- Rendez-Vous
Infobox Album
Name = Rendez-Vous
Type = studio
Artist =Jean Michel Jarre
Released = 1986
Recorded = ???
Genre = Electronic
Length = 35:06
Label =Disques Dreyfus
Producer =Jean Michel Jarre
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8r6cmp9d9f6o~T1 link]
Last album = "Zoolook "
(1984)
This album = "Rendez-Vous"
(1986)
Next album = "Revolutions"
(1988)"Rendez-Vous" is an album of instrumental electronic music composed and produced by
Jean Michel Jarre , and released in 1986 onDisques Dreyfus , licensed toPolydor . It sold some three million copies worldwide and remains Jarre's longest-running chart album in both theUSA and UK, with a 20 week run in the U.S. and an impressive 38 week run in the UK. The last track on the album was supposed to have the saxophone part played in outer space by astronaut Ron McNair, but onJanuary 28 ,1986 he and the entireSpace Shuttle Challenger crew were killed 73 seconds after lift-off when the shuttle exploded. In memory, this piece was dedicated to him.The album reached #9 in the UK charts and #52 in the US charts. [http://www.connollyco.com/discography/jeanmichel_jarre/rendezvous.html]
Track listing
# "First Rendez-Vous" – 2:54
# "Second Rendez-Vous" – 10:55
# "Third Rendez-Vous" – 3:30
# "Fourth Rendez-Vous" – 3:57
# "Fifth Rendez-Vous" – 7:41
# "Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)" – 6:04Personnel
*
Jean Michel Jarre –Seiko DS-250 ,Elka Synthex ,Moog synthesizer , Roland JX 8P,Fairlight CMI ,E-mu Emulator II , Eminent,EMS Synthi AKS , Laser Harp, RMI, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer,Roland TR-808 , Lynn 9000, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000,ARP 2600
* Michel Geiss –ARP 2600 , Eminent, Matrisequencer,Roland TR-808
* Dominique Perrier – Memory Moog
* Joe Hammer – Drumulator, percussions
* David Jarre – Baby Korg personal keyboardExternal links
* [http://www.jarreuk.com/discography_rendezvous.htm "Rendez-Vous"] at Jarre UK
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