This new collection gathers up three albums by Tim Blake. Blake is best known for his work in Gong and Hawkwind. One of the discs here seems aligned with the Hawkwind kind of sound. The other two are closer to keyboard dominated stuff like Tangerine Dream and Synergy. It's all strong, though. This comes in a cardboard clamshell box. It includes a great booklet, and each CD comes in a mini-LP sleeve. One of those is a gatefold. This is a great collection. It should be noted that I previously reviewed all of the tracks here on the original CDs. So, for the sake of consistency I've used those track reviews here.

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Space keyboards open this in style. The cut grows with layer of sound stacking and dancing around one another. This is quite lush and very pretty. There is a definite enchanting quality to it.

Cool waves of keyboard textures take us on this great ride. There are some almost jazz meets space rock vocals on this. The cut gets some cool energies built into it. This is a fun cut.

This comes in very machine-like and rather freaky. It's a bit noisy, but also melodic. This feels like something out of a science fiction film.

Acoustic guitar starts this. The first vocals come in over the top. Bits of keyboards lend some cool textures as the song gradually shifts toward more space rock based music. The song gets more rock built into the mix beyond that. This is such a classy tune.

This is much more of funky electronic song. It feels more like something from Blake's Magick album. That said, it does get into more traditional space rock territory, too.

Atmospheric keys serve as the backdrop for some spoken elements. The cut works out from there with style. It works through purely instrumental after those first spoken bits until around the five minute mark. Then the real vocals join. The cut continues to evolve from that point. This is perhaps a bit like a cross between the Crystal Machine period and the Magick one. It's more of a purely electronic tune. At over sixteen minutes in length, this is the epic of the album proper.

Electronic sounds create a cool texture on this piece. It's not a huge change from the Synergy type stuff heard on Crystal Machine.

White noise styled sound effects brings this into being. Other elements with a special effects bias emerge to move it forward. Eventually trippy keyboard sounds take over. It feels to me a bit like something from Synergy or Tangerine Dream. This instrumental covers a lot of musical territory and gets quite intense before its done.

I dig the cool trippy keyboards that open this. The cut grows from there with a dramatic, insistent energy. There are some cool space rock styled sounds that emerge amongst the layers of keyboards. There are no vocals until around the six minute mark. Even then, they are spoken. Some of the vocals later are sung. This is a cool cut that has a lot of range and some great grooves. At over twelve minutes in length, it's also the epic of the set.

Coming in with an energy and a bit of that Synergy vibe, this is another cool cut. The vocals here lean on the high range. This is more of a rocking tune in a lot of ways. It's a bit more straightforward than some of the rest, too.

The closing number has those high pitched vocals again. It's a bit more of a pop rocker. It's bouncy and rather fun. Personally, I think this is the weakest cut of the set. It might have served the album better some place in the middle.