Jones: “They went on forever – They – When I w- We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in ’em, and, uh… they were long… and clear and… there were lots of stars at night. Interviewer: “What were the skies like when you were young?” They use a Morricone harmonica while Rickie Lee Jones is the sampled voice and claimed she was suffering from a cold. It’s followed by the floating sound of The Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds, released in November 1990. The edited version is here, concise yet losing no serenity. Michael Nyman’s The Promise still has the power to instantly relax an almost hypnotic composition in its simplicity. The longer mix appears to be the default on the majority of contemporary compilations so the inclusion of the single edit is very welcome here. However there is a significant variant in that Orinoco Flow is in 7″ form on Pure Moods as opposed to the Watermark version on Moods.
Meanwhile three more featured on the 1992 follow-up: Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene (Part IV), Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells Part 1 (Edit), Ennio Morricone – Theme From The Mission. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here, Kenny G – Songbird, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme (Instrumental).
The overlapping tracks are as follows: Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme, Enya – Orinoco Flow, Vangelis – Chariots Of Fire, Ennio Morricone – Chi Mai, Barrington Pheloung – Theme From Inspector Morse, Enigma – Sadeness Part 1, Praise – Only You, David A. There are 11 tracks here that first appeared on the original 1991 Moods compilation and you can read my thoughts on them in those reviews.
VTCD28 was the UK catalogue number, the front cover promising sunshine and tranquility in the form of “a contemporary soundtrack” with top billing being awarded to Enigma, Enya, Deep Forest, Mike Oldfield, Kenny G, Jan Hammer, Vangelis, The Orb and many more. After the successful Moods and Moods 2, Virgin upped their game in 1994 with the launch of Pure Moods which also had a subsequent release in the US – albeit in a revised tracklist and more about that below.
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