardest hitting album in their repertoire!   Home features the harder edged guitar work of Robin Trower and the dense organ work of Chris Copping who replaced Matthew Fisher.   Of course this album still contains the high soulful voice and piano of Gary Brooker .....the definining sound of Procol Harum.

Songs like "Whisky Train" , "Still There'll Be More" and "Whaling Stories" make this album something very special.   "Home" was less symphonic than "Salty Dog" and less psychedelic than "Shine On Brightly" and really stands on its own and remains for this music lover one fantastic album.

Keith Reid as usual provides all the very thoughtful lyrics which was a critical part of Procol Harum over the years.  It may seem wild to imagine that Keith never played an instument and his gift to the band was his lyrics which played a key part of their sound actually.   Keith was a key member of Procol Harum clearly without him this would not be same kind of band.

  I have this album several times over but the clear winner is the original 1970 vinyl for sound and dynamics....



Sunday, October 12, 2014

Heart - Passionworks (1983)

Heart - Passionworks

  Passionworks was the end of an era for Heart and Epic records as this was the swan song for Ann  and Nancy Wilson.     Although not up to the magic man of their early albums, Passionworks is still a wonderful listen and contains one of my favourite Heart tunes "How Can I Refuse".

  Heart are an excellent rock band and as the years got on they too transformed into a more rock ballad type rock band and this album is really a crossover album.   For many 70's heart fans this was the last good album they released for others the start of something to come.

 I am a big fan of 70's Heart and less so as the years went on and then lost them in the 80's ......Passionworks was the last Heart album I bought  and is an album still enjoy today even with it's infancy glossy arena rock sound.

  Ann Wilson wails on this album with some great guitar work too!

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe

  Back in the day of my love of the electronica I discovered both Oxygene and Equinoxe albums the same day!    There used to be a record store in London Ontario called The Record Dealer and I remember vividly buying both that day and then coming home and studying to sounds of Jean Michel Jarre!

  Somewhere in the Vangelis and Tangerine Dream camp lies "Equinoxe" ....and album that is both haunting and beautiful.  This is the kind of relaxing album you can play while totally veggin' out!

Equinoxe is comprised of 8 pieces all strung together in a very concept like instrumental way.   Jarre uses a huge arsenal of keyboards and synths in creating this album including the Arp, AKS, VC3, Oberheim, Yamaha and KORG polyphonic synths and digital keyboards.

This album along with Oxygene was a soundtrack to my University days and remains to this day one of my fav electronic albums.

Space exploration music extraordinary!!!!!!

...so why not take a trip to the dark nebula!