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Poland (album)

Poland
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1984 LP album cover
Live album by Tangerine Dream
Released November 1984
Recorded 10 December 1983 (1983-12-10)
Torwar Hall, Warsaw
Genre Electronic music, Berlin School
Length 81:49
Label Jive
Tangerine Dream chronology
Flashpoint
(1984)Flashpoint1984
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(1984)
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Poland - The Warsaw Concert is the fifth live album and twenty-fourth overall released by Tangerine Dream. It spent one week on the UK Albums Chart at number 90.

All tracks written by Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling.

The four tracks consist of 3-4 distinct sections each. The last two of the four sections of "Tangent" are titled "Polish Dance" (which is notably similar to the composition "Choronzon" from Exit, played backwards) and "Rare Bird" respectively, and the second section of "Barbakane" is titled "Warsaw in the Sun". There are also further, less known official and unofficial names for some other sections of the album, too. It was also available as a limited edition picture disc which feature the cover photos directly on the LPs' vinyl.

Out of twelve CD releases, only three have the complete album, all others are either missing "Tangent" along with a truncated version of "Barbakane", or include "Tangent" but still with a truncated version of "Barbakane".

The second is a double-CD release, copyrighted 1984 by Zomba Ent. Inc., Made in the U.S., and apparently difficult to find. On disk one, "Rare Bird", originally an encore, is split off from "Tangent" as a track on its own. The CD artwork, however, lists "Tangent" as a single full-length track.

A video from Polish TV is available on various video sites.

The following equipment were used on this live recording:


Chris Franke


Edgar Froese


Johannes Schmoelling


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