Magma to release Retrospektïw 1, 2 and 3 on CD

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New Magma 3CD Retrospektïw set features first ever recording of Rétrovision

Magma
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French zeuhl legend's Magma have announced the release of Retrospektïw 1/2 and 3 as a 3CD set. The new set will also feature the first ever studio recording of the 15-minute Rétrovision as a bonus track and will be released through Seventh Records on January 25. 

Retrospektïw was recorded at three concerts at the Olympia Theatre in Paris in 1980 to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary, re-uniting the bulk of musicians who'd played with Magma to that point. Parts 1/2 are best known for featuring for the first time Theusz Hamtaahk, the first movement of the trilogy of the same name

The albums were originally released on the RCA Victor label, and then re-released as a triple vinyl set by the Southern Lord label in 2017.

Pre-order Retrospektïw 1/2 and 3.

Magma

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Magma - Retrospektïw I,II, III
1. Theusz Hamtaahk
2. Mëkanïk Dëstructïw Kömmandöh
3. Retrovision
4. Hhai
5. La Dawotsin
6. Retrovision (bonus track)

Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.