Space was founded in 1977 by Didier Marouani (also known as Ecama). The band consisted of Didier Marouani, arrangers Roland Romanelli and Jannick Top, and singer Madeline Bell. Marouani by that time had some fame as a solo pop singer, but soon focused on his band, whose name was suggested by the song “Magic Fly”, originally written in 1976 for a television program dedicated to astrology
One of the most ambitious Euro-disco acts of the late 1970s was Space, which shouldn't be confused with the alternative rock band that recorded Spiders in 1996.
By the time that Space was formed in the 1990s, the Euro-disco act heard on Deliverance had long since called it quits.
Recorded in London and Paris in 1978, this conceptual, mostly instrumental LP employs a lot of futuristic sci-fi imagery and is quite high-tech for its time.
Synthesizer-dominated instrumentals like "Air Force" and "Running in the City" give the impression that Jean-Philippe Iliesco, the album's producer, had been paying close attention to German innovators like Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder-and yet, Deliverance has a high-tech energy of its own. In the U.S., this record was ignored by radio programmers, but European dance clubs found that the album's faster material was great for moving bodies.
At times, Deliverance ends up sounding like European movie music and fades into the background. But when Space hits its mark, Deliverance is both interesting and infectious.
Side one
1. Prison - 6:25
2. Let Me Know The Wonder - 7:10
3. Running In The City - 4:17
Side two
1. Air Force - 4:30
2. Baby's Paradise - 5:38
3. Deliverance - 6:45
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Studios Sidney Bechet
- Remixed At – Studios Sidney Bechet
- Recorded At – Pye Studios
- Copyright © – Groupe i
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – C.G.D.
- Printed By – France Imprimerie Sorel
- Pressed By – Manufacture De Productions Phonographiques Vogue
Credits
- Arranged By – Ecama, Roland Romanelli
- Coordinator [Production Co-ordination] – Jean Noel Bourdier
- Design [Sleeve Design], Photography By [Photos] – Hipgnosis
- Engineer [Recording & Remix] – Patrick Fraigneau
- Featuring [On Photos] – D. Marouani, J. P. Iliesco, Joe Hammer, Madeline Bell, P. Fraigneau, R. Romanelli
- Lyrics By [English Lyrics] – Paul Greedus
- Photography By [Inside Photos] – Frank Marouani
- Producer – Jean-Philippe Iliesco
- Songwriter [All Songs By] – Ecam
Notes
Release: 1977
Format: LP (Gatefold)
Genre: Electronic / Synth-pop
Label: Vogue Records
Catalog# LDA 20317
Vinyl: VG
Cover: Voorkant Stickerschade
Prijs: €4,99
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