Sliding Gliding Worlds (also known as "the blue one") is the fifth of Ozric Tentacles' first six independent releases on cassette, each one with a different background color.
Released by the band in 1988, it was reissued on CD by Dovetail Records in 1994.
This album is the most accessible of the first six, the most "easy listening." Crunchy riffs are few (only "Kick Muck" represents the Hawkwind side of the band) and the whole thing falls into a pleasant trippy mid-tempo pace.
Ed Wynne's writing is more melodious and less jam-oriented.
World music colors (Chinese, African, Amazonian) can be found in the four last tracks.
Highlights include "Soda Water," "Sliding and Gliding," and "It's a Hup Ho World," plus the comical "Yaboop Yaboop" which includes aboriginal-esque vocals.
The sound quality is better than on the other releases in this series, as is the overall quality of the songs and, even though it lacks the fast-paced energy found on some material on There Is Nothing and Live Ethereal Cereal, it remains overall the best album from the band's early days.
Recall, a division of Snapper Music, has reissued the album as a two-CD set (including new artwork) with The Bits Between the Bits under the title The Bits Between the Bits/Sliding Gliding Worlds.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaboop YaboopNick Van Gelder, Ed Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 2 | Soda WaterEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | The Code for ChickendonEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | GuzzardOzric Tentacles | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 02:05 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | The Dusty PouchEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | Sliding and GlidingEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Kick MuckEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 8 | Atmospheric UnderslunkyOzric Tentacles | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | (Omnidirectional) BhadraEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Fetch Me the PongmasterEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 06:12 | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| 11 | Mae Hong SongEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | White Rhino TeaEd Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 13 | The Green IslandJoie Hinton, Ed Wynne | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 14 | It's A Hup Hho World | Ozric Tentacles | Play | 06:42 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 61 mins | 140 MB | |||||
| 61 mins | 408 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joie Hinton | Composer |
| 2 | Ozric Tentacles | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Nick Van Gelder | Composer |
| 4 | Ed Wynne | Composer |
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| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |