1974 was an extremely successful year for Tangerine Dream, and they played some outstanding shows. They embarked on their first tour of the United Kingdom, performing twenty concerts across the country in less than seven weeks. Just how popular they were was revealed with the release of the 'In Search Of Hades' box set a few years ago, which included complete recordings of their concerts at The Rainbow Theatre and Victoria Palace, both in London, while their performance at Reims Cathedral in France was a highlight of their career, even if it did earn them a lifetime ban from ever performing in a Catholic church again. It was such an iconic performance that it was included in 'The Official Bootleg Series Volume One' in 2015, and Cherry Red officially released the tapes as recently as 2021 as a 2xLP set, although true fans had owned Tangerine Tree Volume 30 for many years already. Another fine recording from this year was the one on 29 October at Sheffield City Hall, and this was in fact included on 'The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1' in 2003. The band found themselves in Glasgow on the 20th November for a concert at the Kelvin Hall, a venue which had previously played host to everything from musicians to boxers to a circus, and the concert was captured by local station Radio Clyde for later broadcast. Only a single 1/4" tape reel from this recording is known to have survived, being the last of three which are alleged to have contained the entire performance. Despite being nearly half a century old, this reel had been kept in excellent condition and was professionally transferred to digital and then remastered. While the full concert is available as a Tangerine Leaves release, their own notes admit that while the disc might feature the complete recording, the sound quality is mediocre only, or maybe worse, especially on the first disc. For this post I've therefore used the partial recording from Radio Clyde, which might only contain two thirds of the full gig, but the sound quality is pristine.
Track listing
01 Septrional Remnant
02 Analog Ascent
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