ROCKETS-Plasteroid, 1979y, Italy Edit. RKL ,( EX+) Electronic dance shows
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Rockets
Profile:Despite being renowned in certain parts of the world (especially in Italy and their hometown of Paris), the space-age outfit Rockets remains largely obscure -- even though they arrived on the scene at almost he same exact time as Kraftwerk and prefaced Devo by several years. The multi-membered outfit originally formed in 1972, under the name Crystal, performing on-stage in their regular street clothes. But by 1974, Crystal had evolved into Rocket Men, issuing a debut self-titled single, while its members began to assume the identities of aliens; complete with silver makeup covering their skin, grey contact lenses, space suits, and bald heads. It was also around this time that the group hooked up with producer Claude Lemoine, who would remain behind the studio boards until the early '80s. Over the next year, the group went through another name (Rocketters), before finally settling on Rockets, and issuing further singles, including such titles as "Rocket Man," "Future Woman," and "Samurai."
Come 1976, Rockets was finally ready to release a self-titled full-length debut (only available in France, however), as the band's theatrical live show began to take on a life of its own; complete with vocoders, lasers, colored lights, smoke, and flames. Rockets' sophomore outing, 1978's On the Road Again, turned out to be their first release to be available domestically (and the first to be supported by a North American tour), although their U.S. record label, Tom n' Jerry, insisted on printing their name on the cover, leading some to assume that the group was called "Tom n' Jerry's Rockets." An Italy-only compilation album, Sound of the Future, followed in 1979, the same year that the band issued their next studio album, Plasteroid, which became Rockets' biggest album yet (obtaining gold status, 200,000 copies sold, in Italy)
Rockets ?– Plasteroïd
Label:
Rockland Records ?– RKL 20.137, Rockland Records ?– RKL 20137
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Italy
Released:
May 1979
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Space Rock, Disco
TracklistHide Credits
A1 Electric Delight Written-By – A. Maratrat*, G. L'Her* 5:10 A2 Astral World Written-By – A. Maratrat*, G. L'Her* 4:35 A3 If You Drive Written-By – A. Maratrat*, G. L'Her* 5:00 A4 Legion Of Alians Written-By – G. L'Her* 3:35 B1 Anastasis Written-By – A. Maratrat* 4:30 B2 Cosmic Feeling Written-By – P. Collins*, P. Renaux* 5:45 B3 Atlantis Town Written-By – G. L'Her* 4:22 B4 Back To Your Planet Written-By – G. L'Her* 4Credits
- Bass, Vocals – "Little" Gerard L'Her*
- Design [Graphics] – Jean-Jacques Mahuteau
- Design [Special Effects] – Renaud Marchand
- Drums, Percussion – Alain Groetzinger
- Effects [Special Effects Pedals] – Gary Stewart Hurst
- Engineer – Henri Arcens
- Engineer, Remix – Claude Achalle*
- Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Alain Maratrat
- Keyboards – Fabrice Quagliotti
- Management [Booking Agency] – Trident Agency
- Mastered By [Lacquering] – Joël Savy
- Photography – Gunther
- Producer, Recorded By – Claude Lemoine
- Vocals – Christian Lebartz*
Notes
All songs published by "Editions Gavroche"
Management Rue de Provence 75009 Paris/France
Exclusive Booking Agency in Europe, Corso di Porta Romana 46, Milano, Italie
Special thanks to Maurizio Cannici and Maurizio Salvadori
Recorded and remixed at Decca Studios Paris
Photo Engraving by S.T.R.G., Paris
Rockets Fan Club/write to: 3 rue de Poissy 93240 Stains, France
Enrigestrement original Sofrason/Claude Lemoine
? © 1979
Prodotto e Distribuito dalla CGD/Messagerie Musicali, Milano 1979
Pressé en France
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout Groove): RKL 20137 A JSI
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout Groove): RKL 20137 B JSI
- Rights Society: S.I.A.E.
( MULTIPLE PURCHASES...25%- postage cost FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP ) I offer to buy vinyl records from his own collection, which collected 35 years. Plans to sell about 2,000 of the original, rare and interesting records. Vinyl before selling tapped. Thank you for your interest . Sincerely . Oleg
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