TANGERINE DREAM Phaedra 1974 UK 1st PRESS - ONE PLAY - CLEAN SOUND - NEAR MINT
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77
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102
£ 77
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Jan 18, 2016
Sold Date
Jan 8, 2016
Start Date
£ 24
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TANGERINE DREAM Phaedra 1974 UK 1st PRESS - ONE PLAY - CLEAN SOUND - NEAR MINT
TANGERINE DREAMPhaedra
UK VIRGIN (V 2010) FIRST PRESSING (March 1974)
GREAT COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN SOUND
This is the first Tangerine Dream album to feature their now classic sequencer-driven sound, which kicked off the whole Berlin School genre.
This album marked the beginning of the group's international success and was their first album released on the British Virgin Records label (with the tagline "Music That Melts"). It achieved six-figure sales in the UK with virtually no air play, only by strong word-of-mouth. It also earned the group a gold disc in Australia, and yet amazingly in their native Germany it sold barely 6,000 units. Alpha Centauri outsold it by nearly four-to-one.
The title track was originally based on an improvisation in the studio and unintentionally exhibits one of the limitations of the analog equipment used at the time - as the equipment warmed up, some of the oscillators began to detune (they were highly temperature-sensitive), which was responsible for some of the changes in pitch towards the end of the piece.
The title track and "Movements of a Visionary" rely on Christopher Franke's use of the Moog analog sequencer as a substitute for bass guitar. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" features Edgar Froese soloing on a Mellotron which is treated to slowly sweeping filter effects. "Sequent C'" is a short but memorable piece by Peter Baumann on flute, with tape echo
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINLY (156g) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT AND TEXTURED VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX: V2010 A2M / V2010 B2I
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
Side 1:
Phaedra (17:39)
Side 2:
Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares (9:55)
Movements of a Visionary(7:56)
Sequent C'(2:13)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright, unmarked labels which carry just one light spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
A beautiful copy which sounds gorgeous and plays with no major audio distractions of any kind - just the occasional lightest touch of background and isolated static tick (incredibly minor and hardly worth a mention) - the cleanest sound performance you could wish for
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Crisp and sharp - little to fault - tiny knock on the bottom edge - nothing really
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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