Jean-Luc Ponty - Original Album Series Vol. 2 [5CD Box Set] (2016)
Artist: Jean-Luc Ponty
Title: Original Album Series Vol. 2
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Warner Music/Rhino Records [0081227955380]
Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 3:18:31
Total Size: 477 mb / 1.14 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Original Album Series Vol. 2
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Warner Music/Rhino Records [0081227955380]
Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 3:18:31
Total Size: 477 mb / 1.14 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
A pioneer of the electric violin in the 1970’s, and an inspired manipulator of sequencers and synthesisers in the 1980’s, Jean-Luc Ponty is the undisputed master of his instrument in this area. Experimenting with electronics and synthesis, he liberated the violin’s image and capabilities from classical or folk settings. After cutting several albums for the World Pacific label in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, In 1974, fresh from a tour with the Mahavishnu Orchestra until he signed a solo deal with Atlantic Records. Throughout the next decade, he was to record a dozen visionary albums, 5 of which are included here.
TRACKLIST:
CD 1 - A Taste For Passion
1. Stay With Me [ 5:38]
2. Sunset Drive [ 5:44]
3. Dreamy Eyes [ 4:19]
4. Beach Girl [ 4:56]
5. A Taste For Passion [ 5:25]
6. Life Circle [ 5:46]
7. Reminiscene [ 1:27]
8. Give Us A Chance [ 3:21]
9. Obsession [ 0:41]
10.Farewell [ 3:01]
CD 2 - Jean-Luc Ponty Live
1. Aurora, Part 1 [ 2:53]
2. Aurora, Part 2 [ 6:18]
3. Imaginary Voyage, Part 3 [ 4:25]
4. Imaginary Voyage, Part 4 [ 7:09]
5. Mirage [ 5:46]
6. No Strings Attached [ 5:59]
7. Egocentric Molecules [ 7:26]
CD 3 - Civilized Evil
1. Demagomania [ 6:28]
2. In Case We Survive [ 4:10]
3. Forms Of Life [ 4:51]
4. Peace Crusaders [ 5:41]
5. Happy Robots [ 4:17]
6. Shape Up Your Mind [ 5:19]
7. Good Guys, Bad Guys [ 4:47]
8. Once A Blue Planet [ 4:03]
CD 4 - Mystical Adventures
1. Mystical Adventures (Suite), Part I [ 3:28]
2. Mystical Adventures (Suite), Part II [ 3:36]
3. Mystical Adventures (Suite), Part III [ 7:29]
4. Mystical Adventures (Suite), Part IV [ 0:47]
5. Mystical Adventures (Suite), Part V [ 5:04]
6. Rhythms Of Hope [ 4:02]
7. As [ 5:48]
8. Final Truth, Part I [ 4:54]
9. Final Truth, Part II [ 2:06]
10.Jig [ 3:56]
CD 5 - Individual Choice
1. Computer Incantations For World Peace [ 5:42]
2. Far From The Beaten Paths [ 6:02]
3. In Spiritual Love [ 7:02]
4. Eulogy To Oscar Romero [ 2:32]
5. Nostalgia [ 5:02]
6. Individual Choice [ 4:56]
7. In Spite Of All [ 5:55]
CD 1 :
Originally released as LP " A Taste For Passion " in 1979.
Recorded at Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, CA. Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA - June & July 1979
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City
CD 2 :
Originally released as LP " Jean-Luc Ponty Live " in 1979.
Recorded live in December 1978 during a concert tour in the U.S. with the Wally Heider Mobile Studio and the Record Plant Mobile Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Mixed at Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA.. Mastered at JVC Cutting Center, Hollywood, CA.
CD 3 :
Originally released as LP " Civilized Evil " in 1980.
Recorded at Village Recorder, West Los Angeles, CA, June & July, 1980
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA
CD 4 :
Originally released as LP " Mystical Adventures " in 1982.
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, August and September, 1981
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA
CD 5 :
Originally released as LP " Individual Choice " in 1983.
Recorded at The Music Grinder, Hollywood, CA, and at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Mixed at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mastered at Future Disc, Los Angeles, CA, March to May 1983
The mini-moog solo of George Duke in the track " In Spiritual Love " recorded at Le Gonks West, West Hollywood, CA