Phaedra

I just got this Japanese remastered reissue and it is stunning. I've loved this album since it's original release in 1974 and I have it in several different issues on vinyl and on cd. This I believe is the first time it has been remastered and the sound quality is exquisite. Extremely clean and clear with deep, well defined bass and excellent imaging. In addition to that, the cover has been finally made available on cd exactly how it was when the album was released on vinyl originally. The artwork, typography and the inside artwork on this gatefold sleeve are exactly as specified originally. Nothing is altered or left out. It is a most spectacular package for one of the best synth albums ever made. Rubycon, (which came afterward) has also been given the same treatment with equally stunning results. Cover art by Monique Froese. Both of these releases are must haves if you have not updated your 1985 released cd's. The Japanese did a super job on the covers. No annoying UPC symbols. No FBI warnings against piracy. Just the entire package as it originally looked. The cd label is a reproduction of the original Virgin label on the vinyl. Beautiful. There is a great sway in prices for this. I got mine from InandOut Records in Austria, an amazon seller and everything arrived just fine.The cover for Phaedra is a nice satin finish like the original and the cover for Rubycon is glossy just like the original. Very happy to get these.

Amazing music, fast delivery, and perfect CD. If you want a review of the group or the music, google it.

Phaedra comprises seminal synth recordings from the second generation of electronic artists. Tangerine Dream and their contemporaries like Kraftwerk bridged electronic music with popular music, while many of the earlier artists had come from the "academic" or "classical" domains.Very interesting stuff. Despite what the sticker says, however, the booklet does not contain an essay.

Tangerine Dream during their best years.

This is my calm and relaxing music. I am happy to add to my growing collection of Tangerine Dream offerings.

I remember the evening very well! I was introduced to the album YOU by Gong followed by THIS one!! All I can remember is a section which conjured up images of men in space suits floating around a space station which looking like those from Werner Von Braun's in Collier's magazine. I HAD TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR STUFF!! The rest, as they say, was "history". MIEN GOTT 'N HIMMEL!!

It is what any band hopes to accomplish...and few can achieve.This 1974 release is a classic, as it set the foundation for the meditative, electronic "Berlin sound" that carved a trail from ambient music to clubland. Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann craft remarkable soundscapes in the four numbers, with the title track a free form artistic masterpiece that clocks 17:45.The remaining three pieces wonderfully use technology - Franke, Moog analog-sequencer; Froese, Mellotron and Baumann, VCS 3 - and the emerging potential of the studio; on Sequent C', Baumann's performance on the flute is bolstered by tape echo.If there is one TD album that is a must for any collection, this is it.

I've enjoyed some Tangerine Dream in my life. I can appreciate how in some narrow historical cultural way this album might be feel significant to some. But when you consider the great world of musical achievement, while not bad, this album is totally mediocre and uninteresting. There just isn't much here. I don't know what else to say. I'd like to. But there's so little musicality in this album there really isn't much to talk about.