Tangerine Dream / Phaedra 50th anniversary

Tangerine Dream’s fifth studio album, Phaedra, is being reissued as a 50th anniversary 5CD+blu-ray box set, in April.

The album was the German electronic group’s first for Virgin Records and was recorded in November 1973 at The Manor Studios (about six months after Mike Oldfield completed Tubular Bells at the same studio). It was released in February 1974 (so this is technically a 51st anniversary reissue) and spent 15 weeks on the UK album chart, peaking at No 15.

The new box set includes a remastered version of the album (I suspect this is actually the same as the version from 2019), previously released outtakes, the complete Victoria Palace Theatre concert from June 1974 (the band’s live debut in the UK) and a blu-ray with Steven Wilson’s 5.1 mix of the album (of which two out of the four tracks are Penteo upmixes, due to the master tapes being unavailable).

All of the content was previously available on the In Search of Hades 1973-1979 box set from 2019, which contained 16 CDs and two blu-rays, but that is long out-of-print. The new Phaedra box also features an illustrated book with a new essay by Tangerine Dream authority Wouter Bessels. 

Phaedra will be reissued on 18 April 2025, via UMR.

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Tracklisting

Phaedra Tangerine Dream / 50th anniversary box

• 4CD+blu-ray box
  • CD 1
    1. Phaedra
    2. Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
    3. Moments of a Visionary
    4. Sequent C

    Bonus tracks

    1. Phaedra (Steven Wilson stereo mix)
    2. Sequent C (Steven Wilson stereo mix)
  • CD 2: Phaedra Outtakes Vol 1 – Nov 1973
    1. 2nd Day (20.31)
    2. Flute Organ Piece (10.57)
    3. Phaedra Out-Take version 2A (20.37)
  • CD 3: Phaedra Outtakes Vol 2 – Nov 1973
    1. Phaedra Out-Take 1 (11.43)
    2. Phaedra Out-Take 2B (5.42)
    3. 2nd Side piece 1 (13.02)
    4. 2nd Side piece 2 (9.17)
    5. Organ piece (5.49)
  • CD 4: Live at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. 16th June 1974
    1. The Victoria Palace Concert Part One
  • CD 5: Live at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. 16th June 1974
    1. The Victoria Palace Concert Part Two
    2. The Victoria Palace Concert – Encore
  • Blu-ray
    1. Phaedra
    2. Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
    3. Moments of a Visionary
    4. Sequent C