Symphonic Slam

symphonic slam

Track Listings

1. Universe

2. Everytime

3. Fold Back

4. I Won't Cry

5. Let It Grow

6. Modane Train

7. Times Run Short

8. Days - Instrumental

9. Summer Rain

10. How do You Stand ? - Before The Lord

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
After participating to numerous concerts or studio recordings next to stars so different as THE ROLLING STONES, Chuck BERRY, Tina TURNER or RUSH, the Canadian with Norwegian origins Timo LAINE is recognise as the true pioneer of synthesizer-guitar. This is how he and his band SYMPHONIC SLAM (With keyboardist David STONE, Drummer John LOWERY and himself at the vocals) recorded in 1976 what would remain the first true album based on this very peculiar instrument. Beyond this anecdote, this eponymous album comes to us with a wonderful esoteric cover, an emphatic progressive rock that owes a lot to PINK FLOYD and that can sometimes remind of CAMEL in their "Mirage" period, or even WINDCHASE.

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Symphonic Slam

The Maltese Falcon and Other Film Scores

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Intriguing
A Tribute to Adolph Deutsch...

The Maltese Falcon and Other Film Scores
Adolph Deutsch , William T. Stromberg , and Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Naxos
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007ACVKA
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

The Maltese Falcon: Main Title
The Maltese Falcon: Street Scene
The Maltese Falcon: Door Slam
The Maltese Falcon: The Deal
The Maltese Falcon: The Plot
The Maltese Falcon: Gutman
The Maltese Falcon: End Title
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George Washington Slept Here: Main Title
George Washington Slept Here: Arrival At House
George Washington Slept Here: Uncle Arrives
George Washington Slept Here: The Phone
George Washington Slept Here: The Letter/Wheelbarrow
George Washington Slept Here: Locust/End Title
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Main Title/Deadman
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Dimitrios Selects A Victim
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Contract
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Dirty Spy
The Mask Of Dimitrios: The Traitor
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Peter Writes A Letter
The Mask Of Dimitrios: The Escape
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Blackmail Letter
The Mask Of Dimitrios: The Black Hat
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Struggle For The Gun
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Revenge
The Mask Of Dimitrios: Death Of Dimitrios/Finale
High Sierra: Main Title
High Sierra: The Pardon
High Sierra: Velma's Plight
High Sierra: The Giveaway
High Sierra: Apprehended
Northern Persuit: Main Title
Northern Persuit: Nazi Sub/Customs/Train
Northern Persuit: Consultation
Northern Persuit: Planning The Escape
Northern Persuit: Escape
Northern Persuit: Preperation
Northern Persuit: Eavesdropping
Northern Persuit: Gun Battle
Northern Persuit: The Big Battle
Northern Persuit: End Title: 'What Am I Saying?'

Customer Reviews:

Intriguing.......2007-02-15

This is a very commanding and intriguing score. Composer Adolph Deutsch did a tremendous job scoring this one. Conductor William T. Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra once again come through with an excellent recording intrinsically representing Adolph Deutsch's perspective.

A Tribute to Adolph Deutsch..........2005-04-02

In the shadow of the big film score trio of the 1930s and 40s, Steiner, Korngold, and Waxman; there were other distinguished film composers such as Adolph Deutsch. Thanks to this now budget priced reissue on Naxos, we are given a varied program example of his film score output from 1941-44. John Morgan again as in most of these projects has reconstructed and quilted together suites to preserve talent that would go down in obscurity. Deutsch was a contract composer at Warner a good part of his career, where the five selections on this disc are drawn. Oddly Deusch had a popular music background, but was not given any musical assignments. He was however thrown a comedy or two, one which was the Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan farce "George
Washington Slept Here". Through whimsical dressed up folk themes, we see the mishaps of a couple struggling to get a supposed historical farmhouse up to par. Nice to have a comedy score for a change! We get two Bogart scores, ofcourse "Maltese
Falcon" and "High Sierra". In Maltese the music is subtle and mysterious using economy of instruments; yes, because the studio was on a budget. "High Sierra" also was budget restricted, but Deutsch still managed a melody Steinerish score depicting the great natural locations of California's Sierra Mountains. In the "Mask of Dimitrios" we get a tension filled mood score as Peter Lorre pursues a deadman walking. "Norhtern Pursuit" a WWII
espionage thriller gets a big orchestra illustrating icy Canada and patriotic themes as well as Nazi darkness. The bars of V victory from Beethoven's fifth end the film abruptly. Mosfilm Studios does another good job with the recording, full and spacious.

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A gem
IT'S BACK - & AFFORDABLE!!
A brilliant, groundbreaking album

Symphonic Slam
Symphonic Slam
Manufacturer: Musea Records France
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NTED
Release Date: 2006-06-01

Tracks:

Universe
Everytime
Fold Back
I Won't Cry
Let It Grow
Modane Train
Times Run Short
Days
Summer Rain
How Do You Stand

Album Description

Although it is not uninteresting by itself, Symphonic Slam's eponymous LP became a collectors curiosity for its historical value - it appears to be the first album to make extensive use of the guitar synthesizer. Leader Timo Laine pioneered the technology when it was still in its infancy stage, so this effort from 1976 may not entirely convince fans of Alan Holdsworth - not because Laine is not a talented (although not exceptional) guitarist, but because of the limitations of the instrument. Highlights include the prog rock-ish 'Universe' and the rock song 'I Won't Cry.' 2001.

Customer Reviews:

A gem.......2006-10-14

When this album came out, my friends and I couldn't wait to finish our(at the time)dreary jobs and come home to play this album on high-rotate along with the rest of the proto-prog-rock bands like VDGG.
It still excites as much today as it did then. Very inventive guitar work, gothic doom-laden compositions, heavy synth and bass washes, and a groovy LP cover by the one and only Abdul Matu Klarwein.
Some guy 'borrowed' it over 30 years ago, and I searched the planet for it ever since. I was delirious when it became available at Amazon. If you like prog/atmospheric rock, get this CD before it vanishes forever.

IT'S BACK - & AFFORDABLE!!.......2006-05-10

This great prog rock sound of the 70's is back in print and more affordable via Amazon.ca - better than half the current price here - but how long will it last?
So glad to see it back again as my vinyl is toast.

A brilliant, groundbreaking album.......2003-06-08

I have the album on vinyl and am thankful that it has finally been released on CD. Symphonic Slam pioneered the guitar synth but kept away from the "disco-like" sound that often accompanied the synth in the 70's. This album is extremely "funky" but intricate and keeps very solid rock roots. Simply put, this is a great disk.

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A Gem
Great Stuff!
Hard-edge prog from Canada

Symphonic Slam

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ASIN: B00005Y4PI
Release Date: 2002-01-17

Tracks:

Universe
Everytime
Fold Back
I Won't Cry
Let It Grow
Modane Train
Times Run Short
Days - Instrumental
Summer Rain
How do You Stand ? - Before The Lord

Album Description

After participating to numerous concerts or studio recordings next to stars so different as THE ROLLING STONES, Chuck BERRY, Tina TURNER or RUSH, the Canadian with Norwegian origins Timo LAINE is recognise as the true pioneer of synthesizer-guitar. This is how he and his band SYMPHONIC SLAM (With keyboardist David STONE, Drummer John LOWERY and himself at the vocals) recorded in 1976 what would remain the first true album based on this very peculiar instrument. Beyond this anecdote, this eponymous album comes to us with a wonderful esoteric cover, an emphatic progressive rock that owes a lot to PINK FLOYD and that can sometimes remind of CAMEL in their "Mirage" period, or even WINDCHASE.

Customer Reviews:

A Gem.......2006-10-14

Great Stuff!.......2002-04-22

I'm writing this review from memory, as I last listened to the CD two weeks ago. My memory may not give me the privelidge of remembering EVERYTHING, but I do remember that this recording made the tranfer to CD just fine. The sound is quite clear, and sounds dynamic enough.

If you are a fan of 70's progressive rock, this CD should be on your list of things to get. Timo Laine plays a 360 Systems guitar synth, which is really a "controller + interface" that is used to play an Oberheim SEM based synth. If you're a fan of vintage analogue synthesizers, you'll find lots of great sounds on this CD.

The songs are well thought out and the performance is very good. Nice songs, nice sounds... what more could you ask for?

Hard-edge prog from Canada.......2002-03-19

Symphonic Slam, just like Rush, Saga, and FM, was another progressive rock band to come out of Canada. While those other bands I mentioned are pretty well known by prog fans (particularly Rush), Symphonic Slam seemed to have ran through the cracks. They were a Toronto based band lead by Finnish born guitarist and lead vocalist Timo Laine, with keyboardist David Stone and drummer John Lowery, making them, like Rush and FM, a progressive trio. This is Symphonic Slam's debut, originally released in 1976, and in fact was originally released on a very major label here in the United States: A&M (yes, that label that was ran by Herb Alpert and gave us the likes of Styx, Supertramp, Rick Wakeman, the Carpenters, the Strawbs, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, of course, and many others). I own the A&M LP of Symphonic Slam. While Rush tended more to the metal and stadium rock end of the prog spectrum, FM had a more high tech, almost new-wavey prog sound, and Saga had a more modernized, often mainstream approach, Symphonic Slam, as the name suggested, often tended to the symphonic end, with hard rock elements. Timo Laine's vocals tended to be in the typical '70s hard rock style as well. Not only did he played guitar, but he played this ingenious contraption called the 360 Systems Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer. 360 Systems was apparently a Los Angeles based company who had the idea of using six synthesizers, one for each string of the guitar. The result? A lot of the album sounds like polyphonic synths were used, but wasn't (yes, polyphonic synths did exist in '76 which was new technology then). Also David Stone used regular string synths, piano, and even some Mellotron. This album is not the most complex prog rock you'll ever hear, and some songs like "I Won't Cry" and "Modane Train" are rather straightforward. "Universe", the opener, and the longest cut, is perhaps the most complex piece on this album, and parts of it almost remind me of Camel. "Let It Grow" and "Summer Rain" are the album's more laid back moments and they can prove they can dish up some beautiful symphonic prog if they want to, but (particularly "Let it Grow") they could still be aggressive. "Days" is nothing short of a killer instrumental piece, the band just doesn't let up here, and the closer "How Do You Stand", like "Universe" is by far the most progressive song on the album, although this song is even more energetic. "I Won't Cry" is my least favorite song on the album because it's full of really bad '70s hard rock cliches (lyrics that went, "You kept telling me you're a rock and roll star", for example was pretty old and tired stuff even back in the mid 1970s), but the rest of the album is an excellent example of hard/prog rock. Symphonic Slam doesn't even remind me of any particular prog rock band, a rarity given how many prog bands by that time (1976) wanted to be Yes, Genesis, Camel, ELP, etc. (not that I have anything wrong with that, I like Starcastle and they sound just like Yes). Symphonic Slam released a much more obscure second album called Timo SS II in 1978, but I hadn't heard that one. Regardless if you like hard-edge progressive rock, Symphonic Slam's 1976 debut is worth a try.

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