Weidorje (Thanks again to Alain Julliac)

Vander and Seffer (Thanks to Alain Julliac)

A big Merci to our friend, Alain Julliac, for this photo of Christian Vander and Yochko Seffer from sometime in the early 1970's. This photo came to alain directly from Seffer himself.

Now On DIME - Magma - 1979-03-17 Creteil (Master EQ)

MAGMA
Maison des Arts et de la Culture André Malraux
Créteil, France
March 17th, 1979

SOURCE :
CD1 all tracks EX stereo audience MASTER.
CD2 tracks 201 to 205 : VG 2nd gen from same audience master (see notes below)
track 206 : EX stereo audience master.

LINEAGE
CD1 all tracks and CD2 tr. 206 : JVC KD2 stereo cassette recorder -> master TDK AD type I cassette
-> Nakamichi Dragon (with auto-azimuth) Dolby off for playback
-> Zoom H2 -> wav
-> Goldwave v.5.08 for edits, tracks splitting, maximizing at 90%,
-> TLH 2.4.1 (build 160)-> FLAC level 8 align on sector boundaries

CD2 tracks 201 to 205 : JVC KD2 stereo cassette recorder -> SHARP RT10H cassette recorder -> JVC KD2 -> 2nd gen TDK AD type I cassette
-> Nakamichi Dragon (with auto-azimuth) Dolby off for playback
-> Zoom H2 -> wav
-> Goldwave v.5.08 for edits, tracks splitting, slight bass boost, maximizing at 90%,
-> TLH 2.4.1 (build 160)-> FLAC level 8 align on sector boundaries

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PLEASE NOTE : CD 1 is OK ; the master tape for CD2 had severe speed problems in several places so in 1979 I made fades in and fades out using 2 cassette recorders ; then I copied
the resulting edited music back on the master tape, erasing what was on it (Yes, it was silly ; yes I was silly in 1979, weren't you ?). This is why you get a 2nd gen for CD2, except for
track 206 that I left just like it was (with minor speed problems).
Then in 2009, with Goldwave, I removed the drop outs generated by fades in and out ; sometimes you don't notice anything, sometimes you do ; I left a few fades.

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SETLIST *** PLEASE CHECK ***
CD one (0:54:09)
101.
102.The Last Seven Minutes
103.Ourgon et Gorgo / drum solo
(intermission)

CD two (0:47:45)
201.
202.Ptah
203.I Must Return
204.
205.MDK (partial : fades in)
206.Le Rock (a few speed problems)

Total time 1:41:55

LINE-UP *** PLEASE CONFIRM ***
Jean De Antoni - guitar
Jean Luc Chevalier - bass
Liza Deluxe - vocals
Andre Herve - keyboards
Michel Herve - bass
Maria Popkiewicz - vocals
Christian Vander - drums, vocals
Stella Vander - vocals
Benoit Widemann (?) - keyboards

Recorded and shared by finkployd49 (January 2010)

*** NOT FOR SALE ***

Concert at Commentry Postponed

The concert scheduled for January 9th, 2010 in Commentry, France, has been postponed (according to Memorizator).

Attention for those who keep track of Magma gig histories ....

Guy Skornik - Pour Pauwels

Thanks to Meurdhek for the pointer. The Cozmicplace blog posted a very rare album from 1971 by an artist named Guy Skornik. The sound files are here.

The big mystery about this album is that three member of Magma (Vander, Moze and Engel) were supposed to have played as session musicians. However, nobody can confirm this definitely. I listened to a few tracks, and I cannot detect any Vanderisms in the drumming. Perhaps students of Moze and Engel can tell if they are on this album.

In the very early days of Magma, the musicians of Kobaia often guested as studio musicians on French albums. Magma fan Jacques Guiton has a list of those albums here.

Magma Concerts Schedules in 2010

9 janvier 2010 - COMMENTRY (03) - Agora

13 février 2010 - SAINT BRICE (95) - CC Sylvia Monfort

20 février 2010 - SOIGNIES (Belgique)

27 mars 2010 - SAVIGNY LE TEMPLE (77) - L'Empreinte

3 avril 2010 - COMPIEGNE (60)

12 juin 2010 - LE BLANC MESNIL (93)

Emmanuel Borghi is Selling his Fender Rhodes

Manu has a 73-key Fender Rhodes electric piano that he is trying to sell. If anyone has any interest in buying this, please leave a comment here.