Best 70s Passport Album
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Topic: Best 70s Passport Album
Posted By: presdoug
Subject: Best 70s Passport Album
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 09:47
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German jazz-rock band Passport is one of my all time favourite bands. And their output from the seventies is their best period, as far as I am concerned.
To pick a single favourite was not easy for me, as i consider all records up to and including Iguacu to be five star records-yes, they are that good. I finally decided on the debut album, Doldinger. It has such a great style and really interesting vibe to it, real travelling music that i never grow tired of. What is your best one from this list? |
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 09:52
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I still have only heard those 2 I bought a few months ago, Second Passport and Cross-Collateral. Of those two, I'll give a slight edge to Second Passport, but I enjoy them both.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 10:27
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They're all great, but I go with Cross Collateral, probably because it was the album I discovered the group through. I love everything they did through Infinity Machine, and after that for me Passport ceased to exist. Later Passport has some good moments but nothing like the albums above.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 11:37
| ^^It's interesting to hear what you guys discovered the band with. For me, it was a used lp copy of Looking Thru i bought in January, 1988. I was so impressed! |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 11:51
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Definitely an excellent band Doug! Of course I haven't heard all of them or even half of them' but I would go with Cross-Collateral just a little bit over Doldinger. I need to revisit my other vinyls too. So.....Triumvirat or Passport?
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 13:21
 ............I go for Mediterranean Tales  (nah, Cross Collateral).
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sagichim wrote:Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 14:40
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Add another vote for Cross-Collateral, not coincidentally my first experience with the band (which probably caught my attention with all those distinctive album covers)
Infinity Machine would probably be my next choice (for a lot of reasons beyond the appeal of Ju-Ju Man!) I also have a soft spot for Second Passport, but to me the best years of the band were when Curt Cress sat behind the drums. Fans should check out his CCC solo album, released the same year as Cross-Collateral and sounding not unpleasantly like a sort of Passport-Lite. ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 16:44
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 16:47
 )but Passport are close.
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Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 20:48
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I love Passport and got the ones listed except the live one. They are all good,but today i pick Infinity Machine. Great band. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 21:11
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Gotta go with the debut followed by Cross Collateral. By the way I almost ordered that CCC record a few months ago but didn't. I'll be interested in your thoughts on that one Doug. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 04 2013 at 21:21
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^Hi, John-glad to see a vote for the debut, and for me, Cross-Collateral is a second, as well.
yeah, i'll let you know what i think of CCC, though the record store told me it would be in over a month and a half ago,and no sign of it, oh,well, patience is a virtue. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: April 05 2013 at 02:27
| I love this band, everything from second passport to infinity machine is excellent, got to go with cross collateral as a plus |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 05 2013 at 04:49
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I only have a few Passport LP's - but I'd thought I'd mention the oddity I picked up several years ago - it is an Aussie pressing issued as Passport - Doldinger' but has the same cover-art as '2nd Passport'. Half the songs are off the debut, and the other half from 2nd Passport. The tracklist goes like this :
Side 1 - Mandragora
Nexus
Fairy Tale
Get Yourself A Second Passport
Side 2 - Lemuria's Dance
Madhouse Jam
Horizon Beyond
The Cat From Katmandu
To me, its purpose is that of a compilation, obviously released for the small amount of fans the band had here at the time, so a silly compromise had to be made..........a great selection of tracks nevertheless.
Favourite track out of the 3 albums I have is 'Damals' - last track of Cross-Collateral. 'Looking Thru' is also a beauty, but no vote coz of the obvious.....
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 05 2013 at 04:51
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 19:21
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Picked up the first two Passport LPs just today - both for $5! VG vinyl with tattered jackets.....always good for a big discount. Anyway, was never a big fan but I'd only heard later stuff - Handmade and Cross Collateral were solid but something I'd reach for only one in a great while. But these first two albums are so much more interesting anything I'd previously heard of the band......yeah, they lay their influences for all to see, but what influences! I hear Silent Way era Miles, which also means early Weather Report influences; I hear CTI label funk; I hear Echoes; I hear the Soft Machine (in fact, while spacing out listening to the first side of the second album, I thought I was listening to post-Wyatt Softs); I hear Cosmic Jokers.....hell, a half dozen spacy Krautrock bands.......and half dozen spacy prog bands.....I'm raving here but, man, pleasantly surprised.
------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 20:11
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"If, I can find the Colosseum, I'll drive a Soft Machine for Miles, and I'll need a Weather Report and a Passport."
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 20:43
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A link to my article on the late Passport keyboardist Kristian Schultze. RIP! http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=103533
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 21:00
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 21:01
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The debut stands the tallest IMO ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 23 2016 at 06:25
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A vote for Iguacu finally. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 23 2016 at 07:55
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Haven't heard the latter ones but I very much doubt any of them being able to reproduce or better the excitement and raw feel of the debut. Doldinger it is! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: April 23 2016 at 20:30
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Can't Return to Forever with a Passport ! Kind of surprised that CC leads the pack.....even more surprised that Blue Sky and Igaucu got votes.....both those records have been sitting on my shelf for 20 years since their last spin. Maybe I'll have to go back and give them another listen. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 24 2016 at 09:36
| I haven't heard all of them but I really enjoy the last 2 on the list. Even when possibly aiming for the charts, Doldinger was at least fun |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 24 2016 at 14:24
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Haven't heard any of them for a long time.....don't currently own any....but I recall liking Looking Thru back in the day. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |