Astronomical Random Friday 10

I found it interesting when Zune pulled up three straight tracks with a decidedly astronomical feel to them.  Then I found it less interesting when I noticed that shuffle had been disabled and it was playing tracks in alphabetical order, so I eventually turned shuffle back on, but continued with the theme:

1. “Alien Hip Hop” – Planet X, Quantum
2. “Alien Earth” – Synergy, The Jupiter Effect
3. “All About Satellites and Spaceships” – Seven Percent Solution, All About Satellites and Spaceships
4. “All Around the World or Myth of Fingerprints” – Paul Simon, Graceland
5. “All of the Above: Full Moon Rising/October Winds/Camouflaged in Blue/Half Alive/Undying Love/Full Moon Rising Reprise” – Transatlantic, SMPTe
6. “Edge of the World” – John Scott, Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan soundtrack
7. “Oh Brother” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
8. “The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon
9. “Under the Moon” – Camel, Harbour of Tears
10. “Ride of Your Life” – Rick Wakeman, Return to the Centre of the Earth

Have an out-of-this-world weekend, and happy Father’s Day!

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Instrumental Friday Random 10

Rest your voices, it’s Instrumental Music this Friday…

1. “Pennants” – Steve Howe, The Steve Howe Album
2. “Die Bunge” – Cluster & Eno, Cluster & Eno
3. “Ice Dance” – Geoff Downes, The Light Program
4. “Flasher” – Rick Wakeman, Rhapsodies
5. “The Spider” – Kansas, Point of Know Return
6. “Presto Vivace” – UK, Night After Night
7. “An End to History” – Synergy, Audion
8. “L’Arc en Ciel” – Alan Parsons, A Valid Path
9. “Movements II” – Vangelis, El Greco
10. “Forest” – Rubaja & Hernandez, High Plateaux

Have a great weekend!

Friday Random 10

TGIF, time for the first ten random tracks of the day…

1. “Chinese Medicinal Herbs” – Jeff Lorber, Lift Off
2. “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind, & Fire, Greatest Hits
3. “4 Minute Warning” – Brian Eno, Music for Films III
4. “Heartland” – Roger Eno/Kate St. John, The Familiar
5. “Ethereal Cereal” – Ozric Tentacles, Tantric Obstacles
6. “On Presuming to be Modern” – Synergy, Cords
7. “Retroglide” – Level 42, Retroglide
8. “Down in the Hole” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
9. “The Domes of G’bal” – Ozric Tentacles, Live at the Pongmasters Ball
10. “Every Little Thing” – Yes, Yes

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A Birthday Friday Random 10

Birthdays on Fridays are sweet…

1. “Destiny” – Eric Woolfson, Freudiana
2. “1988 (Robert Fripp)” – Various Artists, Angels in the Architecture
3. “San Francisco 1906 (Excerpts)” – Synergy, The Jupiter Menace soundtrack
4. “The Floater” – Henry Mancini, The Music from Peter Gunn
5. “Never Ending Story” – Klaus Doldinger & Georgio Moroder, The Never Ending Story soundtrack
6. “Pipeline” – Alan Parsons Project, Ammonia Avenue
7. “Why Does the Sun Shine?” – They Might Be Giants, Severe Tire Damage
8. “America (bonus track – single)” – Yes, Close to the Edge
9. “Relay Breakdown” – Synergy, Electronic Realisations for an Electronic Orchestra
10. “A Miner” – Joe Hisaishi, Laputa: The Castle in the Sky soundtrack (Image Album)

regarding #3 & #9: we were big Synergy fans in college (still am); Synergy is Larry Fast, electronic keyboard pioneer.  If you haven’t heard him as Synergy, you might have heard him playing keyboards on Peter Gabriel’s early albums & tours.  His first LP Electronic Realisations is brilliant.

Friday Random 10

Friday.  Music.  Random.  Ten.

1. “Don’t Answer Me” – Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue“
2. “Circe” – Ira Stein & Russel Walder, “Transit“
3. “Midnight Blue” – Lou Gramm, “Ready or Not“
4. “One of These Days” – Pink Floyd, “Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd“
5. “Summer” – Joe Hisaishi, “Kikujiro soundtrack“
6. “Trains and Winter Rains” – Enya, “And Winter Came“
7. “Warriors [remixed excerpts]” – Synergy, “The Jupiter Menace“
8. “Going for the One [instrumental bonus track]” – Yes, “Going for the One“
9. “Chameleon” – Herbie Hancock, “Head Hunters“
10. “Ancestors” – Lisa Gerrard, “Whale Rider soundtrack“

 
Bonus track: “Shangri-La” – ELO, “A New World Record“

Friday Random 10

Friday means logging the first 10 tracks that play on my music player (set on “shuffle”).  Here we go:

1. “Just the Same (live)” from Gentle Giant “Free Hand [35^th Anniversary Edition]”
2. “Main Titles” from John Barry “The Black Hole soundtrack”
3. “Redstone” from Synergy “Metropolitan Suite”
4. “Fall of the House of Usher” from Alan Parsons Project “Tales of Mystery and Imagination”
5. “Time is Time” from Yes “Magnification”
6. “Toccota (An Adaptation of Ginastera’s 1^st Piano Concerto, 4^th Movement)” from Emerson, Lake & Palmer “Brain Salad Surgery”
7. “Forgotten Memories” from Rick Wakeman “1984”
8. “Occam’s Close Shave” from Roger Eno’s “Lost in Translation”
9. “Fetch Me the Pongmaster” from Ozric Tentacle’s “Sliding Gliding Worlds”
10. “You Found Me” from FFH “Ready to Fly”

Well, that will work.