Rendez-Vous is an album of instrumental electronic music composed and
produced by Jean Michel Jarre, and released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed
to Polydor, in 1986. It is his fifth overall studio album. It sold some
three million copies worldwide and remains Jarre's longest-running chart
album in both the USA and UK, with a 20 week run in the U.S. and an
impressive 38 week run in the UK. The last track on the album was
supposed to have the saxophone part played in outer space by astronaut
Ron McNair, but on January 28, 1986 he and the entire Space Shuttle
Challenger crew were killed 73 seconds after lift-off when the shuttle
exploded. In memory, this piece was dedicated to him. On the album the
saxophone part is played by saxophonist Pierre Gossez.
The album reached #9 in the UK charts and #52 in the US charts.
In April 1986, Jarre performed the Rendez-vous Houston concert in Houston,
Texas, dedicated to the memory of the seven astronauts victims of the
Challenger disaster, earlier that year, and for which some of the music
was especially composed. The concert was related to the celebrations of
Texas' 150th birthday and would also feature McNair playing saxophone,
pre-recorded in space. Jean Michel returned to the stage in October for
another concert, the Rendez-Vous Lyon, marking the Pope John Paul II visit
to Jarre's hometown.
Track listing
1. "First Rendez-Vous" – 2:54
2. "Second Rendez-Vous" – 10:55
3. "Third Rendez-Vous" – 3:30
4. "Fourth Rendez-Vous" – 3:57
5. "Fifth Rendez-Vous" – 7:41
6. "Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)" – 6:04
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 2.10 MiB
Duration : 54s 987ms
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Rendez-Vous
Track name : First Rendez-Vous
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Jean Michel Jarre
Performer/Url : http://www.jarre.net/
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Accompaniment : Jean-Michel Jarre
Composer : Jean Michel Jarre
Publisher : Sony International
Genre : Electronic
Recorded date : 1986
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Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 54s 987ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 2.10 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.92
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