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  • Artist: Tangerine Dream
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1977
  • Total Time: 71:49
  • Type: Live, Instrumental
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Encore -- Tangerine Dream Live, 1977 is one of the better concert albums from Tangerine Dream. As with most of their live releases, this disc features all new material. Each of the long-form (over 16 minutes) pieces has its own set of movements. In effect, it is like listening to four electronic symphonies. This is also one of the strongest TD lineups. The set features Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann on synthesizers, effects and other electronic devices. (It is Baumann's last recording with the band.) The music ranges from dirge-like drones to piano solos to crashing experimental textures. There are echoes of progressive and avant-garde rock. The set is uniquely Tangerine Dream, however, with similarities to Genesis, Pink Floyd and other art rock practitioners of that era. ~ Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Cherokee Lane Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann, Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream (16:19)
Monolight Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann Tangerine Dream (19:54)
Cold Water Canyon Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann, Christopher Franke Tangerine Dream (18:06)
Desert Dream Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann, Christopher Franke Tangerine Dream (17:30)

Credits

Peter Baumann (Electronic Sounds), Tangerine Dream (Producer), Edgar Froese (Piano), Peter Baumann (Sequencing), Peter Baumann (Mellotron), Tangerine Dream (Engineer), Christopher Franke (Synthesizer), Christopher Franke (Electronic Sounds), Edgar Froese (Producer), Christopher Franke (Mellophonium), Christopher Franke (Multi Instruments), Edgar Froese (Mellotron), Mark Prendergast (Liner Notes), Christopher Franke (Mastering), Edgar Froese (Electronic Sounds), Peter Baumann (Mixing), Edgar Froese (?), Peter Baumann (Producer), Christopher Franke (Percussion), Christopher Franke (Engineer), Edgar Froese (Moog Synthesizer), Peter Baumann (Mastering), Peter Baumann (Piano), Christopher Franke (Producer), Christopher Franke (Mellotron), Hartmut Heinze (Engineer), Edgar Froese (Multi Instruments), Peter Baumann (Engineer), Edgar Froese (Mellophonium), Tangerine Dream (Mastering), Peter Baumann (Keyboards), Monique Froese (Photography), Edgar Froese (Synthesizer), Edgar Froese (Engineer), Peter Baumann (Vocoder), Edgar Froese (Keyboards), Edgar Froese (Mastering), Edgar Froese (Guitar), Simon Heyworth (Digital Remastering), Christopher Franke (Moog Synthesizer), Edgar Froese (Bass), Peter Baumann (Multi Instruments), Peter Baumann (Mellophonium), Christopher Franke (Sequencing), Peter Baumann (Synthesizer)
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Encore
Live album by Tangerine Dream
Released 1977
Recorded March - April 1977, live during North American Tour
Genre Electronic, space
Length 71:49
Label Virgin
Producer Tangerine Dream
Professional reviews
Tangerine Dream chronology
Sorcerer
(1977)		 Encore
(1977)		 Cyclone
(1978)

Encore: Tangerine Dream Live is an electronic music album released in 1977 by the German group Tangerine Dream. It is (mostly) assembled from various recordings from the band's very successful 1977 U.S. tour.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Cherokee Lane" – 16:19
  2. "Monolight" – 19:54
  3. "Coldwater Canyon" – 18:06
  4. "Desert Dream" – 17:30

TD performed Cherokee Lane and Monolight, or some variants thereof, at every concert in 1977. The released version of Monolight has been identified as being recorded in Washington, D.C. on 4 April. The spoken introduction of the album also comes from here. A fantape of this complete concert was officially released as a part of the Bootleg Box Set vol. 2 in 2004. (Two other tracks, named "Monolith" and "Drywater Rush" on Tangerine Tree volume 4 and subsequently also on the Bootleg Box, were also played in some form from concert to concert, but were not included on Encore.) With regards to Coldwater Canyon, Edgar Froese has been quoted[1] as saying that the track was played only once, during the tour's leg in southwestern United States.

After a slightly experimental wind effect / organ intro, Cherokee Lane settles into a hypnotic sequencer / mellotron improvisation. Monolight starts with a piano improvisation, followed by a short melodic piece (called just "Encore" on the single release) set to a march-like rhythm. After this, a more typical sequence is brought in and TD return to improvisation, tangenting the main themes to the title track from their previous studio album Stratosfear, and "Betrayal" from their soundtrack album Sorcerer. This section was on the 1994 compilation Tangents subtitled "Yellow Part". The track ends with another piano section, this time a version of the ending from Stratosfear's final track "Invisible Limits"; which, in turn, is based on L. v. Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". Coldwater Canyon plunges headfirst into another sequence-based improvisation with a very choppy rhythm, laced with extensive guitarwork from Froese.

In contrast to the other three tracks, "Desert Dream" turns out to be a collage of older, more atmospheric material, including leftover material from previous studio albums as well as parts of the group's soundtrack to the play Oedipus Tyrannus, recorded live in Chicester in August 1974.

Singles

  • "Encore" – "Hobo March"

References

  1. ^ Members of the Tangerine Dream mailing list: Tangerine Dream FAQ (1999)

See also


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