Jean-Michel Jarre
Campus Television
over the last few weeks. Being a big fan I thought I'd try and clear up
some things.
The album Waiting for Cousteau has come in for a bit of stick. Essentially
the title track was not initially planned for the album and was in fact
composed for an exhibition entitled 'Concert d'Images' which took place in
Paris in 1989. It based around JMJs concerts with lots of goodies there such
as videos, large pictures of his concerts, instruments and even the Laser
Harp. Amazingly, it was possible to play this there (with gloves!) and was
VERY impressive ! Anyway, the music played throughout the exhibition hall and
was supposed to be released as a limited edition CD (of 250 copies) but this
fell through so JMJ decided not to waste the music and include it on his
next studio album and so retitled the work Waiting for Cousteau rather than
Concert d'Images.
How could JMJ justify releasing, in reality, such a short album ? Well, if
anyone went to the Paris-La Defense concert in 1990 or have seen the film,
they will know that 90% of the pieces he played were recompositions and so
this took alot of time to prepare. The album for the concert is due out in
April and also the China video is due out (in the UK) in March. I thought
the film for this event was the most stunning thing I had ever seen -
although not a patch on the actual concert - eat your hearts out Roger Walters/
Pink Floyd.
Perhaps fans would like to know of a Jean-Michel Jarre Association in the UK.
It is entitled Conductor of the Masses and they publish a magazine every three
months on JMJ with the latest news, concert pictures, and lots of other things.
The contact address is Conductor of the Masses, 296 Newton Road, Rushden,
Northamptonshire, NN10 OSY, ENGLAND. Each issue is 2 pounds.
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Van Wulpen Henk
Television) says:
>
> ..., large pictures of his concerts, instruments and even the Laser
>Harp. Amazingly, it was possible to play this there (with gloves!) and was
>VERY impressive ! Anyway, the music played throughout the exhibition hall and
>was supposed to be released as a limited edition CD (of 250 copies) but this
>fell through so JMJ decided not to waste the music and include it on his
>next studio album and so retitled the work Waiting for Cousteau rather than
>Concert d'Images.
>
concerts. If you don't believe me : watch the La-Defense-video carefully.
Especially the Rendez-Vous II part. It's clear that he was just play-
backing, as well as he did in London. I'm a big fan of JMJ too, but
it's something that should be discussed.
I'm very glad he released 'En attendant Cousteau'. Wished it endured
47 hours...:)
> .... The album for the concert is due out in
>April and also the China video is due out (in the UK) in March. I thought
>the film for this event was the most stunning thing I had ever seen -
>although not a patch on the actual concert - eat your hearts out Roger
>Walters/
>Pink Floyd.
I hope the live-album will be just as great as En Concert Houston/
Lyon (1987). IMO, Jarre Live (1989) wasn't that good...
... abt The Wall : proud that they were : some 100000 spectators...
If Jean-Mi had such a concert, it would be really dramatic...:)
I read that there were 2.400.000 in Paris !! Couldn't see it,... I
was in front of the Avenue Charles de Gaule :)
>
>Perhaps fans would like to know of a Jean-Michel Jarre Association in the UK.
>It is entitled Conductor of the Masses and they publish a magazine every three
>months on JMJ with the latest news, concert pictures, and lots of other
>things.
>
>The contact address is Conductor of the Masses, 296 Newton Road, Rushden,
>Northamptonshire, NN10 OSY, ENGLAND. Each issue is 2 pounds.
>--
There's also a Belgian fan-club (which already mentioned the
address of yours !) :
Jean-Michel Jarre fanclub vzw
M. Joostenslaan 30
2980 Zoersel
Belgium
Membership is 490 BF a year (is abt 8 pounds or 12 US$)
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E-mail : GHG...@BLEKUL11.BITNET or GHG...@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
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Andrew Vanderstock
>In article <1991Mar2.1...@gdt.bath.ac.uk>, su9...@gdt.bath.ac.uk
> (Campus Television) says:
[zapp!]
>concerts. If you don't believe me : watch the La-Defense-video carefully.
^^^
Where do you get this
from? I am still waiting for the video...
>Especially the Rendez-Vous II part. It's clear that he was just play-
>backing, as well as he did in London. I'm a big fan of JMJ too, but
>it's something that should be discussed.
He might have been play-backing (miming) but, he still made the versions of
his music different from all the other versions I have head so far. IMHO it
was a brilliant concert. But then it was my first Jarre Concert.
> I'm very glad he released 'En attendant Cousteau'. Wished it endured
>47 hours...:)
^^ I am glad it finished when it did on the CD version - I constantly
program out the last track. Nothing happens. It was like the concert - he
played that track for 9 hours before the concert began, and it sounds no
different on the CD. It is monumentally boring. It should have cut it short
to (say) 30 seconds, and then put on another 0,5 hr of *decent* music.
> I hope the live-album will be just as great as En Concert Houston/
>Lyon (1987). IMO, Jarre Live (1989) wasn't that good...
Me too.
>I read that there were 2.400.000 in Paris !! Couldn't see it,... I
>was in front of the Avenue Charles de Gaule :)
Nah-Nah! I was just before the bridge leading into La Defense! I could only
see a vague reddish shape moving about the stage from where I was standing.
But the crowd felt about that many... It took me 2,5 hrs to get back to my
hostel, and with all the cans and junk (and no public transport) it felt
like there were 2,4 * 10^6 people there. Papers the next day said it was
1,5 * 10^6 people. Still not bad... broke his own record :-)
>>Perhaps fans would like to know of a Jean-Michel Jarre Association in the UK.
>>It is entitled Conductor of the Masses and they publish a magazine every three
>>months on JMJ with the latest news, concert pictures, and lots of other
>>things.
>>
>>The contact address is Conductor of the Masses, 296 Newton Road, Rushden,
>>Northamptonshire, NN10 OSY, ENGLAND. Each issue is 2 pounds.
>>--
> There's also a Belgian fan-club (which already mentioned the
>address of yours !) :
>Jean-Michel Jarre fanclub vzw
>M. Joostenslaan 30
>2980 Zoersel
>Belgium
>Membership is 490 BF a year (is abt 8 pounds or 12 US$)
There is also a Jean-Michel Jarre mailing list. Talk to ge...@ifi.uio.no
about it. I am sure that he'll love to put on the e-mail list. Traffic is
about 5-10 articles/day. Plenty of gossip/news/etc. No charge.
>---
>Henk Van Wulpen (dept. Comp.Sc. K.U.Leuven - Belgium) <logos>
>E-mail : GHG...@BLEKUL11.BITNET or GHG...@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
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Hey, I got relatives in Belgium! (Hi Andre!)
Andrew Vanderstock
s90...@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
Campus Television
that he didn't play it live but did you go to Docklands or Paris'90 ?
He certainly did at Docklands. It wasn't so obvious on Rendez-vous 2 but
certainly when he played the track 'Laser Harp', there is no doubt this was
played live. Also, at Paris'90 he managed to play a few notes during
Calypso Part 2 and so wasn't miming. I noticed that the video was out of
sync but this was quite possibly due to the editing. There are a few errors
on the Paris-La Defense film but overall, I've no complaints !
The 'official' figure for the attendence of the concert in Paris'90 is
2.4 million (!) so almost doubling his previous record of 1.3 million in
Houston'86. The question must be asked though, "why didn't the media in the
UK cover the event ?" Was it like this all over the world ?
The Jean-Michel Jarre "fan club" in Belgium only produce a photocopied
magazine whereas Conductor of the Masses (UK Association) produce a
superb glossy magazine packed with photos and information. I've seen
issue 3 and it contains superb photos taken on the set of a French TV
show where Jean-Michel Jarre played Calypso LIVE! with all his band,
the Marionettes (the VERY colourful puppets from La Defense) with loads
of lasers, lights etc. No fireworks but then that may have been pretty
dangerous in a studio ! The magazine also reviews an album entitled
Deserted Palace which JMJ wrote in 1973, reviews the Concerts in China
video (released in the UK March 18th), reviews a brilliant book on
the Paris-La Defense concert) and lots more. Sorry for going on about
the magazine but it is superb !
I contacted them last night and if anyone wants more information on the
association, if they e-mail me with their postal address then
they will send you information. Alternatively, send 2 pounds for the
latest issue to :
Conductor of the Masses, 296 Newton Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire,
NN10 OSY, ENGLAND.
--
Van Wulpen Henk
Television) says:
>
>With reference to Jean-Michel Jarre's laser harp. I must admit I thought
>that he didn't play it live but did you go to Docklands or Paris'90 ?
>
I went to Paris, but it's only visible on the video.
>He certainly did at Docklands. It wasn't so obvious on Rendez-vous 2 but
>certainly when he played the track 'Laser Harp', there is no doubt this was
>played live. Also, at Paris'90 he managed to play a few notes during
>Calypso Part 2 and so wasn't miming. I noticed that the video was out of
>sync but this was quite possibly due to the editing. There are a few errors
>on the Paris-La Defense film but overall, I've no complaints !
I'll give you the proof he's miming Rendez-Vous II. The sequence of
notes that I hear is (and I have the score too) : D#,D,C,b,a#,g# (if
I remember it right). This are 6 descending notes, no ? Well, just
watch the video of London or Paris. On both, he plays this sequence
with only four 'laser-strings' !!??? Strange don't you agree ?
>
>The 'official' figure for the attendence of the concert in Paris'90 is
>2.4 million (!) so almost doubling his previous record of 1.3 million in
>Houston'86. The question must be asked though, "why didn't the media in the
>UK cover the event ?" Was it like this all over the world ?
I think I mentioned that number too... And indeed, here, in Belgium the
only media-attention were destructive critics in some newspapers.
Apperently, Jarre isn't quite loved among the Belgian journalists.
>
>The Jean-Michel Jarre "fan club" in Belgium only produce a photocopied
>magazine whereas Conductor of the Masses (UK Association) produce a
>superb glossy magazine packed with photos and information. ...
>
The Belgian fan club, exists no longer than a few months. You can't
expect them to edit a full-colour-magazine yet...
---
Henk Van Wulpen (dept. Comp.Sc. K.U.Leuven - Belgium)
E-mail : GHG...@BLEKUL11.BITNET or GHG...@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
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David Datta
>In article <1991Mar7.1...@cbnewsm.att.com>, ka...@cbnewsm.att.com
>(andrew.j.kalinowitsch) says:
>>Okay, I give up. What exactly _is_ the laser harp?
> The Laser Harp is a really smart invention... It's actually no more than
>a set of lasers, a frame with small mirrors at the top, and within those
>mirrors there are sensors. Each laser-beam represents a key of a usual key-
>board, thus one particular note. The mirrors make the beams go over the
>live-audience (it was really impressive in Paris-la-Defense, they must be
>quite powerful). Meanwhile they are also detected. So, when Jean-Michel
>disturbs a ray, this is being detected by the appropriate sensor. Some
>electronics determine what note this represents, and give it, via MIDI,
>through to the synth-section, which then produces the right sounds.
>Henk Van Wulpen (dept. Comp.Sc. K.U.Leuven - Belgium)
That is a description of the Mark 1 Laser-Harp, it used breaking
beams. The Mark 2 machine which was used in Houston and London
operated on a beam-reflector, his hands (in white gloves) reflect the
beam back down into an array of sensors, this version also allowed him
to get different notes based on the position of his hand in relation to
the sensor vertically in addition to which beam is reflected. In
addition, this version didn't require a top frame and allows the
un-broken beams to shoot off into infinity. I believe the France
concert this year used yet another version but judging from the video,
the only addition was reflectors on the top frame to allow re-directing
the top beams at will...
If enough people are interested, I will dig up and upload some more
info about the harps (from interviews). These will not be posted to
USENET but to the Jarre mailing list.
--
-Dave da...@vacs.uwp.edu [....uwm!uwpvacs!datta] Are you a lemming?
Lemmings jump off cliffs every four years. There are no five year old
lemmings. Unless they've learned to think for themselves.
r...@and.cs.liv.ac.uk
su9...@gdt.bath.ac.uk (Campus Television) writes:
> With reference to Jean-Michel Jarre's laser harp. I must admit I thought
> that he didn't play it live but did you go to Docklands or Paris'90 ?
I've NEVER believed that he plays the Laser Harp live :-)
> The question must be asked though, "why didn't the media in the
> UK cover the event [Paris 90] ?" Was it like this all over the world ?
No doubt you saw the one-hour special about 4 months ago (regionally broadcast
on the UK ITV network) called "JMJ - Live in Paris !". It was shown at a silly
time (1.00 am or so), so that didn't help. Not bad - I loved the dancers with
the huge outer structure surrounding them (difficult to describe :-) )...
> The [JMJ fan] magazine also reviews an album entitled
> Deserted Palace which JMJ wrote in 1973
But is this available commercially anywhere (especially on CD in the UK) ?
> reviews the Concerts in China video (released in the UK March 18th)
I *love* the "Concerts in China" double CD (although I would have been happier
with a couple of minutes editing so it would fit onto one disc - both discs
add up to only 79 minutes :-( ). It's a far more interesting effort than either
the Houston/Lyon or "Jarre Live" discs.
Going onto a different Jean-Michel Jarre tack...
I'm *so* disappointed with "Waiting For Cousteau", especially on CD. The
title track is an absolute travesty. About 5 synth notes repeated ad nauseum
for FORTY SIX MINUTES, with no CD indexes so you can wander around that
fourth track (not that you'd want to - it's all identical anyway :-( ). IMHO,
JMJ needs a good kick up the backside to get back to his old self (ie around
the excellent "Zoolook" period).
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> I *love* the "Concerts in China" double CD (although I would have been happier
> with a couple of minutes editing so it would fit onto one disc - both discs
> add up to only 79 minutes :-( ).
It wouldn't even need any editing; I've got CDs that clock in at over 80
minutes. (A one-disc CONCERTS would be a *very* nice thing to have!)
> I'm *so* disappointed with "Waiting For Cousteau", especially on CD. The
> title track is an absolute travesty. About 5 synth notes repeated ad nauseum
> for FORTY SIX MINUTES . . .
Nah, "En Attendant Cousteau" is the best track he's done since ZOOLOOK,
with the possibly exception of "Revolutions". Good Ambient is hard stuff
to find, but between that track and The KLF's CHILL OUT 1990 was a great
year for the form.
Lazlo (la...@triton.cirt.unm.edu)
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Except possibly Grace Jones.
M G Gidley
su9...@gdt.bath.ac.uk (Campus Television) writes:
r...@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (Computer Science, Liverpool Univeristy) write :
>No doubt you saw the one-hour special about 4 months ago (regionally broadcast
>on the UK ITV network) called "JMJ - Live in Paris !". It was shown at a silly
>time (1.00 am or so), so that didn't help. Not bad - I loved the dancers with
>the huge outer structure surrounding them (difficult to describe :-) )...
The 'puppets' are called 'Marionettes' and yes, I like them too. They would
have probably looked out of place anywhere else but on the stage with JMJ in
Paris with all the superb lighting effects, lasers and fireworks, everything
just gelled together VERY nicely. If only this film was shown at say, 9.00pm
on BBC 2 like Rendez-vous Houston was, I'm sure that the UK would wake up to
what JMJ can achieve. Everyone seemed to be put off by the 'flop' of
Docklands (although was it ? Ok, people got a bit cold and wet but the show
was brilliant ! Also, I think the album Revolutions was a bad album to
perform live. Industrial Revolution and L'Emigrant worked well in the Docklands
but the rest was pretty boring !). If he played Calypso etc in the sunshine in
a location similar to Paris-La Defense in the UK (is there one ?), I'm pretty
sure JMJ would sell a few million more albums !
>> The [JMJ fan] magazine also reviews an album entitled
>> Deserted Palace which JMJ wrote in 1973
>But is this available commercially anywhere (especially on CD in the UK) ?
Afraid not ! It was issued only in France and the US and worth now about
350 pounds. JMJ has commented on plans to re-release some of his back
catalogue (there are two pure-JMJ LPs pre-Oxygene, Deserted Palace and
a soundtrack Les Granges Brulees (The Burning Barn). The later is to be
reviewed in the fourth issue of the JMJ magazine Conductor of the Masses.)
However, such a release seems unlikely and it seems JMJ is only saying
this to shut us (the fans) up !
>I *love* the "Concerts in China" double CD (although I would have been happier
>with a couple of minutes editing so it would fit onto one disc - both discs
>add up to only 79 minutes :-( ). It's a far more interesting effort than either
>the Houston/Lyon or "Jarre Live" discs.
A question I would like to ask JMJ about the China album is why Magnetic
Fields 1 is on the track listing (second CD/LP) and is in fact, not on there,
just a couple of people playing table tennis - wierd !
>I'm *so* disappointed with "Waiting For Cousteau", especially on CD. The
>title track is an absolute travesty. About 5 synth notes repeated ad nauseum
>for FORTY SIX MINUTES, with no CD indexes so you can wander around that
>fourth track (not that you'd want to - it's all identical anyway :-( ). IMHO,
>JMJ needs a good kick up the backside to get back to his old self (ie around
>the excellent "Zoolook" period).
If JMJ did go back to an album like Zoolook, I'm sure everyone would complain
that he took a step backwards. Every album he has produced has been a step
forward and not like anything else he has produced before. His music is ALWAYS
fresh and innovative and that is why he is so popular worldwide.
Greg Granger
> In article <1991Mar8.0...@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
> su9...@gdt.bath.ac.uk (Campus Television) writes:
> r...@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (Computer Science, Liverpool Univeristy) write :
>
> >No doubt you saw the one-hour special about 4 months ago (regionally broadca
> >on the UK ITV network) called "JMJ - Live in Paris !". It was shown at a sil
> >time (1.00 am or so), so that didn't help. Not bad - I loved the dancers wit
> >the huge outer structure surrounding them (difficult to describe :-) )...
>
> The 'puppets' are called 'Marionettes' and yes, I like them too. They would
> have probably looked out of place anywhere else but on the stage with JMJ in
> Paris with all the superb lighting effects, lasers and fireworks, everything
> just gelled together VERY nicely. If only this film was shown at say, 9.00pm
> on BBC 2 like Rendez-vous Houston was, I'm sure that the UK would wake up to
> what JMJ can achieve. Everyone seemed to be put off by the 'flop' of
> Docklands (although was it ? Ok, people got a bit cold and wet but the show
> was brilliant ! Also, I think the album Revolutions was a bad album to
> perform live. Industrial Revolution and L'Emigrant worked well in the Docklan
> but the rest was pretty boring !). If he played Calypso etc in the sunshine i
> a location similar to Paris-La Defense in the UK (is there one ?), I'm pretty
> sure JMJ would sell a few million more albums !
>
> >> The [JMJ fan] magazine also reviews an album entitled
> >> Deserted Palace which JMJ wrote in 1973
>
> >But is this available commercially anywhere (especially on CD in the UK) ?
>
> Afraid not ! It was issued only in France and the US and worth now about
> 350 pounds. JMJ has commented on plans to re-release some of his back
> catalogue (there are two pure-JMJ LPs pre-Oxygene, Deserted Palace and
> a soundtrack Les Granges Brulees (The Burning Barn). The later is to be
> reviewed in the fourth issue of the JMJ magazine Conductor of the Masses.)
> However, such a release seems unlikely and it seems JMJ is only saying
> this to shut us (the fans) up !
>
> >I *love* the "Concerts in China" double CD (although I would have been happi
> >with a couple of minutes editing so it would fit onto one disc - both discs
> >add up to only 79 minutes :-( ). It's a far more interesting effort than eit
> >the Houston/Lyon or "Jarre Live" discs.
>
> A question I would like to ask JMJ about the China album is why Magnetic
> Fields 1 is on the track listing (second CD/LP) and is in fact, not on there,
> just a couple of people playing table tennis - wierd !
>
> >I'm *so* disappointed with "Waiting For Cousteau", especially on CD. The
> >title track is an absolute travesty. About 5 synth notes repeated ad nauseum
> >for FORTY SIX MINUTES, with no CD indexes so you can wander around that
> >fourth track (not that you'd want to - it's all identical anyway :-( ). IMHO
> >JMJ needs a good kick up the backside to get back to his old self (ie around
> >the excellent "Zoolook" period).
>
> If JMJ did go back to an album like Zoolook, I'm sure everyone would complain
> that he took a step backwards. Every album he has produced has been a step
> forward and not like anything else he has produced before. His music is ALWAY
> fresh and innovative and that is why he is so popular worldwide.
I agree that "Waiting For Cousteau" was a step forward for Jarre. The
final track, "Waiting for Cousteau", is the type of song that you could
close your eyes and actually relax (even fall asleep) too. A friend of
mine (I was over at his place last night) even said that about "WfC". I
especially loved "Calypso 3". I haven't been able to find any Jarre
videos in Canada (but I saw the video for Rendez-Vous 6 (the dedication
to Ron McNair) from the Houston concert). Does he have any future plans
of going on another world-wide concert tour in the near future? If so,
what would it take for him to make a stop-over here? I would do almost
anything to get front row to one of his concerts.
Greg Granger
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P. S. I saw the Rendez-Vous video a couple of months ago on Canada's own
"MuchMusic". For all you foreigners, it is available on satellite (but I
am not sure of which satellite it is on).
M G Gidley
writes:
>to Ron McNair) from the Houston concert). Does he have any future plans
>of going on another world-wide concert tour in the near future? If so,
>what would it take for him to make a stop-over here? I would do almost
>anything to get front row to one of his concerts.
JMJ has set up a company entitled CICS (Campaign International des Concert
Spectacle - the Internation Campaign for Spectacular Concerts) which set-up
the Paris-La Defense concert. The aim of this company is to make the concerts
cheaper to set-up (the Paris-La Defense concert cost 4.5 million (UK pounds))
For example, the stage from La Defense should be used for future concerts.
There has been much speculation about a 'World tour'. JMJ planned this after
the Zoolook albums, but it never turned up. Also a tour around USA was planned
for the Rendez-vous album but of course, only Houston was performed. There is
now fresh talk, with such places as Dublin (Ireland), Tokyo (Japan),
Barcelona/Seville (Spain), Ayers Rock (Australia), and one in France.
The venue JMJ seems most keen to perform is Tokyo since this would help
exhibit his new-style of concert to the Japanese, after the China concerts.
He won't be performing a concert this year as he is 'taking a rest' and
organising an exhibition in Beauborg, Paris this year but the concert
'most likely' to take place next year is one in Spain for the start of
Europe '92 and probably Tokyo. However,at the party after the La Defense
concert JMJ told me (boast!) that he planned to perform Dublin on St
Patricks Day - this seems a pipedream but CICS ARE setting this up but there
are no firm plans.
Answering your original question, a question in Canada seems unlikely, mainly
due to the fact that it would be unlikely to create the media attention
necessary to make it worthwhile - let's face it, that is why they are put on.
However, a concert in USA seems very plausible, since apart from the China
concerts, the Houston concert has been the most successful concert. Perhaps
because it was the first of the Jarre-style concert and now, they are
nothing new (the media's opinion, not mine !).
Anyway, here's hoping for more innovative projects, both musically and
visually.
Mark Gidley
Lene Jensen
instead of sending to Geir... If you write to the address above,
you will probably be on the list in abt 1 day. Try it out, sure
you'll like it :) Good luck!
Lene
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That's why this is so short.
By the way, this is a .signature, if you wondered...
And I am very absent minded :)
Per Goetterup
=>In article <1991Mar8.0...@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
=> su9...@gdt.bath.ac.uk (Campus Television) writes:
[stuff deleted]
=>>I *love* the "Concerts in China" double CD (although I would have been happier
=>>with a couple of minutes editing so it would fit onto one disc - both discs
=>>add up to only 79 minutes :-( ). It's a far more interesting effort than either
=>>the Houston/Lyon or "Jarre Live" discs.
Actually it is possible to stuff up to 81 minutes and 7 seconds onto a
single disc (longest I've ever heard of) so it IS possible to put it all on
just one disc...
Actually I'm dead sure that I some years back (3-4 years) saw a picture in
an advertisment for PolyGram Records of A SINGLE CD VERSION of "The Concerts
In China"!!! - It looked very japanese (japanese signs on a wrap-around
piece of paper on the disc, covering about 1/4 of the front) so I guess that
it must've been a japanese pressing. I've seen lots of similar discs (not
JMJ though!) with a wrapping like this which actually were japanese pressings
for sure.
I have no way of knowing what was on it, not even in which country the
picture was taken. PolyGram is dutch if I'm not mistaken, but the
advertisment was in danish.
=>A question I would like to ask JMJ about the China album is why Magnetic
=>Fields 1 is on the track listing (second CD/LP) and is in fact, not on there,
=>just a couple of people playing table tennis - wierd !
I wondered about that one too. It is not that different from parts of
Magnetic Fields Part III but definately NOT the same...
The ping-pong balls also appeared in the 'recent' (July 14, 1990) concert in
Paris (La Defense) just before the start of "Souvenir of China" in the
beginning of that concert. They were even 'animated' using the big lasers on
two of the skyscrapers... (bouncing back and forth)
- Just my moneys worth...
Per.
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