'Revolutions' was the ninth studio album by French synth wizard and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in August 1988. The album spans several genres, including symphonic industrial, Arabian inspired, light guitar pop and ethnic electro jazz. The album reached number number 2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since 'Oxygène'. The majority of the album was played with a Roland D-50 synthesizer, with the majority of sound programming gathered from custom sound banks, compiled into a single bank and later released for French Keyboards magazine
This single presents an edited version of the album's title track, backed with the entire 'part 2' of 'Industrial revolution' as it appears on the album.
My collection: 7" single no. 6047
Found: Record fair, Utrecht, April 13, 2019
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Revolutions' / 'Industrial revolution: part 2'
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Oxygene IV - Jean Michel Jarre
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'Time has passed and, as the 1990's approach, Jarre shares the same concerns of us all for our environment and the ways in which it is being endangered by the very technology we created.' How interesting... The truth, of course, is that there was some money to be earned by re-releasing this classic. On environment-damaging vinyl, no less.
My collection: 7" single no. 4960
Found: Record Exchange, London, October 31, 2010
Cost: 50p
Tracks: 'Oxygene IV (remix)' / 'Industrial revolution (overture)'
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Rendez-vous - Jean Michel Jarre
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In 1986 NASA and the city of Houston asked Jarre to stage a concert to celebrate NASA's 25th and the city of Houston's 150th anniversaries. During that concert, astronaut Ronald McNair was to have played the saxophone part of Jarre's piece "Rendez-vous VI" while in orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. It was to have been the first piece of music recorded in space, for the album. After the Challenger disaster of January 28 1986 which killed McNair, the piece was recorded with a different saxophonist, retitled 'Ron's piece' and the album dedicated to the seven dead Challenger astronauts.
My collection: 7" single no. 3736
Found: Record fair, Den Haag, May 23, 2009
Cost: 0,5 euro
Tracks: 'Fourth Rendez-vous' / 'First Rendez-vous'
Monday, 2 February 2009
Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre
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The single 'Equinoxe (part 5)' peaked at number 45 in the UK singles chart, and reached number 13 in the Dutch Top 40. The B-side of this single features an autograph of Jean Michel Jarre in the runout groove, as made by him on the master plate.
My collection: 7" single no. 2917
Found: London, November 1, 1997
Cost: 1 pound
Tracks: 'Equinoxe (part 5)' / 'Equinoxe (part 1)'
Download: here
Monday, 26 January 2009
Magnetic Fields part 2 - Jean Michel Jarre
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'Magnetic fields' was Jarre's first album recorded with digital synthesizers, having used analogue ones on his previous work.
My collection: 7" single no. 2455
Found: Record fair, Amsterdam, September 2, 1995
Cost: 2 guilders
Tracks: 'Magnetic Fields part 2' / 'Magnetic Fields part 1'
Download: here
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Oxygene - Jean Michel Jarre
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'Oxygene' consists of six tracks, simply numbered I to VI. Part IV was released in edited form as a single. As is evident from the sleeve of the (French) single which I bought, the music was also used as a theme song for broadcasts of basketball games on the French channel Europe 1.
My collection: 7" single no. 1893
Found: May 2, 1993
Cost: 2 guilders
Tracks: 'Oxygene IV' / 'Oxygene VI'
Download: here
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