RECONSTRUCTED ARTIFACTS

It's updated versions of songs that were done a while ago. If you like synthesizer music, it's not a bad place to try out the music of Fast. It's a "best of" album without being an actual best of album.

Larry gives us a nice set of fresh performances for your money's worth,

More exactly it may be a good starting point if you are coming from the synthesizer side , but not if coming from the prog side.

Tracks are undoubtly fresher and better recorded, but their synthesized origin is more apparent. Particularly for earlier tracks such as Relay Breakdown (from 1975 Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra) which sounded more orchestral on it's original form. This is a bit disappointing since one would have expected better rendition of orchestral instruments in 2002 than in 1975.

Pieces which were originaly heavy synthesiser-oriented are the ones that "benefit" the most from the re-arranging. This is the case for S-Scape (from 1975 Sequencer).

But all in alll there is too much saw teeth shaped sounds here for my taste, and no tangible benefit over the original.

I would still recommend 1975 Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra as the entry point to this artist from a prog point of view.