Trans Harmonic Nights

I must confess I was afraid of the term "Original recording remastered". Today this phrase means nothing good. It's enough to think the Rendez-vous (Jean Michel Jarre) remastered (re)issue in 2015... And maybe everyone can say a good ("bad") example in this topic.So. I was a little bit nervous. I preordered this album because this was my dream. I had it on cassette (a copy from a copied copy :S) and I've got the downloaded mp3. I love this album, I've loved since the early 90's (since high school) and a new edition was one of my secret dreams. I was very happy when I saw the news about the new edition but I had some ("some") doubts.The first thing I did after the delivery of the CD was putting to my PC to take a look to the waveform and see: is this a dream come true or a naightmare come true? And I calmed down when I opened a track with Audacity. There is no any trace of dynamic range compressing or normalizing. I think this new remastered version is a beautiful example of the nice remastering. The Cherry Red Records (and of course Mr. Baumann) doesn't want to win the loudness war with this new version but wants to give a sound by sound faithful CD to the fans (with a slight amplifying).So I think this CD is my favourite and most precious item of "The Core" (of my collection).

An absolute pleasure this. Had to do with just a download for so long and now have the new remastered CD in my hands. Having the opportunity to actually listen to it using speakers that move air is proving to be a challenge with teenage kids in the house. Berlin school is not for them. No need to describe the music, genuine fans like myself will have been waiting for this release for some time and will know it inside out. The sound is excellent and not overloud. Spelling errors that plagued the original Virgin release have been corrected and a nice informative booklet is included. Well done Esoteric for the attention to detail.

just a tad improved over Romance 76, but still jjust a bunch of tunes and sequencer patterns that shouldn't be allowed out on their own. There ias an unfinished "demo" feel to most of this, and a producer's ear will quickly find ways in which the original tracks, arrangements and patch banks could have been improved. Simply by switching from dull electronic sounds to orchestra or choir (as i did on an experimental rework track myself in the early 80s, variations on a theme by peter baumann) you can hear and express these compositions in many other ways.The album got lost and forgotten after its release, simply because there was so much better electronica at the time -- Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultz, Kraftwerk, Michael Hoenig, Mark Shreeve -- but actually has a minor merit in being minimalistic, spartan and uninspired. Baumann himself went on to become the world's worst Bowie/Iggy lookalike and lost the musical plot altogether when he added lyrics to his future tracks.

This 1979 album is one that I have owned since it was first released and is a beautiful thing (if you like early electronica). My original vinyl went astray a few years ago, so I bought this to replace it.

Excellent album from the former Tangerine Dream member; more "melodic" and "punchy" than messrs Froese and Franke were producing in the 70s. Great price, too.

Great music from former Tangerine Dream Member

This was Baumann's second solo album, released in 1978 following his departure from Tangerine Dream. It covers much of the same ground as his first solo album, mostly short unfussy/minimalist melodic synthesizer pieces with perky sequencing. The main addition to the mix is a vocoder which Peter makes liberal use of in several of the tracks. To be honest, the music on offer here will be immediately familiar in style to anyone who's heard Tangerine Dream's 'Stratosfear', 'Encore' or bootlegs of their lives sets from those times, to the point where it makes me wonder why Baumann felt he had to leave the band to make this stuff! It can hardly have been 'musical differences' (indeed he even can be heard some distinctly Edgar-ish fuzzed guitar in places!)Esoteric's remastering of the album is tastefully done, sounding like just a nice clear transfer from the original tapes, no unnecessary tinkering.

Okay sort of Album, I have many TD Albums & all Edgar froese Albums wanted to try different member of the band. I enjoy the TD and Edgar froese albums but found this bit commercial.