Album
Rubycon
1975 · Electronic
22 collectors on Gatefold own this
Rubycon is an Electronic album by Tangerine Dream, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 161 pressings tracked, owned by 22 collectors.
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1. Rubycon, Part One 17:18 2. Rubycon, Part Two 17:35 Total running time 34:53 The title Rubycon relates to a story about Julius Caesar crossing the river Rubycon in 49 BC. He did it for "all or nothing", running into an unstoppable war. Hence the phrase "crossing the Rubycon" points out that a unreversable decision is made -- a point of no return. Tangerine Dream entered the Manor Studio again in 1975 to record an album on which they developed a new kind of electronic rhythm. Rubycon featured much the same instrumentation as Phaedra. It also showed a certain distance to mainstream rock, in that it was a suite in two part, taking up two entire sides of the album -- as did Mike Oldfield's mid-'70s albums Tubular Bell, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn which were released by Virgin as well. Details: Recording date January 1975 Recording site(s) The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell) Recording engineer(s) Mike Glossop Composer(s) Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann Musician(s) Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann Producer(s) Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann In 1995 Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called "Definitive Edition" serie, featuring the original front cover artwork. The sound quality of this release, using the Super Bit Mapping technology, is probably the best up to now. In 2001, Rubycon became the first (and by now only) album by Tangerine Dream to be released on Super Audio CD (SACD) by Virgin. In 2005 the album was re-released in Japan with a cardboard sleeve featuring the exact replica of the original lp sleeve. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- ARubycon (Part I)17:18
Side B
- BRubycon (Part II)17:35
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- synthetic
- hypnotic
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Christopher FrankeCOMPOSED BY, ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER , SYNTHESIZER , ORGAN
- Edgar FroeseCOMPOSED BY, GUITAR, MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER COMPOSED BY, GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, MELLOTRON COMPOSED BY, MELLOTRON, GUITAR, GONG, SYNTHESIZER , ORGAN
- Peter BaumannCOMPOSED BY, ELECTRIC PIANO, ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER COMPOSED BY, ORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO COMPOSED BY, ORGAN, PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO , VOICE, SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER
22 collectors on Gatefold own this · 161 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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