Album Club: 30.08.2011: Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975) (Vinyl, CD, SACD)

[Jac Hawk]

Sorry Keith, this just isn't my cuppa tea, my mate came round as i started listening to side 2, he's well into them and thought i had "seen the light" as he put it, we listened to side 2 together, but to be honest i couldn't wait till it was finished, maybe if I'd been drunk or high it would have made more sense, but i was stone cold sober if we all like the same stuff, the world would be a boring place to live in wouldn't it.

[DSJR]

The Pink Floyd comparison has been made before I think, but I must admit to listening to "Echoes" from their Meddle album and now see exactly where parts of Rubycon were influenced from. In fact Echoes was one of those formative tracks that got me into "EM" in the first place...

If anyone reading this wants to hear Moog-related wizardry of the highest order and finds "Swiched On Bach" just too cheesy (shame if you do), then try to hear some "Tonto's Expanding Headband." two wonderful 70's albums of greatness from one of the biggest analogue synths made at that time - an awesome machine when wielded properly - it's still running too I understand, in all its cabinets

http://www.tontostudio.com/

http://www.tontosexpandingheadband.com/


P.S. Riversong is a masterpiece and I don't think a vocoder was used either...

[Barry]

The Pink Floyd comparison has been made before I think, but I must admit to listening to "Echoes" from their Meddle album and now see exactly where parts of Rubycon were influenced from. In fact Echoes was one of those formative tracks that got me into "EM" in the first place...

If anyone reading this wants to hear Moog-related wizardry of the highest order and finds "Switched On Bach" just too cheesy (shame if you do), then try to hear some "Tonto's Expanding Headband." two wonderful 70's albums of greatness from one of the biggest analogue synths made at that time - an awesome machine when wielded properly - it's still running too I understand, in all its cabinets

http://www.tontostudio.com/

http://www.tontosexpandingheadband.com/


P.S. Riversong is a masterpiece and I don't think a vocoder was used either...

I used to have both those LPs. They didn't last long!

[Barry]

Just realised I didn't vote on this one. Well better late than never - as a strong TD fan, I'd place it alongside Pheadra so 5/5.