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   Tangerine Dream - Poland (1984) (2011 Esoteric Remaster) (2CD)
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Esoteric Recordings have announced the release of a Newly Remastered Edition of 'Poland-The Warsaw Concert' by Tangerine Dream. On the 10th December 1983, Edgar Froese, Chris Franke and Johannes Schmoelling performed a legendary concert in the Ice Stadium in Warsaw - a unique event, given the political situation in Poland at the time. The resulting 'live' album was issued as a double LP set on the Jive Electro label the following year to great acclaim. Of all the subsequent CD releases of the album, only two early editions, released in the USA & Germany, featured the full un-edited version of the original double LP. This Newly Remastered Edition fully restores the Entire Unedited Double LP Version to Compact Disc and includes a Lavishly Illustrated Deluxe Booklet with New Essay. 

The early to mid-'80s were a particularly fertile time for Tangerine Dream: the Froese/Schmoelling/Franke lineup had been together for several years, and they had been quite busy with soundtrack work and had just signed with Zomba Records after a longtime association with Virgin. For this concert (their second appearance behind the Iron Curtain), Tangerine Dream turned in an excellent performance, despite battling technical problems and the extreme cold of the Polish winter. The four long tracks build and unfold slowly, in classic Tangerine Dream style. Poland captures Tangerine Dream at a high point in their career -- before the advent of sampling and the departure of Schmoelling (in 1985).
 

TRACKLIST:

DISC 1
1. Poland (22:37)
2. Tangent (15:53)
3. Rare Bird (4:02)

Playing Time.........: 42:32


DISC 2
1. Barbakane (18:05)
2. Horizon (21:10)

Playing Time.........: 39:15


PERSONNEL:

* Edgar Froese
* Christopher Franke
* Johannes Schmoelling


RELEASE INFO:

Label:	Reactive/Esoteric
Catalog#: EREACCD 2018
Format:	2 x CD
Country: UK
Released: 2011
Remastered By: Ben Wiseman