Another prime release from Virgin Records and in memory of the late Edgar Froese who died recently. Yes, it's been that kind of month! I bought Ricochet when it was released in December 1975. That would have been bought from Walkers Newsagents in Irvine. That's right a newsagents. But they had a good sized area at the back of the shop which sold records. They had a reasonably eclectic selection and what they didn't stock could be ordered and obtained within a week.
1975 was a great year for Tangerine Dream. March saw them release Rubycon and Ricochet was based around live recordings from their Autumn tour and was released in early December. Amazing how quick things were done in those days. It is not only my favourite TD album, but probably in my top 10 albums of all time. I just love the artwork. From the cool typo used for the title and text, through to Monique Froese's striking photograph on the front cover. Even the protective bag was bespoke and had the familiar Virgin logo printed at the bottom. So, a really classy package for a classic record.
What I forgot to mention in the last post was that the cover was printed by Garrod and Lofthouse, while Ricochet was printed by Robor Ltd. Both were big names in the vinyl LP market. I assume both long gone, but they should be remembered for being such an important part of the vinyl LP scene in the 70's.
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