Video Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

0:00:00 - Phaedra [16.47]
0:16:47 - Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares [10.45]
0:27:33 - Movements Of A Visionary [7.58]
0:35:31 - Sequent C' [2.17]

December 1973
The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann.

The first album released worldwide by Virgin Records, Phaedra, was recorded in less than three weeks. The title originates from the Greek myth of Phaedra, the daughter of Minos and Ariadne's sister. She committed suicide after her stepson refused her advances. The album is divided into four compositions: two credited to the group, one each to Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann. Along with conventional instruments like guitar, bass, organ and flute, each member used a VCS 3 synthesiser. Edgar Froese played his Mellotron, Chris Franke the big Moog and Peter Baumann electric piano. Phaedra was released on February 20th, 1974 and went straight into the album charts, reaching number 15 of the British Top 20 and staying on the chart for 15 weeks.

In 1995 Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called "Definitive Edition" series, featuring the original front cover artwork. The sound quality of this release, using the Super Bit Mapping technology, is probably the best up to now.