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Advantages: Belongs in the collection of all music fans
Disadvantages: Everyone complains his stuff sounds "samey"

...a very big fan! Oxygene part 4 was released as a single (its video features penguins walking on ice) and reached number 4 in the UK charts in 1976, the same year as the album of Oxygene went on world wide release. Oxygene found a wide audience thanks to being adopted by various radio disc jockies, BBC Radio 1's own Peter Powell being one of its strongest supporters frequently using the single as backing music for things like the weekly chart run-down. ...
...or chill out music but Jarre was creating this stuff more than 20 years before the genre even evolved. It's fair to say this album made Polydor a lot of money having only intially released only 50,000 copies as Francis Dreyfuss (who would go on to found his own record label thanks to the money he made off Oxygene) was unsure if electronic music like Jarre's would prove to be popular or not, it sold more than 15 million copies and helped Francis ... Read review

Advantages: Great mixes, full length
Disadvantages: none

I have actually got Spiller "Groovejet (If This ain't Love)" single on vinyl. I bought it from HMV, in 2006 for about £3 brand new. It has two tracks on it; "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)-Extended Vocal Mix" with Sophie Ellis-Bextor 07:27 and "Groovejet-Solar Stone's Jet Groove Dub Mix". 05:55 It is essentially a DJ's copy but I play it myself. Two great mixes of this cult classic on Positiva recordings. It came out in 2000 and can still be ... Read review

Advantages: Great mixes, chilled, value for money
Disadvantages: Two weak tracks, nothing major.

This 2CD compilation by Jay Burnett is very, very good. CD1 is relatively poor compared to CD2, which is amazing. Alternative mixes of Dido, Spiller "Cry Baby", Motorcycle "When the rush comes". David Bowie vs Scumfrog appears with an excellent "Loving The Alien". "Janeiro" by Solid Sessions is so, so chilled and takes my mind to another dimension. Maybe there is two weak tracks on the album being Moony "Dove" and Kylie Minogue "Love At First ... Read review

Advantages: Chilled, collectable, cracking
Disadvantages: None, but increasingly hard to find.

In a nutshell, this is probably the greatest Euphoria of all time. From beginning to end, it is absolutely flawless! CD 2 perhaps having the edge over CD 1. I bought this for £7.5 of amazon second-hand. The sleeve however is not very secure so make sure you make copies of this if you by it. Not manufactured anymore this can be a cracking buy if under £10. "Seven Days and One Week" by BBE being so chilled. Also "Autumn Leaves" (English Version) ... Read review

Advantages: Classic euphoria beats, alternative mixing.
Disadvantages: Hard to come by now

John 'OO' Fleming is a well-known DJ. This album is one of the early Euphoria's. I believe it is quite rare especially now. Anyway, I bought my 2CD set in 2007 for £4.50 of Amazon second-hand. I'm not sure they manufacture these any more, so getting this would be a challenge. I see there are ones for sale for crazy amounts of money! The album is smooth and relaxed with a fast pace to it most of the way through. "Legato 2002" by Digital Blonde is ... Read review