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Motivation Radio Studio album by Steve Hillage Released 1977 Recorded July 1977, Los Angeles, California Genre Progressive rock Length 38:29 Label Virgin Producer Malcolm Cecil Steve Hillage chronology L
(1976)'''Motivation Radio'''
(1977)Green
(1978)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
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Motivation Radio is the third studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. It was recorded primarily in California, and was produced and engineered by Malcolm Cecil, of TONTO's Expanding Headband. TONTO, a large handbuilt polyphonic synthesiser, stands for "The Original New Timbral Orchestra", and was used on this album.
The album entered the UK charts on 22 October 1977, where it stayed for 5 weeks, hitting a peak of number 28[3].
The cover features Hillage standing on a shoreline, with a large radio telescope in the background further along the bay. The radio telescope in the cover art appears to be a photograph of the Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia, superimposed on a shoreline picture.
The glissando guitar, the hallmark of this album, was intentionally recorded on 7 July 1977 (7/7/77) to give the record mystical relevance.
Track listing
Music by Steve Hillage; lyrics by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, unless otherwise specified.
Side One
- "Hello Dawn" - 2:48
- "Motivation" - 4:07
- "Light in the Sky" - 4:12
- "Radio" - 6:13
Side Two
- "Wait One Moment" - 3:25
- "Saucer Surfing" - 4:28
- "Searching for the Spark" - 5:38
- "Octave Doctors" - 3:38
- "Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)" - 4:00 (Norman Petty, Glen Hardin)
Musicians and Production
- Steve Hillage – guitar, synthesizer, vocals
- Joe Blocker – drums
- Reggie McBride – bass
- Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer
- Miquette Giraudy – synthesizer
- Music composed and arranged by Steve Hillage
- Recorded : July 1977 at Record Plant, T.O.N.T.O. and Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, CA.
- Produced by Malcolm Cecil
References
- ^ "allmusic ((( Motivation Radio > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r40627. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Steve-Hillage-Motivation-Radio/release/472492. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ The Guinness book of British Hit Albums, 1983, page 80.
Steve Hillage Supporting musicians Andy Anderson · Colin Bass · Joe Blocker · Tim Blake · Christian Boule · Basil Brooks · Clive Bunker · Malcolm Cecil · Don Cherry · Lindsay Cooper · Paul Francis · Miquette Giraudy · Phil Hodge · Mike Howlett · Larry Karush · John MacKenzie · Sonja Malkine · Reggie McBride · Didier Malherbe · Pierre Moerlen · Roger Powell · Curtis Robertson Jr · Jean-Philippe Rykiel · Dave Stewart · Kasim Sulton · Jon WilcoxStudio albums Space Shanty · Fish Rising · L · Motivation Radio · Green · Open · Rainbow Dome Musick · Aura · For to Next · Light in the SkyLive albums Live Herald · BBC Radio 1 Live · Live at Deeply Vale Festival '78Compilations Introducing Steve Hillage · Fish Rising Box · Paper Sleeve Box, Vol. 2DVDs & Videos Germany 77 (live) · Live in England 1979 (DVD) · Live at the Gong Unconvention 2006Associated acts Categories:- Steve Hillage albums
- 1977 albums
- Virgin Records albums
- Progressive rock albums
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