Tim BlakeCrystal Machine

Label:

Esoteric Recordings – ECLEC 2578

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Ambient

Tracklist

1 Midnight 6:22
2 Metro / Logic 6:28
3 Last Ride Of The Boogie Child 7:50
4 Synthese Intemporel 15:52
5 Crystal Presence 1:28
Bonus Tracks:
6 Surf 3:41
7 Synthese Intemporel I 3:21
8 Synthese Intemporel II 2:20

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Cherry Red Records (2)
  • Copyright ©Cherry Red Records (2)
  • Record CompanyCherry Red
  • Recorded AtSeasalter Free Festival
  • Recorded AtLe Palace Théâtre
  • Recorded AtStudio Hérouville
  • Remastered AtBroadlake Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Cherry Red Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Cherry Red Records Ltd.
  • Made ByKey Production
  • Glass Mastered AtSony DADC

Credits

  • Coordinator [Additional Co-ordination]Vicky Powell
  • Design [CD Package Design By]Meriel Waissman
  • Lighting [Spectra Physics 164 Argon Laser With His Own Crystal Machine Projectors]Patrice Warrener
  • Liner NotesIan Abrahams
  • Photography By [Original Album Photography By]Rosa Gauditano
  • Recorded ByTim Blake (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
  • Remastered ByBen Wiseman
  • Research, Compiled By, CoordinatorMark Powell
  • Synthesizer [2 EMS Synthis A's, Mini Moog, Elka Rhapsody], Effects [EMS Frequency Shifter, MXR Flanger, Sony TC Tape Deck Echo, Sony Mix 12], Producer [Produced By], Written-ByTim Blake

Notes

Tracks 1 to 5 = the original album, released as Egg Records 900.545 in 1977.
Tracks 6 to 8 are bonus tracks, previously unreleased on CD.
Track 3 recorded at Seasalter Free Festival 1976
Track 4 recorded at Le Palace Théátre Paris, 18/2/77
Track 6: recorded in 1976 at Chateau d’Herouville studios in and issued on a Saratoga Space Messengers (released 1976).
Tracks 7 and 8: from the Spanish single ‘Synthese Intemporel’ (released 1978)

The copyright in this artwork is owned by Cherry Red Records Group.

Made in EU [on tray card]
Made in the EU . [on CD]

Digitally remastered

16 page CD booklet, stapled.

Hype sticker: "New official remastered & expanded edition of this classic 1977 ambient electronic masterpiece by former Gong & Hawkwind synthesiser master Tim Blake With three bonus tracks previously unreleased on CD & booklet with essay"

Total duration 47:56..

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 013929 467842 >
  • Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 & 2): keyproduction.co.uk ECLEC2578 13 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (Variants 1 & 2): IFPI L553
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 94K2
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 94K6

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Crystal Machine (LP, Album) Egg 900.545 1977
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Crystal Machine (LP, Album) Egg 0066.050 1977
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Crystal Machine (LP, Album) Egg 90035 Canada 1977
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Crystal Machine (LP, Album) Egg ECI 243 Colombia 1977
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Crystal Machine (LP, Album) Egg GP 701, GP701 Japan 1977

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Reviews

  • zerostar333's avatar
    zerostar333
    I ordered a new copy of this and it's a CD-R. Is there a real CD version or was it always a CD-R? Tangerine Dream's Green Desert is another Cherry Red release I purchased recently that turned out to be a CD-R.

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