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The music here is brilliant. It's interesting to note that two of this bands best loved eighties recordings are from live recordings, this and "Poland", from 1983. There's a flow from beginning to end, a sense that the band were at another peak in their career. There's melody, sequencing to die for and that certain "tension" here and there that makes a great TD album. Apart from a certain amount of "atmosphere" to the production and the audience appreciation at beginning and end, there's not much evidence of a live recording once the music gets going. Having heard a fan recording of the whole concert, I feel that the whole thing could have been put out on at least a double album...
The remastering has polished up an already good recording and original CD/LP transfer, the sound once again slightly louder than before to no obvious disadvantage.
A real favourite from their eighties output. RECOMMENDED with VERY much enthusiasm!
The main track of this disc consists essentially of a 10-part suite constructed from musical ideas drawn from the band's soundtrack for Michael Mann's film, "The Keep", which went on general release the following year. At the heart of the 'Logos' suite, parts V and VI are lifted straight from the film (from the scenes 'Nickel? Silver!' and 'The last of the soldiers in black', should you be interested in such things). The rest of the suite is mostly new synthesiser numbers, sewn together with moody musical threads drawn from elements of the film's soundtrack. For once, the whole set sounds keyboard derived, with MIDI-driven synthesisers and samplers - allegedly the first time the band had used samplers live - carrying the weight of the music, and with no guitar work anywhere in evidence.
In addition to the 45-minute suite, which constituted just half of the concert proper, there is also a 5-minute encore item, 'Dominion'. All in all, the release is redolent of the slick and highly professional live performances that epitomised this group at their height. Ideas segue seamlessly, with constant changes of mood and tempo, all building beautifully to climax and coda, just as expected. The only complaint might be that it is all just a tad too slick and effortless, without any hint of the frisson that one might expect from a live performance. But then that's the beauty (and curse) of programmable MIDI, for you!
This remastered CD has not only had the old vinyl release's irritating side-break in the middle of the Logos set removed but also features index markers for the various parts - a very nice touch, indeed. There is no noticeable difference in the sound quality, to my ears, from earlier editions but then it was always very good and would have been difficult to improve upon. At 50 minutes in total, the running time is a rather less than generous by modern CD standards but with music making of this quality, who cares?
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