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Originally released as RCA Victor LSO-1511 in 1967. Recorded at RCA Hollywood. 'After Bathing At Baxter's' debuted 12/23/67 on the Billboard Top 200 and peaked at number 17 in a 23 week chart run.

"Zoolook" versions peculiarities This album has main four editions: - The first edition is dated from 1984. The CD track listing and mixes are loyal to the first French LP issue. - The second edition is dated from 1985 on wards and features the 7" inch versions of "Zoolook" and "Zoolookologie". The second edition also swaps these two track positions. Furthermore you may find out that in this version some mastering error resulted in some copies with outstanding track volume differences, being the Brazilian (1989) and French CDs (1985, 1992) examples of that flaw: "Ethnicolor" and "Diva" are close to 89dB whereas "Zoolookologie" spikes up to 96dB, probably being noticeable and compromising the listening experience. Some German versions don't have this flaw and "Ethnicolor" and "Diva" have proper volume levels. You can determine (and correct) which version you have by using ReplayGain and software tools. - Be careful that some reissues in 1992/1994 may state the record as remastered, but in reality, the audio source is the same as previous issues. You also may encounter pressings with the above mentioned flaw under the "digitally remastered" banner. - The Brazilian LP Reissue of unknown date but that was probably pressed around 1991, is one of the examples in which the first French LP was kept being replicated, ignoring completely the instated remixes after 1985 even on LPs (Please refer to some LPs pressed in 1985 in which you can see the remixes as the canonical versions). - The third edition is from the remastered Sony/Epic series and was released in 1997 (this series is also known as the Masterdisk remasters). It features new mixes for "Zoolook" and "Zoolookologie" plus new edits on "Ethnicolor", "Diva" and "Blah Blah Cafe". Concerning tracks "Zoolook" and "Zoolookologie": one used to the originals may find disturbing differences from those of 1984. "Zoolook" new mix is more wide open and have a different acoustic mix, being the drums the most notable sonic difference; "Zoolookologie" inherits the same pitch from the 7" inch remix, which is higher than the 1984 track, but its structure remained very similar to the original when compared with the 7" inch remix which has more bass riffs in-between the structure of the song. Both tracks now are placed back in their original positions in the track list. - The fourth edition is from year 2014, remastered by Dave Dadwater. It contains new edits for "Ethnicolor" and "Diva". It maintains the original versions for "Zoolook" and "Zoolookologie". Some track names are written differently: "Ethnicolor" now is named "Ethnicolor 1" and "Ethnicolor II" drops its roman numeral, being referred now as "Ethnicolor 2". "Blah-Blah Cafe" loses its hyphen, however the hyphen was already omitted here and there in different pressings, compared to the first French LP issue. Source: Wikipedia English and self-research listening & observing details of several pressings.

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This release does not state some particularities between original recorded tracks and some new versions. There are 5 new mixes or re-recordings. These new versions mix elements from the old tapes with new audio. An example of that is "Rendez-Vous 4", in which you can listen to the original main synth with new aggregated synths; another example can be heard in "Magnetic Fields 2", in which you can spot the drums, synth solos and other stuff from the "The Concerts In China" tapes, with new elements on top of it. All these new recordings have been worked to fit a compilation and they end abruptly ("Zoolookologie" oddly ends in a leading tone note, instead of the tonic note). There is one track that has been mislabeled for another mix of its own, "Revolutions, Revolutions". Five tracks have been short-cut, some with huge amount of music thrown away off the original track and also, some removal of track introduction; the song that was least short cut was "Last Rendez-Vous", which is the 2004 AERO version. Track "Music For Supermarkets (Demo Excerpt)" does not state that it is a actually the quiet experimental "Part I" from that same album.

The album was re-released on 2nd December 2016, exclusively as part of the "Oxygène Trilogy" and the "Oxygène Trilogy 40th Anniversary Edition" box sets featuring the first "Oxygène" and the new "Oxygène" sequel, numbered "3". The album is renamed to "Oxygène 2" and excerpts of the original artwork are only seen inside the product.

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The Concerts In China: More + anecdotes about this Album: - "L'Ouverture" ("The Overture") is in fact the first movement of "Magnetic Fields Part 1" slowed down. - "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset") is a new arrangement of a very old traditional Chinese song known as the "Fisherman's Chant at Dusk", and is wrongly attributed as being composed by Jean Michel Jarre, misled by the album inlay. - During this "Tour", Jean-Michel Jarre played for the very first time Laser Harp on the eponymous track " Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp") - The album was originally released as a double-disc LP, then as a double-disc CD. - "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") was used in the soundtrack of the cult film 9½ Weeks as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera Santa Barbara. More generally: This album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset"), see above about that track. The album consists mainly of live material, plus ambient sound recordings and one new studio track "Souvenir of China". Other new compositions recorded live include "Nuit À Shangai" ("Night in Shanghai"), "Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp"), "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") and "Orient Express". Sources: Wikipedia French and English

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"Out Of The Blue" is the seventh studio album by the British rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in October 1977. Written and produced by ELO frontman Jeff Lynne, the double album is among the most commercially successful records in the group's history, selling about 10 million copies worldwide.

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