Name: The Blue Years Studio Albums 1985-1987
Brand: Tangerine Dream

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EREACD41038

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-03-05

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929753808

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4 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Tangerine Dream

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Krautrock

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Esoteric Recordings

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Founded by the late Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream is a German group that played a significant role in introducing synthesizer- and sequencer-based electronic music to the Western rock world. They started as a "free-rock" band in the krautrock scene before evolving into a synthesizer-based trio signed to Virgin Records. During the mid to late 1970s, their spacey, pulsing music gained them a devoted cult following. In the late Seventies, their lineup and musical style changed towards more conventional rock music. By the early 1980s, they focused on releasing influential soundtracks before transitioning into New Age content.

Tangerine Dream was formed in Berlin in 1967 with an initial lineup that included Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler (cello), and Klaus Schulze (drums). Their experimental improvisations were influenced by London's psychedelia but had a unique krautrock twist. The addition of Christopher Franke replaced Schulze for their second album, Alpha Centauri, while Peter Baumann joined for Zeit. Their signature style emerged with Phaedra released under Virgin Records in 1973 - long melodic pieces featuring understated keyboard and guitar melodies intertwined with ambient electronic textures created using synthesizers and sequencers.

The band went through various lineup changes over the years but maintained their focus on rhythmic textures during the first half of the 1980s. This shift divided fans as Tanger

Reactive label with the release of a newly re-mastered 4 CD clamshell boxed set which gathers together the legendary albums by Tangerine Dream, originally released on the Jive Electro label between 1985 and 1987, known by fans as The Blue Years albums. “Le Parc” was the first studio album by Tangerine Dream following their departure from Virgin Records. Edgar Froese, Chris Franke &amp; Johannes Schmoelling recorded this inspiring work in Vienna, Berlin and London, utilising the services of guest vocalists Clare Torry on ‘Yellowstone Park’ and Katja Brauneis on ‘Zen Garden’. The album’s title track, subtitled ‘L.A. Streethawk’, was a reworking of Tangerine Dream’s theme to the US TV series Streethawk. “Green Desert” took over two decades from its initial recording sessions to completion. The project began life in August 1973 at a session in skyline studio in berlin. Locked away in Edgar Froese’s personal archive for many years, in 1984 the recordings were re-visited with additional recordings by Edgar being added at Eastgate studio in Vienna, finally appearing in 1986. “Underwater Sunlight” was released in 1986. Rightly heralded as an ambient classic, the album was the first to feature Paul Haslinger and was arguably the finest of the band’s so called “blue years”, influencing a new generation of ambient musicians. Featuring both parts of the superb ‘Song of the Whale’ and the classic title track, the album introduced Tangerine Dream to a new audience. “Tyger” was recorded in Berlin and Vienna and was the final studio release by the band for the Jive Electro label, taking its inspiration from the poems of William Blake. Edgar Froese, Chris Franke &amp; Paul Haslinger utilised the services of guest vocalist Joceylyn Bernadette Smith on a number of tracks, resulting in one of the most inspiring Tangerine Dream albums of the so called “blue years”. This clamshell box of “The Blue Years Studio Albums 1985 – 1987” features “Le Parc”, “Green Desert”, “Underwater Sunlight” and “Tyger” packaged in replica card sleeves and also includes a poster.

The Blue Years Studio Albums 1985-1987

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