Tangerine Dream recording chronology

TANGERINE DREAM

A RECORDING CHRONOLOGY 1969-1990

THIS LIST IS FOR FANS, NOT FOR COLLECTORS.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO CLARIFY ALL DIFFERENT RECORDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED LEGALLY,
AND TO LIST THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE RECORDED/PERFORMED
- THUS GIVING IT A CHRONOLOGICAL COHERENCY

Date of recording - Title of ALBUM or Composition / (release format/date)

EARLIEST LINE-UPS (1969-1971):

1969 Oct - ELECTRONIC MEDITATION (LP June 1970) (Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Konrad Schnitzler)

1971 Jan - ALPHA CENTAURI (LP March 1971) (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Steve Schroeder)

EDGAR FROSE, CHRIS FRANKE, PETER BAUMANN (1971-1973 - The Ohr Years):

1971 March ca - Ultima Thule (Teil 1 & 2) (single 1971)
1971 June 25, live in Ossiach, Austria - Ozillator Planet Concert (3-LP box 'Ossiach Live' 1971)
1972 May - ZEIT (2-LP Aug 1972)
1972 Dec - 1973 Jan - ATEM (LP March 1973)
1973 Aug - GREEN DESERT (remixed and mastered in 1984, LP/CD 1986) (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke)

EDGAR FROSE, CHRIS FRANKE, PETER BAUMANN (1973-1977 - The Virgin Years):

1973 Nov - PHAEDRA out-takes (CD 2 & 3 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1973 Dec - PHAEDRA (LP 20 Feb 1974)
1973 Nov - 1974 March - AQUA (Edgar Froese solo-LP 21 June 1974)
1974 June 12-15 - Oedipus Tyrannus (CD 6 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1974 June 16, live at The Victoria Palace Theatre, London - (CD 4 & 5 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1974 Oct 26, live at at The Rainbow, London - (CD 7 & 8 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1974 Oct 29, live at Sheffield City Hall, UK - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 1 (live-CD box 2003)
1975 Jan - RUBYCON (LP 21 March 1975)
1975 April 2, live at Royal Albert Hall, London - (CD 10 & 11 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1975 June-July - EPSILON IN MALAYSIAN PALE (Edgar Froese solo-LP 28 Sep 1975)
1975 Oct 4, live at Coventry Cathedral, UK - (Bonus track on CD 13 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1975 Oct 23, live at Croydon Fairfield Halls, London - Ricochet (part two) (on LP RICOCHET)
1975 Oct 23, live at Croydon Fairfield Halls, London [full concert] - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 1 (live-CD box 2003)
1975 Oct 26-Nov 2 - Ricochet (part one) (on LP RICOCHET)
1976 Jan 31, live at Pabellion de la Casilla, Bilbao, Spain - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 1 (live-CD box 2003)
1976 May 23, German documentary and performance "Signale aus der Schwäbischen Strasse" (Disc 18 Blu-ray in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1976 June - MACULA TRANSFER (Edgar Froese solo-LP Aug ca 1976)
1976 June 27, live at Berlin Philharmonie [remixed] - SOUNDMILL NAVIGATOR (live-CD 2000)
1976 June 27, live at Berlin Philharmonie [original live mix] - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 1 (live-CD box 2003)
1976 July-Aug - ROMANCE 76 (Peter Baumann solo-LP Oct ca 1976)
1976 Aug - STRATOSFEAR (LP Oct 1976)
1976 May-Oct ca - SORCERER (soundtrack LP early June 1977)
1976 Oct 3, live at Coventry Cathedral, UK - (Music from RICOCHET) (Disc 18 Blu-ray in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1976 Nov 8, live at Albert Hall, Nottingham - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 2 (live-CD box 2004)
1977 March 29 - April 26, live in North America - ENCORE (live-2LP Oct 1977)
1977 April 4, live at Lisner Auditorium, Washington - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 2 (live-CD box 2004)

EDGAR FROSE, CHRIS FRANKE & SOLO (1977-1979):

1977 - Haunted Heights (Peter Baumann solo piece) (Bonus track on CD 15 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1977 Aug-Nov - AGES (Edgar Froese solo-2LP Jan 1978)
1978 Jan - CYCLONE (LP March ca 1978) (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Steve Jolliffe, Klaus Kruger)
1978 Feb 24, live at Audimax, Hamburg - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 2 (live-CD box 2004)
1978 - Baryll Blue (Edgar Froese solo piece) (Bonus track on CD 15 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)
1978 Aug-Sep - FORCE MAJEURE (LP Jan/Feb 1979) (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke)
1978 July - 1979 Jan - TRANS HARMONIC NIGHTS (Peter Baumann solo-LP March ca 1979)
1979 summer - STUNTMAN (Edgar Froese solo-LP Oct 1979)
1979 - Chimes and Chains (Chris Franke solo piece) (Bonus track on CD 16 in BOX "IN SEARCH OF HADES - THE VIRGIN RECORDINGS 1973-1979" 2019)

EDGAR FROSE, CHRIS FRANKE, JOHANNES SCHMOELLING (Late 1979 - Dec 1985):

1979 late - 1980 late Feb - TANGRAM (LP May 1980)
1980 Jan 31, live in East Berlin - QUICHOTTE (1 & 2) (East German LP 'Quichotte' 1980 & European LP PERGAMON April 1986)
1980 Summer - Nov THIEF (US movie 25 March 1981, LP/CD)
1980 Nov 4 - Edinburgh Castle (live encore) (on ANTIQUE DREAMS CD)
1981 Jan - Calymba Caly (on ANTIQUE DREAMS CD)
1981 June-July - EXIT (LP Sep 1981)
1981 Oct 25, live at City Hall, Newcastle - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 2 (live-CD box 2004)
1982 Jan - WHITE EAGLE (LP March 1982)
1982 early - KAMIKAZE 1989 (German movie 16 July 1982, Edgar Froese solo soundtrack-LP/CD)
1982 early - THE SOLDIER (final mixing in June; movie premiered in France/Germany in July 1982, and in USA in Aug 1982) [CD 5 in "PILOTS OF PURPLE TWILIGHT" 2020]
1982 Feb 22, live in Sydney, Australia - SOHOMAN (live-CD)
1982 May ca - Das Mädchen auf der Treppe/Flock/Katja/Speed (Single, from "Tatort" TV soundtrack 27 June 1982)
1982 Nov 6, live at Dominion Theatre, London - LOGOS LIVE (live-LP Dec 1982)
1983 early - RISKY BUSINESS (US movie 5 Aug 1983, soundtrack LP/CD)
1983 Feb - THE KEEP (US movie 16 Dec 1983, limited CD late 1997)
1983 Feb/March ca - Daydream/Moorland (Single, from "Tatort" TV soundtrack 3 April 1983)
1983 early/spring - WAVELENGTH (US movie 16 Sep 1983, LP/CD)
1983 spring - KYOTO (unreleased LP; CD 2005) (Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmoelling)
1983 May - PINNACLES (Edgar Froese solo-LP Sep 1983)
1983 June 11, live at Fassbinder Memorial, Frankfurt - THE BOOTLEG BOX SET VOL. 2 (live-CD box 2004)
1983 Aug - HYPERBOREA (LP Oct 1983))
1983 Nov - THE KEEP (movie premiered in USA 16 Dec 1983) [CD 10 in "PILOTS OF PURPLE TWILIGHT" 2020]

1983 Dec 10, live in Warsaw, Poland - POLAND (live-2LP Nov 1984)
1984 early - FIRESTARTER (US movie 11 May 1984, soundtrack LP/CD)
1984 after Firestarter - FLASHPOINT (US movie 21 Aug 1984, soundtrack LP/CD)
1984 - HEARTBREAKERS (US movie 28 Sep 1984, LP/CD)
1985 Jan-Feb - LE PARC (LP May 1985)
1985 Feb/Mar ca - THE PARK IS MINE (TV movie 6 Oct 1985, soundtrack CD 1992)
1985 Oct-Dec - LEGEND (US movie 18 April 1986, soundtrack LP/CD)
1985 Oct - 1986 Jan -Valley of the Sun/Beach Bay Bunker/Vanishing Blue/Red Morpho (THE DREAM ROOTS COLLECTION CD FIVE) (Froese, Franke)

EDGAR FROSE, CHRIS FRANKE, PAUL HASLINGER (March 1986 - Aug 1987):

1986 March 25, live at Brighton Dome, UK - VAULT IV (live 4-CD box, 2005)
1986 March 27, live at Hammersmith Odeon, London - Dominion (DREAM ENCORES, 1998)
1986 April - UNDERWATER SUNLIGHT (LP/CD Aug 1986)
1986 June 8, live in Albuquerque, New Mexico - Livemiles (Part One) (on live-LP LIVEMILES April 1988)
1986 June 24, live at Cleveland Convention Center, Ohio, USA - VAULT IV (live 4-CD box, 2005)
1987 Jan ca - DEADLY CARE (US TV movie, premiered 21 March 1987; CD 1992)
1987 Feb - TYGER (LP/CD June 1987)
1987 spring - SHY PEOPLE (premiered May 1987 in Cannes, soundtrack LP/CD early Dec 1987)
1987 summer - A Time for Heroes (The official theme music of the 1987 international summer special olympics games) (CD single)
1987 Aug 1, live in Berlin - Livemiles (Part Two) (on LP LIVEMILES April 1988)
1987 after? - CANYON DREAMS (laserdisc late Oct 1987, CD 1992)
1987 after? - NEAR DARK (soundtrack LP/CD Nov 1987)
1987 after Near Dark - THREE O'CLOCK HIGH (US movie 9 Sep 1987, LP/CD/MC Nov 1987)

EDGAR FROSE, PAUL HASLINGER (1988-1990):

1988 March-April ca - MIRACLE MILE [1988 Version] (soundtrack 3 Sep 1988)
1988 April-May - OPTICAL RACE (LP/CD 2 Aug 1988)
1988 May - Lost Tale (released on KLEM CD 1989)
1988 Sep 24, live Berkeley Convention Center, San Francisco, U.S.A - ROCKFACE (2-CD Dec 2003) (Froese, Haslinger, Wadephul)
1988 Oct - DEAD SOLID PERFECT (US TV movie 18 Dec 1988, CD 1991)
1988 Aug/Sep - House of the Rising Sun (Live) (US magazine vinyl flexi 6" March 1989; also on ANTIQUE DREAMS CD) (Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Ralf Wadephul)
1989 - MIRACLE MILE [1989 Version] (soundtrack LP/CD 20 May 1989)
1989 spring/early summer ca - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (movie 14 Oct 1989, CD 1994)
1989 July-Aug - LILY ON THE BEACH (LP/CD 30 Oct 1989)
1989 Sep-Oct ca - DESTINATION BERLIN (soundtrack LP/CD 10 Dec 1989)
1989 Dec - L'AFFAIRE WALRAFF [THE MAN INSIDE] (soundtrack LP/CD June 1990)
1990 Feb 20, live at the Werner Seelenbinder Halle, East Berlin - EAST (CD 2004) (Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Jerome Froese, Linda Spa, Hubert Waldner)
1990 - MELROSE (CD/LP Oct 1990) (Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Jerome Froese, Hubert Waldner)

Last update 2019-06-14.

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