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Tony Palmer Film Of Tangerine Dream
Live At Coventry Cathedral 1975

Single UK 2007 on Respect Recordings label
Electronic (Berlin-School, Krautrock)

In December 1974 Tangerine Dream were invited to play in the grand setting of Rheims Cathedral, a move certainly seen at the time as groundbreaking. Because of this, they were then invited to perform in the cathedrals of York, Liverpool and Coventry. The tour attracted unprecedented coverage in the media, especially at Coventry Cathedral, an iconic building rising like a Phoenix on the ruins of the old cathedral bombed to bits by the Germans in 1940 (Tangerine Dream is, after all, a German band) as a celebration of peace and reconciliation, as well as a lasting showcase for great contemporary art. The nave is dominated by a gigantic tapestry by Graham Sutherland, the main door dwarfed by a scuplture of St Michael & The Devil by Jacob Epstein, and the consecration in 1962 heard the first performance of Britten's incomparable 'War Requiem. To their lasting credit, Tangerine Dream contributed to this celebration. This film released now for the first time on DVD will be welcomed by the massive Tangerine Dream fan base, and also seen for what it is - a meeting of cultures and for a brief moment in time, a time where the past met both the present and the future. Made in England

Musicians

	Tony Palmer , *1941 GB album by
	Tangerine Dream , *1967 DE album by
	Christopher Franke syn, *1953 DE performer
	Edgar Froese key, g, 1944-2015 DE performer
	Peter Baumann syn, ep, *1953 DE performer

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