Pergamon [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Tangerine Dream

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Ziriguiboom Brasil
• ASIN: B000008LDZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #460,796 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic heydey Dream, December 14, 2001

By	Steve Benner "Stonegnome" (Lancaster, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This disc is classic Tangerine Dream from their glory days (i.e. before they started sounding like just another rock band!) "Pergamon" is a remastered release of the 'Quichotte' set, recorded live at TD's concert at the Palast der Republik in East Berlin on 31st January 1980. This concert represented Johannes Schmoelling's first outing with the band (as well as the first concert of any western rock band in an Eastern Bloc venue!) and accordingly features as extended electronic piano solo from Schmoelling as its opening. It also features all the other things you'd expect from a TD concert: moody synth chords, distinctive synth and sequencer programming, and soaring Edgar Froese guitar riffs. Basically, in fact, Pergamon is a good solid example of the way Tangerine Dream gigs used to be: an interesting, continuous (and continuously developing) set, comprised of mostly improvised material played around themes from earlier TD music ('Stratosfear' prominent amongst it) and works in progress (principally 'Tangram Set 2', here).

The only disappointment is that this is a straight remastering of the version that was released on black vinyl back in 1986, so retains the clumsy break for a side-change that was necessary for release of the music in that medium (as well as only 45 minutes of music--usual for the time, of course). Surely the side-break could have been dispensed with during the remastering for CD? This is particularly annoying when the cover crows about how an original artwork has been faithfully restored and a bootleg tape of the concert is in circulation to shows up how clumsy this edit is. Fans of late 70s, early 80s TD needn't hestitate to buy this, though. Great stuff!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite album of all time!!!, January 30, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Dave Barry) (Shreveport, Louisiana (by way of Ontario, Canada)) - See all my reviews

If you're a fan of the old days (Ricochet, Tangram, Rubicon, Poland), when the boys were churning out albums with only 2 or 3 tracks, you'll love this one. It is BY FAR my favourite album of all time, regardless of the artist. It is the first Tangerine Dream album I ever bought and it's still the first one I turn to when I want to relive my youth (hehe). I've listened to it countless times. I've progressed from album to cassette and now to CD. This album will transport you to times and places you've never dreamed of, and when you listen to it years from now, you'll find yourself remembering things you thought you'd long forgotten (when I was 16 I read this novel, and everytime I sat down to read it I played Pergamon in the background. I remember every part of that novel everytime I listen to the album. It's wierd, but that doesn't happen with any other music, and I listen and read alot!)

The recording itself is superb! Recorded at the Palast Der Republik in the old GDR (East Germany, for you youngsters who can't remember the Cold War). It is undoubtedly the best recording of a live show they have. Buy it, you won't regret it. I have over 30 Tangerine Dream Albums in my collection, and this is the one that started it all for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best TD live recording album, May 13, 2006

By	Joao Roberto Penna "JR" (Santos, SP Brazil) - See all my reviews

For me, the best TD live recording album. It's divided in only two parts, with a clear influence by Tangram's studio album (from 1980). Set One is calm, with a beautiful introduction and an introspective atmosphere by keyboards, is excellent! But the Set Two is a magical and incredible voyage with intensive rhythms and the best electric guitar solo by Edgar Froese: he plays with passion, distortion, until his hard solo turns into a keyboards sound after 8 minutes, in a perfectly consonance. Don't doubt: a great album by a great band, in a great live recording! Extremely recommended!