Infinity Machine

Infinity Machine

ASIN: B00005B56O

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Originally released in 1976, featuring leader Klaus Doldinger. For two decades, from the early 70's through the early '90's, they were the premier jazz-fusion group to come out of Europe. 6 tracks including 'Ju-Ju Man' and 'Blue Aura'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Average customer rating:

Great New Sound in the 70's
The most danceable Passport album
A must have Passport album
Good Album-A Killer Opener!
Wounded Bird = Seriously Injured Sound

Infinity Machine
Passport
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Cross-Collateral
Looking Thru
Iguacu
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Doldinger Jubilee '75

ASIN: B00005B56O
Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

Ju-Ju-Man
Morning Sun
Blue Aura
Infinity Machine
Ostinato
Contemplation

Album Description

Originally released in 1976, featuring leader Klaus Doldinger. For two decades, from the early 70's through the early '90's, they were the premier jazz-fusion group to come out of Europe. 6 tracks including 'Ju-Ju Man' and 'Blue Aura'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Great New Sound in the 70's.......2005-10-05

Passport's Infinity Machine on Atco records, is a must have addition to any serious music collector's library. The opening song is worth the price of the CD alone. Fortunately, there are several other great selections. I found the album very enjoyable considering my diet at the time had contained large portions of Chic Corea, Return To Forever, Nektar, pre Phil Collins Genesis along with a background in Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Earth, Wind & Fire and old school Dave Brubeck jazz.... Passport is a refreshing change of pace. While not quite jazz and not quite rock, I didn't know how to classify it when I first heard the release back in 1976. It would become what was called jazz/rock fusion but even that title didn't seem quite right. Even now, I could hear Dave Koz or Jim Brickman sitting in with the group and feeling quite at home. There are some undertones of what would become "New Age" and at least a parting tribute to the 70's funk sound. A great album worth five stars as it shows just how diverse the group could be. And as a DJ, it came along as Disco was driving me nuts so this was an exceptional breath of fresh air! Just how danceable it is, I'm not sure but it is one to tap your toes to with melodies to reflect upon.

The most danceable Passport album.......2005-01-29

I first heard this album in October, 1981. It was on Atco records. The first song on the album is the 10 minute "Ju Ju Man", which is a catchy song which could either be disco or jazz with the perfect mix of Kristian Schultze's keyboards and Klaus Doldinger's loud and smooth sax. My favourite tune on the album is "Morning Sun", which begins with a haunting blend of soft saxophone and a piano lick which sounds very much like Vince Guaraldi; The song then picks up it's tempo and sounds very much like a true Passport song. Track number five is called "Ostinato", which has an interesting sci-fi feel to it. If you want some good jazz to either dance, or relax to, I can't think of a better choice than "Infinity Machine" right now.

A must have Passport album.......2004-01-12

While this album overall is not Passport's best, the first rack Ju-Ju Man is certainly the best song they have ever done. This song is a mixture of African rythms, funk and progressive concepts. The 15 minute song is engaging from beginning to end and the solos are top notch. The second song Morning Sun starts slowly and just when you think you will fall asleep, the tempo changes and Klaus Doldinger's sax work demonstrates why there will never be another sax player to match his talent.

The rest of the album is marginal, but is still better than any fusion being done today.

Good Album-A Killer Opener!.......2003-06-19

Just on "Ju Ju Man" alone.It's been said that how an
artist opens an album can make or break it's appeal and this opening track for Passport's "Infinity Machine" is a perfect example.Opening with a duff rollcall,Curt Cress's funky drumming
welcomes you to show and all hell breaks loose!Herbie Hancock-like synthesized keyboard riffs puncuate the beat,Klaus effectively synthesized horns shines like a diamond,hooked to a great,catchy melody.And unlike other fusion bands,Passport keep it "on the one" for over ten minutes in true funk style-how could "Ju Ju Man" go wrong?It's a shameless festival of classic funk and should be on countless compilations and tributes to the
genere.Only one problem-the rest of "Infinity Machine" lapses
sadly into more downbeat electronic kraut-fusion,typical of this
era of Passport and though "Ostinato" gets pretty exited,it's sad
to see artists as talented and ambitious as Passport fail to deliver a consistant collection.Despite these problems,nothing here is unlistenable and five stars is far too little for
"Ju Ju Man",which alone makes this a must-have album!

Wounded Bird = Seriously Injured Sound.......2002-07-21

BEWARE!! Wounded Bird Records is doing an ENORMOUS dis-service to the sonic legacy of the European fusion group Passport with its current re-issue series. Talk about flat sound! How Atlantic Records can permit such desecration in a re-mastering job while putting out their own superb ("Definitive") series of re-issues for groups like Yes and Genesis is inexplicable. Where is Rhino Records when you really need them ??!!?? Purchase these editions of "Infinity Machine", "Sky Blue" and other Passport titles by WBR at YOUR OWN RISK. Seek out non-WBR versions first.
Jim Bonevich in Kalamazoo, MI

Average customer rating:

Brilliant on its release, less exceptional today
Simply awesome

Infinity Machine
Passport
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Cross-Collateral

ASIN: B0000072TE
Release Date: 1999-01-05

Tracks:

Ju Ju Man
Morning Sun
Blue Aura
Infinity Machine
Ostinato
Contemplation

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant on its release, less exceptional today.......2001-04-04

When first released in '76 on LP, this album was famous for its state-of-the-art recording quality. It was particularly cool on headphones -- the drums on the opening track, 'Ju-Ju-Man', leapt out at you from all directions. On CD the album has lost some of its sonic brilliance, but it's great to hear it again.

In retrospect, PassPORT's ambition may have been to become Europe's Weather RePORT. OK, so Passport occasionally used guitar, but the two bands were both otherwise jazz-rock sax-and-keyboards groups. Track #3, 'Blue Aura', a little acoustic duet between soprano sax and piano, is very similar to the earlier, wonderful interplays between Shorter and Zawinul on 'Mysterious Traveller' and 'Tale Spinnin''.

So yes, Passport is derivative, but they brought a Germanic precision to their brand of fusion. Doldinger in particular is a multi-instrumentalist who has gone on to compose soundtracks for movies such as 'Never-Ending Story' and 'Das Boot'.

At my school, the consensus was that 'Cross Collateral' was Passport's finest hour. This is a good album also, and I have a very soft spot for 'Ataraxia' ('Sky Blue' on its original US LP release). There is much to enjoy here.

Simply awesome.......1999-04-20

This album is worth the money if only for the title track. Curt Cress is an amazing drummer, and several songs show off his polyrhythmic playing. Passport was also one of the first techno-jazz-rock fusion groups, and this album is successful at all three levels. A must have.

Average customer rating:

the best discopunk you never heard
Darkest Thoughts:

Infinity Plus

Manufacturer: A Different Drum
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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Shades of Blue

ASIN: B00005A3HQ
Release Date: 2001-02-06

Tracks:

Darkest Thoughts
Opal
Foreign
Temple
Vale
Lapse
The Difference
Affliction
Sequel
Far From My Heart
Beginning to Unwind
Foreign (alternate)
Lapse (alternate)

Album Description

B! Machine plays a unique style of synthpop which combines melancholy lyrics and vocals with somewhat minimal synthetic soundscapes. The band has often been compared with Depeche Mode, but with production that is not quite so heavy, bringing the music onto a more personal level. Warning: B! Machine can be addictive!

Customer Reviews:

the best discopunk you never heard.......2003-02-22

My god, what can I say about this album except that it really needs to be heard. Out of all the EC bands out there, this is the one who took the old school vibe, took it seriously, and then polished it into the next level. This is the album that Depeche Mode never did, and at this point I will take this album over Depeche Mode's new one (even though I liked that one). For real, someone needs to put this guy on a major label and get this out for the masses, forgive the reference. The first three songs on this album absolutely throb, and the vocals are croony yet restrained... think more Annie Lennox than Peter Murphy. This album probably came out too early to be caught in the EC onslaught, but I feel attention needs to be paid to it as much as and perhaps more so than alot of artists out there. By the way, how something this arctic came out of Arizona is beyond my comprehension. Addressing synthpop, EC, with even a little freestyle in there to boot, this disc has never failed to enthrall me and has been hummable and in the stereo even a year and a half and 100+ albums later. It is one of those albums where you cannot play just one track, it's all over until it's all over... and the last album that I discovered that did that was my vinyl copy of Pretty Hate Machine in, what, 1991? B!Machine deserves to be THAT FAMOUS. (no, I am not a personal friend of the band, haha). But seriously, it's one of those albums that has gone widely unnoticed, and for the life of me I honestly can't understand why... Just get out there and buy it!!!

Darkest Thoughts:.......2001-03-15

B! Machine is a one man tower of power. He is leading the synth underground with his layered electronic textures, ambient beats, and meloncholy vocals. His mixing and production are phat with all sounds being crisp and up front. The style is somewhat dark, yet not melo-dramatic or boring. The lyrics are deep, honest, and revealing. Not all the tracks are floor packers, but I dig the overall mood. I recommend more than one listen for sure...

Tracks:

Ju Ju Man
Morning Sun
Blue Aura
Infinity Machine
Ostinato
Contemplation

Album Description

Exclusive Japanese Limited Edition reissue of this 1976 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Zen Machine

Manufacturer: Cosmic Hill
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CADNC0
Release Date: 2001-11-06

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Infinity Machine
Passport
Manufacturer: Atco
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2P0AI
Release Date: 1976-01-01

Tracks:

Ju Ju Man
Morning Sun
Blue Aura
Infinity Machine
Ostinato
Contemplation

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