There is some great material here, but the package as a whole is unsatisfying, so I am giving it four stars out of five. It's another cheapo multi-CD set from EMI. The box contains my favourite Tangs albums: "Phaedra", "Rubycon" and "Ricochet". You also get the less essential albums "Stratosfear" and the vocal "Cyclone". There are also inessential 7" mixes, pointless bleeding chunk edits and bizarrely, two radio adverts. It's quite a mess in terms of presentation. I prefer the CBS/Sony "Original Album Classics" packaging where individual albums come in separate card sleeves.
There is a further Tangerine Dream set of later Virgin material, and a more tempting Edgar Froese solo set incluing his seminal "Aqua" and "Epsilon In Malaysian Pale" albums. I recommend the latter.
At this bargain price, this set is worth the outlay if you are a fan of the fat analogue synth sounds the band pioneered. Check out the vintage footage below. It could convert you!
