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# Official Bootleg Series Vol 2

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2016 four CD live archive release. Esoteric Recordings&apos; Reactive label is proud to announce the release of the second volume of an official bootleg series by the legendary Tangerine Dream. This set includes a 1978 Paris concert as well as a 1980 show taped in East Berlin. Formed in Berlin in September 1967 by Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream are simply one of the most important groups to have emerged on the German music scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s. Always guided by the genius of Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream developed a sound based on the use of synthesizers and keyboards. In Britain, John Peel soon began to promote the band on his influential radio show which ultimately led to Tangerine Dream becoming one of the first acts to sign to Richard Branson&apos;s newly established Virgin label in 1973. Tangerine Dream&apos;s music would influence a whole host of musicians who followed in their wake, such as Julian Cope.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Official Bootleg Vol 2 vs. TT(?) and TT17(R).
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2016*

The 1978 show is of questionable provenance. A reliable fan site credits a performance on March 3rd, while the packaging states it to be on March 6th.  There is no way of resolving this minor issue as there is no recording of either show known to the broader Tangerine Dream trading community. It sounds like an audience recording, despite the lack of any obvious near-field audience noise in the first set, which also fades in after the set has begun and fades out before it is finished, thus no applause.  It sounds like an analog cassette recording, and this would also explain the truncated first set, at 48 minutes, the approximate actual length of one side of a 90 minute cassette. The noise level and frequency response are also typical of cassette. Further, it sounds very much like a mono recording given a very subtle fake stereo conversion treatment, with no sounds at any point clearly panned to one side or the other.  The probable source explains the generally fair to poor sound quality, yet this is probably the best-sounding example of a 1978 tour recording I have heard.  As for the music, there is a lot of falling back on motifs and techniques of previous tours, and when they try to improvise with vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Steve Jolliffe, it never really gels nicely.  Klaus Kreiger's drumming talents are largely wasted, with little opportunity for him to find a place to establish a groove, resorting mostly to washes of cymbals or just tapping his hi-hat along with the sequencers. Founder Edgar Froese and Jolliffe clashed frequently throughout the tour. From the included photos, it was clearly a visually stunning performance, thanks to Laserium. Too bad there was never a tour in support of the excellent Force Majeure album, which also featured Kreiger, but not Jolliffe.The singular event of the January 31st 1980 concerts at the Palast der Republik in East Germany was the real draw for me here, and I was not disappointed.  The liner notes claim this release is not a direct transcription from the radio broadcast, but includes some post-concert mixing by the band.  However, a band-endorsed fan trading group recording said to be based on a direct radio transcription is, in fact, almost perfectly identical to this release for the first two sets. The only difference is about 2db or so of additional hard limiting in this release. The encore set, however, is a significant and welcome upgrade.  The previously fan traded version was admitted to be an off-the-air recording by a fan, while this release clearly comes from a more direct source.  There is a lot of intentional bandpass-swept white noise in this encore which is largely absent from the traded version, probably due to frequency response limitations of the source, and possible algorithmic noise reduction applied in the fan remastering.  If you haven't heard this show, this would be the time to get it, as it is the best quality copy you are likely to get, and the organized fan trading community was asked to cease activities by Edgar about 10 years ago, and has complied.  More and more of the fan trading club output has been converted to official releases since then. This show was historical in many ways for the band and for the world.  The first performance by a West German band in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin wall, the first performance by long-time member Johannes Schmoelling, and arguably a sweet spot in the transition of the band from fully improvisational to rigidly pre-programmed.  Further, if you love the albums Tangram, or Pergamon, this is basically the essence of those two albums along with other unique passages and a lot of improvising on the themes.Bottom line, even if you have all of the Trees and Leaves and every previously released official Tangerine Dream album, or none of the above, I recommend this this set as an essential for anyone who loves Tangerine Dream, Electronic Music, Rock Music, or just Music.

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    The Second "Official Bootleg Series" Winner.
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2016*

This is the second release of Tangerine Dream "Official Bootlegs".  While the first release featured the classic lineup of Froese/Baumann/Franke and two shows recorded in cathedrals in Europe.  Box 2 has moved on a few years into the Johannes Schmelling era, and the first disk actually features TD with some vocal assistance.  And after hearing it you will soon realize why they didn't do that very often.  But not to worry, the vocal section is quite short.  The two shows in this set are from 1979 and 1980, both are excellent recordings and if you are a true TD fan, you will want these in your collection.

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    Johannes Schmoelling's live debut!
  

*by B***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020*

As my title states,the 1980 show is Johannes Schmoelling's live debut and what a way to start your tenure in TD. The East Berlin show is a treasure! The quality of the sound,the performance,everything about the show is just perfect. A little snippet of what would become "Tangram" is heard in the first set which is really cool. If you have the cd of "Pergamon" or "Quichotte" then you've heard the bulk of the second set. Which is a good release but when paired with the rest of the show,it puts the evening really into perspective. I love the idea of putting the new guy out there all by his lonesome to open the second set,a trial by fire as they say. And Johannes comes thru with a beautiful piano interlude to start the second half of the night. I have to admit I have a soft spot for this version of the band. I got to see them in Santa Monica later in November of 1980 and was just blown away.Now for the 1978 Paris show. I'm not the biggest fan of the "Cyclone" era stuff,but it's okay. The tape used is an audience tape,not a real bad one,but not the best I've heard. The Detroit show in Bootleg Box # 3 is an audience tape and sounds much better. Paris has it's moments,but I still go for the '80 show in this box.I still give it 5 stars mainly because the quality of the '80 show outweighs any and all flaws of the '78 show.I'm still pining for the Santa Monica shows from '77 & '80 to be the next box in the series. Who knows.

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