Lazy Sunday Hangover Magma

Hi there everybody! While I nurture my sunday afternoon hangover I found that I forgot to post these links here... so for all of you who are not yet members of the Hub or or the Frog forums...

MAGMA
1974-08-??
La Grande Motte
France

Audience Recording 88 min. very good - partly excellent

01. Kohntarkosz
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Ptah (cut)
04. Christian Speaks
05. Theusz Hamtahk
06. Band Introduction
07. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (cut)

Line-Up:

Christian Vander - drums, vocals
Klaus Blasquiz - vocals, percussion
Janik Top - bass
Michel Graillier - keys
Gerard Bikialo - keys
Brian Godding - guitar
Stella Vander - percussion, vocals

This recording is from an extremely powerful and energetic set Magma played at La Grande Motte in August 1974. The sound quality varies from being a little rough vg during the loud sections to crystal clear in quiet segments. Also, the club seems to be smaller, and the PA distorts a little itself. Christian and Janik definitely play their asses off....


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MAGMA
1974-06-01
Chaumont
France

01. Theusz Hamtahk
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Kohntarkosz
04. MDK (cut)

Line-up:
Christian Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Janik Top, Michel Graillier, Gerard Bikialo, Brian Godding

I always liked this show a lot, Janik Top and Christian Vander are playing very tight especially on this one.Claude Olmos had left the group by this time, and Brian Godding was shortly in on guitar during June/July and probably August 74. This tape and the Grande Motte being the only known live tapes with him.
I am actually still wondering, if this might not as well be a soundboard tape, the bass sound is so clear and upfront in the mix without interfering with any of the other instruments. All instruments are clearly audible. I think it sounds pretty good. As with all Magma shows from this era, and to get the real idea of how dynamic the playing of this line-up was: PLAY THEM LOUD!

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MAGMA
1974-06-24
Colston Hall
Bristol
UK

01. Theusz Hamtaahk
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Kohntarkosz

Line-Up: Vander, Blasquiz, Top, Olmos, Graillier, Bikialo

Not very good sounding, here we have the only other british audience tape from 1974 to have surfaced so far. I would say this is for completists only. Then again, if you ever enjoyed the infamous Ponts de Ces 73 tape, this one's for you...

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MAGMA
1974-06-19
Roundhouse
Dagenham
London
UK

01. Theusz Hamtaahk
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Kohntarkosz

Line-Up: Vander, Blasquiz, Top, Olmos, Graillier, Bikialo

Here we have a very decent sounding audience tape from London 1974 (not to be mistaken with the BBC recordings from the same year). This tape just surfaced some years ago, and it is one of the more enjoyable ones sound-wise.
Unfortunately, Kohntarkosz is cut.
Another thing that is interesting is the intro tapes you can hear. At Ork Alarm website, this description of intro tapes (with clocks ticking away) is linked to a 1973 Yeovil performance. Seems like they used these intro tapes for a longer period than just 1973.
This is the last decent sounding tape from 1974 i have to offer, after a rather rough sounding tape from Colston Hall, Bristol 1974, which will be next, we will move on to 1975 and the great Paganotti/Wideman/Lockwood era......
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MAGMA
1974-04-??
Limoges
France

01. Soi Sowiloi
02. Kohntarkosz (cut)
03. MDK (part 1)
04. MDK (part 2)

Line-Up: Vander, Blasquiz, Top, Olmos, Graillier, Bikialo

Another one from 1974.....sound is so-so, but the show is pretty rare. Never saw it listed actually, happy that i finally got this. My guess is that this is from around April. Actual date unknown.

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MAGMA
1974-04-13
Arenes du Parc des Expositions
Poitiers
France


01. Theusz Hamtaahk
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Korusz (Ptah)
04. Kohntarkosz
05. band introduction
06. MDK

Line-Up: Vander, Blasquiz, Top, Olmos, Graillier, Bikialo

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MAGMA
1974-04-11
Tinqueux
France

01. Theusz Hamtaahk
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. Kohntarkosz
04. band introduction
05. Gamma Anteria

Line-Up: Vander, Blasquiz, Top, Olmos, Graillier, Bikialo

Here is an audience tape from Tinqueux 1974. The recording sounds ok, not the best, but really listenable. The quality gets better after Theusz Hamtaahk, which is more muffled than the rest of the show. Nice Gamma Anteria

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MAGMA
1974-02-06
Radio Bremen
Studio F
Bremen


01 Sowiloi
02 KMX EXII Opus
03 MDK
04 Ptah/Korusz
05 Theusz Hamtaahk

Christian Vander
Klaus Blasquiz
Jannick Top
Claude Olmos
Géerard Bikialo
Michel Grailler


Radio Recording from very low generation cassette
Best version of this recording I've heard so far.

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Magma
1974-01-16
Hippodrome
Douai
France

01. Kohntarkosz
02. Soi Sowiloi
03. MDK
04. band introduction
05. Theusz Hamtaak

Audience recording from Hippodrome, Douai 1974. The sound is not too good on this one, first of all because it seems to be quite a big venue, so there is a lot of ãroom" on the tape.I have removed the Ptah from this show, as it has been officially released on the Korusz CD. This is the best version I have come to hear, but obviously there must be better generation copies out there. At least if you listen to the Korusz release you will agree. Although i am not sure if the tape from that CD is the same source as this.



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