Destination Docklands
Destination Docklands was an event consisting of two
Accompanied by fireworks and a
Originally planned as a one-off event, it was scheduled for 24 September 1988,
The floating stage was specially built, and made up of several barges brought in from the north of England and welded together to create what Jarre termed his "battleship". Jarre's original intention was for the stage to traverse the Royal Victoria Docks, but this was not possible due to the poor weather and health and safety concerns. The show attracted an estimated live audience of 200,000, not including those in parks surrounding the venue listening to the concert on a simultaneous broadcast on Radio 1. The concert programme featured drawings of the redevelopment works due to take place in the years after the concerts, as did some of the projections on the building facades.
The Saturday performance was broadcast on Radio 1. The Sunday show, during which it rained heavily, was recorded for later broadcast and release. In 1989 a 54-minute live CD and Cassette were released as Jarre Live, later repackaged as Destination Docklands. This included 11 of the 17 tracks performed at the concert, albeit it with edits to some pieces.
A 50-minute TV edit was produced for broadcast and was shown in the UK on Channel 4 at 10:40pm on Christmas Day 1988. This edit was released on VHS video in 1989. It has yet to be released on DVD. This version is broadly the same as the live album release, however with "Computer Weekend" omitted. No TV footage exists of the 7 tracks not included on the VHS release, however audience camcorder footage is available on YouTube. Of the 6 tracks not included on the live album, only recordings of the radio broadcast exist, also on YouTube. However, the quality of the broadcast is affected by a large amount of echo and distortion.[citation needed]
Track listing for concert
Part 1: Industrial Revolution
- Industrial Revolution: Overture (Available on VHS/CD)
- Industrial Revolution: Parts 1-3 (VHS/CD)
- Équinoxe 5 (Not released)
- Ethnicolor (Not released)
Part 2: Swinging Sixties
- Computer Weekend (CD)
- Les Chants Magnétiques II / Magnetic Fields II (VHS/CD)
- Oxygène 4*(VHS/CD)
- Équinoxe 7 (Not released)
- London Kid (with Hank Marvin) (VHS/CD)
Part 3: The Nineties
- Third Rendez-Vous / Laser Harp (Not released)
- Tokyo Kid (Not released)
- Revolutions* (VHS/CD)
- Souvenir de Chine / Souvenir of China (Not released)
- Second Rendez-Vous* (VHS/CD)
- Fourth Rendez-Vous* (with Hank Marvin) (VHS/CD)
Part 4: The Finale
- September (VHS/CD)
- The Emigrant (VHS/CD)
Musicians
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
- Michel Geiss: Synthesizers
- Dominique Perrier: Synthesizers
- Francis Rimbert: Synthesizers
- Guy Delacroix: Bass
- Jo Hammer: Drums
- Dino Lumbroso: Percussions
- Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
- Christine Durand: Soprano
- Hank Marvin: Guitar on London Kid and Fourth Rendez-Vous
- Mireille Pombo: Vocals on September
- Sori Bamba: Conductor of Mali Choir on September
- Kudsi Erguner: Turkish Flute on Revolutions
- Bruno Rossignol: Choir Conductor
- Xavier Bellenger: Ethnical Music Advisor
- Setsuko Yamada: Solo Dance Performance
References
- ^ Jarre to light up Acropolis BBC, 6 June 2001
- OCLC 16461726.