Pray tell, exactly what is "terrascopic music"?
It's music that gets featured in the magazine The Ptolemaic Terrascope. And right here at the Terrascope Online website.
So there must be something about a particular record that causes it to "belong" in the Terrascope?
To be honest, nobody's too sure about that...
You mean, not even the people who read the magazine or contribute to the forum?
No, not even them. You wouldn't believe the amount of debate that went into selecting this lot, the 100 most "terrascopic" albums of all time.
Can't see my favourite record here...
Exactly. That doesn't mean it doesn't belong on the list, it's just that there's only room for 100.
How do I get something added to the list then?
Every so often we'll reach something approaching a decision on the forum and the webmaster will update this list accordingly.
Every so often?
Yeah, now and again. It's not an exact science.
Do I get to vote, or what?
No, you just have to put up a really good case for something to be included, and what should be dropped to make way for it.
Even if it's something that the webmaster/editor doesn't much like, it can still get included?
Of course. There's a few of those on the list already!
Let's say it's completely unsuitable though, what then?
Then everyone on the forum gets a good laugh while you try to justify why it belongs here.
I can't find the link to the appropriate topic in the forum.
That's because it keeps moving... it'll be in here somewhere though: http://terrascope.co.uk/Forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=11
And I just copy that link into my web browser to take me there, right?
Right. Just do whatever you need to do to take you there, my friend.
Acid Mothers & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - La Nςvia
(Japan, 2000)
Agitation Free Malesch
(Germany, 1972)
Amon Dόόl - Psychedelic Underground
(Germany, 1969)
Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
(Germany, 1971)
Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy
(UK, 1969)
Bob Bannister - Dives and Lazarus
(USA, 2002)
Bardo Pond - Amanita
(USA, 1996)
the Beatles - Revolver
(UK, 1966)
Beach
Boys - Smile
(USA, 1967)
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Safe as Milk
(USA, 1967)
the Bevis Frond New River Head
(UK, 1991)
Blue Cheer - Outside Inside
(USA, 1968)
the Byrds - Younger than Yesterday
(USA 1967)
CA Quintet - Trip Thru Hell
(USA, 1968)
Can - Tago Mago
(Germany, 1971)
Caravan - Caravan
(UK, 1968)
Charalambides - Market Square
(USA, 1995)
Clark Hutchinson - A=MH2
(UK, 1969)
Comets on Fire - Field Recordings From the Sun
(USA, 2002)
Comus - First Utterance
(UK, 1970)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body
(USA, 1967)
David Crosby If Only I Could Remember My Name
(USA, 1971)
Crystallized Movements - Mind Disaster
(USA 1983)
Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind
(UK, 1992)
Damon & Naomi with Ghost
(USA/Jap, 2000)
Dipsomaniacs - Praying Winter
(Nor, 2003)
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
(UK, 1968)
Fairport Convention What We Did on our Holidays
(UK, 1969)
Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron
(USA, 1969)
Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
(USA, 1990)
The
Flat Earth Society Waleeco
Flying Saucer Attack Further
(UK, 1995)
Funkadelic Free Your Mind and your Ass Will Follow
(USA, 1970)
Alastair Galbraith Mirrorwork
(NZ, 1998)
Ghost - Second Time Around
(Jap, 1992)
The Golden Dawn - Power Plant
(USA, 1968)
Grateful Dead - Anthem of The Sun
(USA, 1968)
Green Pajamas - Strung Behind the Sun
(USA, 1997)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
(USA, 1994)
Hampton Grease Band - Music to Eat
(USA, 1971)
Hawkwind - In Search Of Space
(UK, 1972)
Help Yourself - The Return of Ken Whaley
(UK, 1973)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
(USA, 1970)
High Tide High Tide
(UK,1970)
HP Lovecraft II
(USA, 1968)
Iditarod - the River Nektar
(USA, 1998)
In Gowan Ring - The Glinting Spade
(USA, 1999)
Jeff Kelly - Coffee in Nepal
(USA, 1997)
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxters
(USA, 1967)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
(UK, 1973)
Kinski - Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle
(USA, 2001)
Sharron
Kraus - Beautiful Twisted
(UK,
2002)
Landing - Passages Through
(USA, 2003)
Loud Family - Plants & Birds & Rocks & Things
(USA, 1993)
Love - Forever Changes
(USA, 1967)
Mad River Mad River
(USA, 1968)
(UK, 1972)
Masters Apprentices S/T (a.k.a. Choice Cuts)
(UK/Aus, 1971)
Misunderstood Before The Dream Faded
(UK, 1966)
MONO - You Are There
(USA, 2005)
Roy
Montgomery - Scenes from the South Island
Neu!
75
Neutral
Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nick
Drake - Pink Moon
Olivia
Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
Paik
- The Orson Fader
Pearls Before
Swine Balaklava
Pelt - Empty Bell Ringing In The Sky
Pink
Fairies Never Never Land
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Popol
Vuh -
In
Den Gδrten Pharaos
Pretty
Things Parachute
Quicksilver
Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rain
Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Savage
Resurrection Savage Resurrection
Silver
Apples Silver Apples
(USA,
1968)
Six
Organs of Admittance - Dark Noontide
Alexander
Skip Spence - Oar
(USA,
1969)
Soft
Boys Underwater Moonlight
(UK, 1990)
Spacious
Mind - Cosmic Minds at Play
Spirit
Clear Spirit
Stars
of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of
Sun
City Girls Torch of the Mystics
(USA,
1996)
Sundial
Other Way Out
Surface
of Eceyon - Draggyn
Tarentel
- The Order of Things
(USA,
2001)
The
Television Personalities
- They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles
(UK,
1982)
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds
of...
(USA,
1966)
United
States of America United States of America
Walkingseeds
- Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement
Windy
& Carl - Drawing of Sound
Wipers
Youth of America
Neil
Young Zuma
Frank
Zappa - Hot Rats
Zombies
- Odessey and Oracle