Tangerine Dream - Montreal 1977

0:00:00 - Cherokee Lane [19.12]
0:19:12 - Monolight [23.43]
0:42:54 - Part Three [24.18]
1:07:12 - Part Four [23.40]
1:30:52 - Part Five [11.33]
1:42:25 - Part Six [12.29]

April 09, 1977
Place des Arts (Montreal)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann

During Tangerine Dream's North American Encore tour of 1977, two of their concerts were thankfully broadcast over radio. The first was the concert at the Washington Lisner Auditorium on April 4th (see Tangerine Tree Volume 4: Washington 1977), and Montreal Palace des Arts followed soon after on April 9th. The still existing CHOM-FM radio station aired the complete show, and despite some minor technical flaws (and the disturbing comments from the CHOM-FM presenter during some of the tracks), Tangerine Tree Volume 18: Montreal 1977 is able to present another outstanding performance from the Froese/Franke/Baumann line-up.
The quality of the music alone would justify an official release as it has all the trademarks which made Encore such a fan favourite. For the North American tour, Tangerine Dream always began their concerts with variations on Cherokee Lane and Monolight, which were then followed by music which was, for the most part, completely improvised. The band also appeared onstage with Laserium, an outfit that produced laser light spectacles.

Tangerine Tree Volume 18.