Solar Music Live [Live] [Import]

Product Description
Remastered reissue of their 1978 live album for the Brain label. Contains the complete concert, including a previouslyunreleased 13 minute passage cut from the original LP as a bonus track. Nine tracks total. 1998 Repertoire release.

Solar Music Live,Grobschnitt,Repertoire,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: Not a huge salsa fan but this is a touchstone RUBEN'S BEST WORK. Ruben Blades and Son de Solar Live! El poder de la letra great!

Rubén Blades y Son del Solar...Live! Rubén Blades y Son del Solar Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Buscando América Mundo Caminando Antecedente Tiempos ASIN: B000002H7A Release Date: 1990-03-12

Tracks:

1. Decisiones
2. Cuentas del Alma
3. El Padre Antonio
4. Pedro Navaja
5. Todos Vuelven
6. La Cancion del Final del Mundo
7. Ojos de Perro Azul
8. Buscando America
9. Muevete

Amazon.com

Ruben Blades puts in a dynamic performance, recorded in New York, that shows why he is known foremost as a singer rather than a film star or politician. The native Panamanian has a distinctive take on Salsa, combining an innate jazz sensibility along with Salsa's inherent dance grooves. His band Son del Solar is one of the best in the business, following Blade's warm and personal vocals through every move with some great solos and arrangements. Several of his successes are featured, such as "Pedro Navaja" and "Todos Vuelven," and "Muevete" gets a scintillating 12-minute workout. With a little Caribbean influence in the mix, Live delivers a smooth punch with a velvet glove that will definitely rock you. --Derek Rath

Customer Reviews:

Not a huge salsa fan but this is a touchstone.......2006-09-04

I have not been put on this planet to celebrate pan-Hispanic culture, but what can I say? This collection of toons makes my teeth sweat. The power of the vibe here is nuclear, I kid you not.

Ruben's output over the years has been patchy from where I sit, but he makes not a wrong move in this collection. The Son del Solar are gods one and all.

Buy this platter and feel the power.

RUBEN'S BEST WORK........2004-12-30

ALTHOUGH NOT THE FIRST ALBUM I OWNED OF RUBEN, CERTAINLY THIS ONE COMBINES HIS POWERFUL MESSAGES WITH ONE HELL OF A PERFORMANCE BY THE BAND. THE ADRENALINE STARTS PUMPING FROM THE FIRST SONG AND LEAVES YOU DANCING AND WANTING MORE BY THE END OF THE NIGHT. IF YOU OWN JUST ONE RUBEN BLADES CD, THIS ONE IS IT. BTW, the first time I bought this cd, some of the tracks didn't play well on ANY cd player. I noticed that only a partial album is available at i-Tunes and that the same songs that gave me trouble are the ones missing from their list too... maybe mine wasn't the only bad copy out there

Ruben Blades and Son de Solar Live!.......2003-08-11

Ruben Blades and Son de Solar's Live! is a refulgent live album. I have the tape version containing an extra track on it-Patria. Son de Solar sounded remarkably well. It is not surprising since Son de Solar is one of the best concomitant bands Blades can have: Marc Quiñones and Izbarra-I misspelled his name but nevertheless one of the best timbaleros in Latin jazz-taking care of the rhythm section.

Live! segues through most of Blades' Elektra -post- FANIA days repertoire starting with Decisiones and with the denouement of laudatory live renditions of Patria- cassette version only- and Muevete. The latter is a Los Van Van song showing Blades' openness to the seemingly modern and `electric' Cuban rumba. Blades' sonero voice is timeless as usual. The downside is that Live! seems to come up short and that might be explained because it is missing FANIA classics- except for Pedro Navaja. Notwithstanding, even without the FANIA classics, this album is filled with worth post-FANIA exemplars.

El poder de la letra.......2001-10-03

El poder de la letra de las canciones de Ruben Blades es reconocido en todo el mundo. Muchas canciones de salsa tienen textos obsoletos; afortunadamente tenemos a Ruben Blades que compone canciones que siempre llevan en significado, ya sea social, político o hasta económico. Ruben Blades se hizo famoso con Pedro Navaja, una canción muy larga que uno no quiere que termine.
Éste CD contiene otras canciones como El Padre Antonio, Decisiones o Buscando América que son inolvidables. Qué suerte que tuvo Latinoamérica cuando Ruben perdió las elecciones en Panamá. Haz música Ruben que allí eres el primero.

Virgilio Krumbacher

great!.......2001-04-05

Captures his unique brand of salsa. The "Decisiones" alone is worth the price of admission to this gig. Ruben Blades is a PANAMANIAN!!

Average customer rating: A totally wonderful live album superb live performance Grobschnitt - 'Solar Music Live' (Repertoire) AMAZING GUITAR BASED KRAUTROCK An Obscure Treasure

Solar Music Live Grobschnitt Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008901 Release Date: 2002-11-27

Tracks:

1. Solar Music 1
2. Food Sicore
3. Solar Music II
4. Mm Special
5. Otto Panckrock
6. Golden Mist
7. Solar Music III
8. Missing 13 Minutes [#]
9. Vanishing Towards the East

Album Description

Remastered reissue of their 1978 live album for the Brain label. Contains the complete concert, including a previouslyunreleased 13 minute passage cut from the original LP as a bonus track. Nine tracks total. 1998 Repertoire release.

Customer Reviews:

A totally wonderful live album.......2005-05-21

Most live albums would feature the band playing the hits (well, if the band had any hits, which almost always, with a few exceptions, the lesser-known prog bands didn't have any), the fans favorites, and maybe premiering a new song, and often adding on additional guitar and drum solos the originals didn't have so each band member can stroke their egos. But Grobschnitt didn't do that, at least not on this album. Instead they recorded a live album entirely on an earlier composition (kinda like imagining if Jethro Tull recorded a live version of Thick as a Brick, which as a matter of fact did make it as a bonus cut on a recent CD reissue of that album). Apparently "Solar Music" had its roots with "Sun Trip" off their 1972 debut, but "Solar Music" as we know it first appeared on the second disc of Ballermann (1974), which was their second album.

In April 1978, the band perfomed the version of "Solar Music" that makes up this album. Unsurprisingly this bears little resemblance to their previous two albums, Rockpommel's Land and Jumbo. Not hearing the 1974 version, I can't say what's the original and what are new additions, but I really love how the band gets jamming. Also I know that this is nearly twice as long as the original from 1974. Many of the guitar solos bear more than a passing resemblance to Pink Floyd, so I am really convinced this is the Grobschnitt album to get if you're a Floyd fan (while Rockpommel's Land I'd more recommend for Yes fans). This is not an album you're likely to get on first listen, because they do start off slowly for the first 15 or so minutes, before the band starts getting in to action. Guitar is most dominant, although keyboards do surface (string synths, Hammond organ, electric piano, Minimoog, clavinet, even a little Mellotron - this band were never major tron users, although they did use it) from time to time. Ocassionally the band inserts their trademark Germanic sense of humor, and sometimes you hear martial music during these moments. Of biggest note is Stefan Danielak (aka Wildschwein) does very little singing (you only hear him near the beginning for a few minutes), so if you've been put off by his singing, you won't hear much of him here. It's nice to a prog rock band still making great stuff in 1978, after all punk and disco did take a toll on the scene, but in Germany, there was still room for great prog, even in to the early '80s (Eloy is a great example, like Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes in 1979 and Planets in 1981).

Certainly Solar Music - Live is not as easy to get in to as Rockpommel's Land, but still an essential album for your prog collection.

superb live performance.......2005-05-05

solar fire live was recorded back in the mid-70's and is a flawless recording. the entire cd flows together quite well with incredible energy and play between musicians. solar music builds with driving force, then let's you down slowly only to build again. all musicians are top-notch, into their form beautifully. the cd starts off slowly but builds up nicely. well worth the roller-coasting trip it sends you on. highly, highly recommended.

Grobschnitt - 'Solar Music Live' (Repertoire).......2005-03-04

Originally released in 1978,this was the band's sixth lp,to follow up on their first five albums.However,each of the disc's tunes here appear to be exclusive to this record.Another fantastic progressive heavy rocker here to fully experience.Some say they're like Germany's reply to Gong.I'll accept that.Most kraut fans should enjoy this CD.Tracks that I was most impressed with were "Solar Music 1","Solar Music 2",the eleven-minute "Golden Mist" and "Missing 13 Minutes"...which is just that,a thirteen minute segment that the Repertoire label pressing had added on to make this title even more in demand.Line-up:Gerd Petrolk-guitar,Volker Kahrs-keyboards,Joachim Ehrig-drums&electronics,Stefan Danielak-guitar&vocals and Wolfgang-drums.Might appeal to fans of Gentle Giant,Gong,Nektar,Greenslade and possibly Eloy.Recommended.

AMAZING GUITAR BASED KRAUTROCK.......2002-01-15

Way back in the late 70's and mid 80's, I was a dj speciallising in Rock music. One of our most popular nights was"Progressive Nite", where we featured such artists as 'Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong,Hillage, etc. Krautrock was a popular genre, and I was heavilly into this at the time ( still am ! ). One night my friend brought in "Solar Music Live", and we gave side one a spin. There was a lot of very mixed reaction UNTIL, the guitar breaks broke in, and then it just did'nt take off -- it flew ! "Solar Music " became of of the "Prog Nite" mainstays.

"Solar Music Live", was recorded in 1978, and looking at my original vinyl LP cover, the band wore some strange costumes, and together with live animals in stage, the whole affair must have been quite bizare, although the music is absolutely amazing !

Side one starts off with strange noises, and some laid back guitar, and then more strange sounds, and gutteral voices ( typical Krautrock, that ). After about 12 minutes or so, the lead guitar goes into solo, and plays , alternativly off the percussion. THEN, the 2nd lead guitar kicks in, and both guitars play off the percussion, and off each other. The result is a screaming,wah wah laden, blistering twin attack, with the percuission crashing around it, -- it is absolutely fantastic !!

The solo's continue until mellowing out into a keyboard wash of mellody, and finally chilling out towards the end. The concert must have been a great performace.

I rate this album as eleven out of ten !!

I am pleased to be able to get this on cd now, particularily as there are an extra 13 minutes on the cd, which presumably would'nt fit on the vinyl.

I have promised myself that if I ever win a huge sum of money on the UK lottery ( well, you have to have dreams, don't you ? ), I will stage my own personal Krautrock concert, and offer Grobschnitt so much money that they could'nt refuse , and have them play the Solar Music Suite for the finale.

I think that you get the idea on this cd now !!

An Obscure Treasure.......2000-09-15

Boy, was I surprised to find this on CD! This is a superb example of the creative forces at work in the '70s. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes (in no particular order) "old" Pink Floyd, Yes, Supertramp, Camel, StarCastle, etc. Definitely a must have for the progressive rock junkie.

Average customer rating:

Suzy Solar - Live @ Trance Domain Manufacturer: Solar Power Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CQZT4O

Product Description

1. Masterplan - Lac Terra~~~2. Time Flies - Aurelia~~~3. Ballanation - DJ Dean~~~4. Strings of Infinity - Topmodelz~~~5. Reflex Your Mind - Gentlemen Dick~~~6. Dutch Drum Attack - Ecraig~~~7. Sonic Boom - Quo Vadis~~~8. Nevereverland - DJ Tech & The Silent Stream~~~9. Sunrise (Here I Am) - Ratty~~~10. City Lights - Mario De Bellis~~~11. A Deeper Love - Madelyne~~~12. Daytime - 4 Strings

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Solar: McCoy Tyner Trio Live at Sweet Basil McCoy Tyner Manufacturer: Peter Pan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008CG0 Release Date: 1993-12-06

Tracks:

1. Solar
2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
3. Darn That Dream
4. Blues for T.M.
5. Habana Sol

Average customer rating: A totally wonderful live album superb live performance Grobschnitt - 'Solar Music Live' (Repertoire) AMAZING GUITAR BASED KRAUTROCK An Obscure Treasure

Solar Music Live Grobschnitt Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000070MO Release Date: 1996-01-26

Tracks:

1. Solar Music 1
2. Food Sicore
3. Solar Music II
4. Mm Special
5. Otto Panckrock
6. Golden Mist
7. Solar Music III
8. Missing 13 Minutes [#]
9. Vanishing Towards the East

Album Description

Remastered reissue of their 1978 live album for the Brain label. Contains the complete concert, including a previouslyunreleased 13 minute passage cut from the original LP as a bonus track. Nine tracks total. 1998 Repertoire release.

Customer Reviews:

A totally wonderful live album.......2005-05-21

Most live albums would feature the band playing the hits (well, if the band had any hits, which almost always, with a few exceptions, the lesser-known prog bands didn't have any), the fans favorites, and maybe premiering a new song, and often adding on additional guitar and drum solos the originals didn't have so each band member can stroke their egos. But Grobschnitt didn't do that, at least not on this album. Instead they recorded a live album entirely on an earlier composition (kinda like imagining if Jethro Tull recorded a live version of Thick as a Brick, which as a matter of fact did make it as a bonus cut on a recent CD reissue of that album). Apparently "Solar Music" had its roots with "Sun Trip" off their 1972 debut, but "Solar Music" as we know it first appeared on the second disc of Ballermann (1974), which was their second album.

In April 1978, the band perfomed the version of "Solar Music" that makes up this album. Unsurprisingly this bears little resemblance to their previous two albums, Rockpommel's Land and Jumbo. Not hearing the 1974 version, I can't say what's the original and what are new additions, but I really love how the band gets jamming. Also I know that this is nearly twice as long as the original from 1974. Many of the guitar solos bear more than a passing resemblance to Pink Floyd, so I am really convinced this is the Grobschnitt album to get if you're a Floyd fan (while Rockpommel's Land I'd more recommend for Yes fans). This is not an album you're likely to get on first listen, because they do start off slowly for the first 15 or so minutes, before the band starts getting in to action. Guitar is most dominant, although keyboards do surface (string synths, Hammond organ, electric piano, Minimoog, clavinet, even a little Mellotron - this band were never major tron users, although they did use it) from time to time. Ocassionally the band inserts their trademark Germanic sense of humor, and sometimes you hear martial music during these moments. Of biggest note is Stefan Danielak (aka Wildschwein) does very little singing (you only hear him near the beginning for a few minutes), so if you've been put off by his singing, you won't hear much of him here. It's nice to a prog rock band still making great stuff in 1978, after all punk and disco did take a toll on the scene, but in Germany, there was still room for great prog, even in to the early '80s (Eloy is a great example, like Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes in 1979 and Planets in 1981).

Certainly Solar Music - Live is not as easy to get in to as Rockpommel's Land, but still an essential album for your prog collection.

superb live performance.......2005-05-05

solar fire live was recorded back in the mid-70's and is a flawless recording. the entire cd flows together quite well with incredible energy and play between musicians. solar music builds with driving force, then let's you down slowly only to build again. all musicians are top-notch, into their form beautifully. the cd starts off slowly but builds up nicely. well worth the roller-coasting trip it sends you on. highly, highly recommended.

Grobschnitt - 'Solar Music Live' (Repertoire).......2005-03-04

Originally released in 1978,this was the band's sixth lp,to follow up on their first five albums.However,each of the disc's tunes here appear to be exclusive to this record.Another fantastic progressive heavy rocker here to fully experience.Some say they're like Germany's reply to Gong.I'll accept that.Most kraut fans should enjoy this CD.Tracks that I was most impressed with were "Solar Music 1","Solar Music 2",the eleven-minute "Golden Mist" and "Missing 13 Minutes"...which is just that,a thirteen minute segment that the Repertoire label pressing had added on to make this title even more in demand.Line-up:Gerd Petrolk-guitar,Volker Kahrs-keyboards,Joachim Ehrig-drums&electronics,Stefan Danielak-guitar&vocals and Wolfgang-drums.Might appeal to fans of Gentle Giant,Gong,Nektar,Greenslade and possibly Eloy.Recommended.

AMAZING GUITAR BASED KRAUTROCK.......2002-01-15

Way back in the late 70's and mid 80's, I was a dj speciallising in Rock music. One of our most popular nights was"Progressive Nite", where we featured such artists as 'Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong,Hillage, etc. Krautrock was a popular genre, and I was heavilly into this at the time ( still am ! ). One night my friend brought in "Solar Music Live", and we gave side one a spin. There was a lot of very mixed reaction UNTIL, the guitar breaks broke in, and then it just did'nt take off -- it flew ! "Solar Music " became of of the "Prog Nite" mainstays.

"Solar Music Live", was recorded in 1978, and looking at my original vinyl LP cover, the band wore some strange costumes, and together with live animals in stage, the whole affair must have been quite bizare, although the music is absolutely amazing !

Side one starts off with strange noises, and some laid back guitar, and then more strange sounds, and gutteral voices ( typical Krautrock, that ). After about 12 minutes or so, the lead guitar goes into solo, and plays , alternativly off the percussion. THEN, the 2nd lead guitar kicks in, and both guitars play off the percussion, and off each other. The result is a screaming,wah wah laden, blistering twin attack, with the percuission crashing around it, -- it is absolutely fantastic !!

The solo's continue until mellowing out into a keyboard wash of mellody, and finally chilling out towards the end. The concert must have been a great performace.

I rate this album as eleven out of ten !!

I am pleased to be able to get this on cd now, particularily as there are an extra 13 minutes on the cd, which presumably would'nt fit on the vinyl.

I have promised myself that if I ever win a huge sum of money on the UK lottery ( well, you have to have dreams, don't you ? ), I will stage my own personal Krautrock concert, and offer Grobschnitt so much money that they could'nt refuse , and have them play the Solar Music Suite for the finale.

I think that you get the idea on this cd now !!

An Obscure Treasure.......2000-09-15

Boy, was I surprised to find this on CD! This is a superb example of the creative forces at work in the '70s. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes (in no particular order) "old" Pink Floyd, Yes, Supertramp, Camel, StarCastle, etc. Definitely a must have for the progressive rock junkie.

Average customer rating:

Live It Up Third World Manufacturer: Solar Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000006MJX Release Date: 1995-05-02

Average customer rating:

Rubén Blades y Son del Solar...Live! Rubén Blades y Son del Solar Manufacturer: Asylum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2GVZG Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. Decisiones
2. Cuentas del Alma
3. El Padre Antonio
4. Pedro Navaja
5. Todos Vuelven
6. Canciel Final del Mundo
7. Ojos de Perro Azul
8. Buscando Amca
9. Mute

Average customer rating:

Solar Music Live Grobschnitt Manufacturer: Repertoire/Hepcat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B78AC Release Date: 2002-11-06

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