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Posted by Matt K on 03-24-2003 at16:26:

  Ideola

Hello all...
I think I saw this being discussed a while back, but i'll bring it up...

I just got an 'Ideola' record called 'Tribal Opera'. I'm curious if anyone knows any extra info on this? I'm pretty sure this is a Mark Heard side project, but i'm wondering why it's credited as Ideola, if there were any more Ideola albums, etc. etc. Thanks!
~Matt

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Posted by jollyholiday on 03-24-2003 at16:57:

  Ideola Tribal Opera

Matt,

Tribal Opera is the only release by Mark Heard as Ideola.

-Jolly

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Posted by Ron E on 03-24-2003 at21:03:

 

My guess is that it had something to do with What Records and that he was likely trying to distance himself from the Christian market he had been pushed into. But hey, what do I know?
I'm pretty sure Mark played all the instruments and is the most keyboardy, electrified stuff of anything else he's done, at least off the top of my head, although, I must admit, there were a couple of 70's things of his I haven't h(H)eard. I absolutely loved Ashes to Dust and Eye of the Storm and his later stuff. Really liked Ideola too, just not the same musically as the other stuff.

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Posted by Matt K on 03-25-2003 at20:09:

 

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Originally posted by Ron E My guess is that it had something to do with What Records and that he was likely trying to distance himself from the Christian market he had been pushed into. But hey, what do I know? I'm pretty sure Mark played all the instruments and is the most keyboardy, electrified stuff of anything else he's done, at least off the top of my head, although, I must admit, there were a couple of 70's things of his I haven't h(H)eard. I absolutely loved Ashes to Dust and Eye of the Storm and his later stuff. Really liked Ideola too, just not the same musically as the other stuff.

Yeah, those are good albums. I'v recently been able to get a hold of some original LPs of his from the late 70's to the early 80's, including an interesting self titled 1975 release on Airborn records. I'll have to listen to more of Ideola.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 04-11-2003 at16:21:

  Oh yeah... that's the stuff!

I just picked up this on and the non M8 LRRH, both on tape from Cheapo records. $4.20 each.

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Posted by Mark on 04-11-2003 at19:51:

 

I have the CD's.

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Posted by jiminy on 04-13-2003 at07:01:

  idEOLa

i understand its a bit of an "Experiment" that personally- I love.
I know that Steve H from the Choir helped with some "digital racket" - but its basically Mark alone.
I found a "Big Beat " CD from the 80s in a bin- and it has an unreleased track called "Jericho" that is attributed to idEOLa - and it certainly sounds like it belongs in that era.
In 1987- What was on TOP!!!

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Posted by Dr Rich on 04-13-2003 at15:02:

 

that's the thing... unlike a lot of Mark Heard's stuff, this one is pretty dated.

good, but a bit dated...

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Posted by joey on 04-14-2003 at00:33:

 

still never heard it........