Name: TRAVELS (OGV)
Brand: ECM RECORDS
SKU: 29980150
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TRAVELS (OGV)

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Album: TRAVELS (OGV)
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Are You Going with Me?	More Info...
2)	The Fields, the Sky	More Info...
3)	Goodbye	More Info...
4)	Phase Dance	More Info...
5)	Straight on Red	More Info...
6)	Farmer's Trust	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Extradition	More Info...
2)	Going Ahead-As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls	More Info...
3)	Travels	More Info...
4)	Song for Bilbao	More Info...
5)	San Lorenzo	More Info...
3)	Goodbye	More Info...	0:08
4)	Phase Dance	More Info...	0:08
5)	Straight On Red	More Info...	0:07
6)	Farmer's Trust	More Info...	0:06

Album: TRAVELS (OGV)
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Are You Going with Me?	More Info...
2)	The Fields, the Sky	More Info...
3)	Goodbye	More Info...
4)	Phase Dance	More Info...
5)	Straight on Red	More Info...
6)	Farmer's Trust	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Extradition	More Info...
2)	Going Ahead-As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls	More Info...
3)	Travels	More Info...
4)	Song for Bilbao	More Info...
5)	San Lorenzo	More Info...
3)	Goodbye	More Info...	0:08
4)	Phase Dance	More Info...	0:08
5)	Straight On Red	More Info...	0:07
6)	Farmer's Trust	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny (synthesizer, guitar); Lyle Mays (autoharp, piano, organ, synthesizer); Steve Rodby (synthesizer, acoustic & electric basses); Dan Gottlieb (drums).
Additional personnel: Nana Vasconcelos (vocals, berimbau, percussion).
Recorded live in Dallas, Texas; Nacogdoches, Texas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Hartford, Connecticut; Sacramento, California in July, October and November 1982.
A double album that flirts with rock, folk, country and Latin - but is emphatically a jazz album. Metheny is equipped with probably his best ever live group; Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb, Nana Vasconcelos, and his right arm, keyboard virtuoso Lyle Mays. The recording exudes warmth, and often improves on tracks already issued on studio albums; for example, 'Phase Dance' is played with more verve and 'Song For Bilbao' sounds more passionate in a live context. The diamond in the mine, however, is the shortest piece - the glorious and delicate title track - worth the price of the album alone.

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Metheny used these dates to channel his Brazilian muse, effectively utilising guitar synthesizers to give the group an increasingly electronic, but always innovative and satisfying, arrangement."