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Pulsating Dreams: The Complete Epic Recordings [Box set, Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered]

Kaleidoscope | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (5 April 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Evangaline
  • ASIN: B0037TPHWW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Egyptian Gardens
2. If The Night
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Please
5. Keep Your Mind Open
6. Pulsating Dream
See all 19 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Beacon From Mars
2. Rampe Rampe
3. Nobody
4. Love Games
5. Egyptian Candy
6. Hello, Trouble
See all 15 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Sefan
2. Chocolate Whale
3. Another Lover
4. Sneakin Thru The Ghetto
5. To Know Is Not To Be
6. Lulu Arfin Nanny
See all 12 tracks on this disc

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Highly recommended 24 Feb 2004
Format:Audio CD
This 3 CD set collects together (nearly) all the Epic era recordings made during the late 60s by the eccletic US band Kaleidoscope. Just to confuse matters, during the same era, two other band used the same name. One came from Mexican and made one LP, the other, from the UK, and made two 60s LPs.

Our Kaleidoscope made four LPs for Epic, all included in full on this collection. Influenced by Turkish, middle Eartern and ethnic American music, they made some of the best psychedelic music to be released in the states.

The first LP, Side Trips contains 10 mostly excellent, short tracks such as 'Egyptian Gardens', 'Keep Your Mind Open' and 'Pulsating Dream'. Only 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'Hesitation Blues' let down the side.

The second LP has two long classics in 'Taxim' and the title track 'Beacon From Mars'. Also included is one of their best tracks, 'I Found Out'.

The third album is the most consistent. All the tracks are good and the playing is very tight. Listen to 'Banjo', 'Cuckoo' and 'Seven-Ate Sweet'.

Unfortunately, the band then seemed to go to pieces, and the final LP Bernice is very poor indeed. 'To Know Is Not To Be' is possibly the best track on a weak LP.

The band then broke up, reforming in 1976 to make a slightly better LP 'When Scopes Collide' and in 1990 to make a disappointing LP 'Greetings From Kartoonistan'.

Neither reformation LP is included in this set. Instead the time is rounded up with seven single only tracks and the three 'unreleased' tracks that previously made their debut on the Sony Legacy compilation. Only one track makes it's CD debut here and that is 'Just A Taste'. Odd thing about this track is that it appears to be a different mix to one I had already on a bootleg source. Mine sounds more produced than this, which makes me suspect that Evangeline may have released the 'wrong' one. Very strange. Regardless, it's good to have most of the rare tracks together in one place.

There are a few AWOL tracks though: First of all, Ptolomaic Terrascope released a two track EP containing 'Little Orphan Nannie' (included here in upgraded sound) and 'I'm A Hog For You Baby'. The latter is missing. Second, the band contributed at least two tracks to the film Zabriskie Point, and both of these are omitted.

Rumour has it that, not only Pink Floyd were asked to deliver music for the whole film. It would be nice to know if any Kaleidoscope material was unused. Rumours also exist about outtakes from the earlier in the band's career.

The problem is that the history was (deliberately) confused by Pete Frame in his 1970s Zig Zag articles, where he mixed fact with fantasy. Later writers perpetated the untruths. Thankfully, David Biasotti's 4 pages of sleeve notes correct at least one story, and cover the core history. From my perspective, I would have liked some discussion about unreleased material. In particular - are there are live tracks beyond the awful sounding Live at The Shrine bootleg?

The most amazing thing about this set though is the price - £10.99 for three CDs. You will never spend a better eleven pounds. Highly recommended.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I came to buy this BARGAIN compilation via being a fan of multi-string-instrument virtuoso David Lindley from his days supporting Jackson Browne in the 1970's i.e. I knew he'd been a member of Kaleidoscope but had never heard any of their music.
What a revelation! A shed-load of great songs,some mind-blowing instrumentals and a musical palette that knows no boundaries I think fairly well describes what you're buying and it's worth every penny.
Congratulations to all concerned in releasing this superb collection.I recommend buying it without delay because if this set gets deleted it will probably cost a small fortune on the second-hand market:believe me,this is good advice.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Michael
Format:Audio CD
For some reason, it's the British Kaleidoscope who seem to get most attention, judging by how many reviews are written of their albums compared with the few reviewers of the US Kaleidoscope. This is a mystery to me, as while the UK Kaleidoscope does a pleasant enough psych pop, this band vastly exceeds them in musical ability, besides displaying a truly staggering variety of different styles. What sets them apart from the rest is their use of some Middle Eastern instruments, which resulted in a kind-of world music years before its time. This fantastic boxed set compiles their 4 albums in their entirety, and those first 3 albums are worth having, every song on them. The fourth album shows a complete change of direction, there are no exotic instruments (except on 'Sefan', the only really good song on the album), and the result is rather forgettable, generic late sixties rock. It's a poor album which doesn't do the band justice, but the first 3 albums more than make up for the fourth. This band is often overlooked when one speaks of classic US bands from the late 60s, but they have many fantastic tracks which easily measure up to the best music of that era. If you like psych or progressive rock with a world music influence, then this boxed set deserves a place in your collection. Besides all that, this 3CD set is currently going for bargain prices, which means there's more good music per penny here than on almost any other psych release currently on offer.
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