Arguably the most famous of Tangerine Dream's unreleased live concerts - at least up there with the Reims show in 1974. There was once a project dedicated to the compilation of these lost live concerts. The best of them, in terms of sound quality, were called Tangerine Trees. This was Volume 1. I now own a few shows from 1976 due to various archival releases in the last 20 years. But this one doesn't recall any I've heard prior, so the improvisation aspect was still very high. It's more aggressive than Stratosfear and less varied than the shows that made up Encore. Froese gets in some mean psychedelic guitar soloing, especially on Part 2. Interesting to read modern reviews poo poo his "guitar heroics", but for me that was always the secret ingredient to their greatness, along with the "big" Moog and mellotron. In any case, an excellent show that was easy to listen to for its entire 80 minute duration. BTW, the concert fades at the end while the band is still cookin'.
Ownership: CD: 2004 Castle (UK). It's been a long time since I yelped "oh my God" while at a store. This was sitting on a shelf in a thrift shop a couple of weeks ago. It was also on my want list - my real one, not the "oh cool, I haven't heard this in years" or the "always wanted to hear this" finds. While Bootleg Box Vol. 1 had been reissued (though my copy is the original Castle version that I purchased real time - probably with the messed up 1975 show), they never got around to reissuing Vol. 2, thus its high price today. However while researching this title, it looks like Cherry Red / Reactive have come to the rescue, and the box set will be issued again at the end of November (2022). The copy I found has some major outer box wear (the inner sleeves are mint), but the discs appear VG+ to NM (poster insert with history is also here). No issues with this first concert, and my CD player can be picky and cranky. And for $3, can't beat the price! I'll just keep this barring any problems with playback on the other shows.
9/30/22 (new entry)
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