HW: My Top 10 Space albums

[Nick Medford]

Stephan and Chuck- thanks for replies on Ash Ra Tempel..

>'Inventions for Electric Guitar' on the other
>hand is I think credited as a Gottsching solo album and has a very good
>reputation - I haven't heard it but do intend to pick it up at some point.

I've just discovered that if you go to

http://www.ashra.com/shop/shop.htm

and click on the individual CD links, there are sound samples for download.
I've just snagged the ones from "Inventions..." and basically they sound
like good quality chillout music but no more than that.. the first one in
particular sounds like a cross between Steve Hillage and Tangerine Dream
(heavy on the sequencers), which is only a partial thumbs-up... The third
one does end just as it's getting going though and clearly one can't really
judge a 20min track from a 2min sample- still, these might help you make up
your mind as to how much you want this one.

The samples from Schwingungen sound pretty good, I'm definitely tempted by
that.

Nick