Tangerine Dream - The Melrose Years (2009) 3-CD Set torrent

In late 2002 Tangerine Dream released a set of three CDs, titled The Melrose Years.

It includes the three studio albums Optical Race (1988), Lily On The Beach (1989) and Melrose (1990), all completely re-recorded in 2002 (nevertheless the release is subtitled 'The Re-Recordings 2003').

Furthermore each CD includes one bonus track that was not released on the original albums.


Tangerine Dream

The Melrose Years

The Re-Recordings 2003

2009 Reissue

featuring

Optical Race (1988)

Lily On The Beach (1989)

Melrose (1990)


3CDs / 2009 / VBR-V0


Tracklist:

CD 1 "Optical Race" (1988):

1. Atlas Eyes (4:07)

2. Cat Scan (5:31)

3. Mothers of Rain (5:05)

4. The Midnight Trail (5:49)

5. Twin Soul Tribe (4:39)

6. Turning Off the Wheel (6:08)

7. Optical Race (3:27)

8. Ghazal (4:50)

9. Marakesh (8:17)

10. Sun Gate (4:42)

11. Ruling the Waves (4:46) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)

Info: A TANGERINE DREAM recording which brought Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann together again after eleven years, but this time it was not on a musical exploration. Peter Baumann had just founded his record label "Private Music" on which the album was then released.


CD2 "Lily On Tne Beach" (1989):

1. Lily on the Beach (4:12)

2. Crystal Curfew (5:22)

3 Desert Drive (3:49)

4. Mount Shasta (4:23)

5. Valley of the Kings (5:03)

6. Radio City (4:02)

7. Alaskan Summer (3:56)

8. Blue Mango Cafe (4:10)

9. Paradise Cove (3:47)

10. Too Hot for my Chinchilla (3:51)

11. Twenty-Nine Palms (3:23)

12. Gecko (3:27)

13. Long Island Sunset (6:56)

14. Pearl River (6:05) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)

Info: This marks the beginning of a longer relationship with acoustic wind instruments. On the track "Radio City" Jerome Froese appears the first time on a TD recording.


CD 3 "Melrose" (1990):

1. Three Bikes in the Sky (6:00)

2. Yucatan (5:23)

3. Rolling Down Cahuenga (6:47)

4. Desert Train (10:23)

5. Dolls in the Shadow (5:11)

6. Cool at Heart (6:05)

7. Art of Vision (5:32)

8. Electric Lion (8:16)

9. The Back of Beyond (7:45) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)

10. Melrose (5:43)

Info: The last recording with Paul Haslinger and the last album for Private Music. On "Melrose", Jerome Froese is introduced as a permanent member of the band.


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