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Old 08-06-2011, 09:02 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Don't get me wrong - I actually really like the album
Yes, that`s what I figured ! I like it too. In fact I just replayed it for the first time in ages to check my favourite track: number 7, Pastorale, is really exquisite.

I`m glad that Janszoon mentioned William Ackerman, whose style and record label are the twin signposts that ushered in New Age music, as far as I know,in the late '70's.
And while we were waiting for that to happen, what was there to listen to ? Well, John Fahey had a few kind of proto-New Age albums, like this one :


‪John Fahey - The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart (1971)‬‏ - YouTube

Other New Age pioneers included Vangelis, Eno and Tangerine Dream, though I`m sure I`m missing lots of others too. For instance, Steve Hillage, whose album Rainbow Dome Musick was the first album I bought with an unmistakably New Age title.
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