he Kohntarkosz Blog (http://kohntarkosz.blogspot.com) is happy to bring you, for the first time ever :
The French Gentleman Tapes - Volume 4
UTOPIC SPORADIC ORCHESTRA
NANCY, France
17 Oct 1975
Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations
1) Andranomadio (22:24) (Unreleased)
FM > reel-to-reel (1st gen mono) > wav > flac
Magmasystems Notes:
This is a piece from the famous USO concert that WAS NOT released on CD anywhere. The only CD of USO that has been released is this one:
http://www.discogs.com/Utopic-Sporadic-Orchestra-Nancy-75/release/1956301
and the tune on this torrent, "Andranomadio", was not included on this CD.
This is the first time that these recordings have been released. The original reels came from "A French Gentleman" who stumbled upon the various Magma blogs and who, as it turned out, had seen Magma several times in the 1970's. The gentleman not only had some assorted photographs, but had recorded various concerts. These tapes made their way to a well known DIME contributor who wishes to remain anonymous at this time. This person spent quite a bit of time digitizing the music and trying to clean up the sound. Some of these efforts were successful, some were not so ... as will be apparent in some later releases. I have dubbed these recordings "The French Gentlemen Tapes", and after about two years, I have been given permission to share these through time. Much thanks go to the Gentleman, as well as Trahnsferheur.
If you want to find out more about Utopic Sporadic Orchestra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BjmQvN9xk