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Reviews of releases for 1978

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St. Tropez - Icarus

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[Regarding Icarus:]

A bit of history. In the beginning there was Il Sistema, an Italian group that recorded what would become a double album,

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2021-08-31)

Ruphus - Let Your Light Shine, Inner Voice & Flying Colours

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With their third album, Ruphus turned to Terje Rypdal as producer, and the result sees a decided turn away from the symphonic rock of Ransahrt towards jazz-rock. Original singer Gudny...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2020-07-23)

Arturo Ruiz del Pozo - Composiciones Nativas

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At the end of the 70s in Peru, a new musical concept was starting to come together that combined the instrumental traditions of ancient cultures in new ways, incorporating electronics, tape...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2019-10-17)

Flibbertigibbet - Whistling Jigs to the Moon

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Back in 1974, after Irish folk rock group Mellow Candle broke up, members Alison O’Donnell and David Williams moved to South Africa. There they met fellow expats Barrie Glenn and Jo Dudding...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2019-05-15)

Haruomi Hosono - Light in the Attic Reissues

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When Yellow Magic Orchestra’s first album came out in 1978, listeners around the world were treated (many for the first time) to creative music from Japan, something that wasn’t just...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2018-11-06)

Richard Pinhas - Chronolyse

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I doubt there will be a day when I feel like I've completely absorbed all of the Heldon and Pinhas titles on my shelves — there are really so many good and interesting titles crossing a...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2018-05-17)

Missus Beastly - Space Guerilla

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The eleven minute title track that opens the album is as clear an example how tight Missus Beastly had become over the years. A mindblowing jazz-rock instrumental that powers through numerous...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2018-03-09)

Various Artists - Psychedelic Underground 17 & 18

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Since the Garden of Delights label began in the early 1990s (they were originally called Penner Records), they have produced this Psychedelic Underground promotional series, each one...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2018-02-23)

Robert Schroeder - D.MO Vol. 4

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Robert Schroeder is a member of the second wave of Berlin school of electronic musicians hitting the scene in the late 70s. His first album was Harmonic Ascendant (1979) followed by...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-10-22)

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