many albums by Edgar Froese so I stucked to 'Pinnacles'... player that album playing...one of the small pleasures, that make life beautiful....
- but certainly it's NOT new age. (and I think EF hates this term)It is a wonderful album,of that there is little doubt in my mindwhiteeagle wrote:Recently I found
I remember last August, walking in Athens center's streets, in a beautiful afternoon and havin' in my mp3
Well, I think that the music in this LP has a lot of open breathing spaces and it has a calm felling over it, that makes the listener feel good
sparrow wrote:My fave by the prince of EM...the king??? Klaus Schulze of course..
Pinnacles is one of my favourite EF solos, along with Stunt Man. It is interesting that on the re-recorded release of Pinnacles the second half of the Pinnacles track is missing and Edgar said somewhere that the full 21min version shouldn't have been released. When listening to the full Virgin original, part of the second half of the track actually sounds to me (IMHO) like a prototype version or first attempt at what became Sphinx Lightning, especially around the 15min mark (the sounds used are quite different, but the structure and segments of the second half of the Pinnacles track always feel similar to Sphinx Lightning). Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?Chris Monk wrote:I don't know if it's on this forum or the old forum but I had to admit that it had taken me about 20 years to fully appreciate Pinnacles. I gave it a cursory listen when it was first released, didn't like it and then shelved it for the best part of 20 years. Must admit that I felt pretty stupid when I realised how good it actually was.
yes, really you're right, "sphinx lightning" has a lot of similarities with material from the "pinnacles" -I believe that's why both albums were recorded in the same time frame (summer or spring 1983? Andy, were are you to correct me?Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
) Thanks White Eagle, it's nice to get some agreement! By the way, the track White Eagle is one of my all time favourites. If I've got TD on whilst doing domestic work and White Eagle comes on, it stops me in my tracks, I have to sit down and listen.whiteeagle wrote:yes, really you're right, "sphinx lightning" has a lot of similarities with material from the "pinnacles" -I believe that's why both albums were recorded in the same time frame (summer or spring 1983? Andy, were are you to correct me?Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
You've got to hear the flute lead from "walkabout" and the flute lead from "sphinx lightning" when the track goes calm-they are very similar in mood and notes.
I suppose it could be that Virgin pressurised him into putting a longer version on the album. I suspect he had less control when he wasn't on his own label. Who knowsSfearical Sequence wrote:So whose fault is that?A Hyperborean wrote:Edgar said somewhere that the full 21min version shouldn't have been released.
Anyway, even if it was a 'work in progress' I'm glad it was there because it is a fascinating piece of music, and interesting to compare with Sphinx Lightning.
