Tangerine Dream / Pilots of Purple Twilight: Virgin Recordings 1980-83

Ten-CD box set continues with Virgin era

Tangerine Dream follow up their superb In Search of Hades box set with another Virgin-era package. Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 showcases the next chapter and features newly remastered versions of the albums Tangram, Thief, Exit, White Eagle, Logos, Hyperborea along with the previously unreleased soundtracks.

The soundtracks are for the films The Soldier, the 1982 movie directed by James Glickenhaus and The Keep from the 1983 movie directed by Michael Mann. All audio has been re-mastered from the original master tapes by Ben Wiseman.

The design of ‘Pilots of the Purple Twilight’ matches ‘In Search of Hades’ (click image to enlarge)

Pilots of Purple Twilight also features additional previously unreleased material across four discs, including the full concert at The Dominion Theatre, London in November 1982.

In addition to this the soundtrack to Thief includes an extended promotional only version of  ‘Dr. Destructo’, White Eagle features six bonus tracks recorded for the German television crime drama series Tatort (originally released on a 12-inch single and a seven-inch single in Germany only), all of which are released for the first time on CD and digitally.

Finally, Hyperborea includes five bonus tracks originally issued on the Virgin soundtrack LP for the movie Risky Business, including Tangerine Dream’s biggest streaming track, Love On A Real Train.

The packaging is pleasingly consistent with the previous set and comes with a hardcover book with a new essay and many rare photographs and memorabilia.

This box is released on 30 October 2020 (was 16 Oct). We are stocking on the SDE shop.

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Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980 – 1983

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CD 1 – “Tangram” (Released as Virgin V 2147 in May 1980)

1. Tangram Set 1
2. Tangram Set 2

CD 2 –  “Thief” (Released as Virgin V 2198 in March 1981)

1. Beach Theme
2. Dr. Drestructo
3. Diamond Diary
4. Burning Bar
5. Beach Scene
6. Scrap Yard
7. Trap Feeling
8. Igneous

CD 3 – “Exit” (Released as Virgin V 2212 in September 1981)

1. Kiew Mission
2. Pilots of Purple Twilight
3. Choronzon
4. Exit
5. Network 23
6. Remote Viewing

Cd 4 – “White Eagle” (Released as Virgin V2226 in March 1982)

1. Mojave Plan
2. Midnight in Tula
3. Convention of the 24
4. White Eagle
5. Das Mädchen auf der Treppe*
6. Flock*
7. Katja*
8. Speed*
9. Daydream^
10. Moorland^

*Bonus tracks: Taken from the 12-inch EP “Das Mädchen auf der Treppe”, Released in Germany as Virgin 600 651 in May 1982 Previously unreleased on CD

^A & B-sides of single – Released in Germany as Virgin 105 271 in May 1983. Previously unreleased on CD

CD 5 – “The Soldier” soundtrack

1. Main titles
2. Cue #1 – variation on Logos #1
3. Cue #2 – variation on Horizon #1
4. Cue #3 – The Soldier #1
5. Cue #4 – variation on Dolphin Dance
6. Cue #5 – variation on Tangent #1
7. Cue #6 – The Soldier #2
8. Cue #7 – The Soldier #3
9. Cue #8 – The Soldier #4
10. Cue #9 – The Soldier #5
11. Cue #10 – variation on Horizon #2
12. Cue #11 – The Soldier #6
13. Cue #12 – The Soldier #7
14. Cue #13 – variation on Logos #2
15. Cue #14 – The Soldier #8
16. Cue #15 – variation on Horizon #3
17. End Titles

CD 6 – The Dominion Theatre Concert 6th November 1982

1. The Dominion Concert Part One*

*Previously unreleased

CD 7 – The Dominion Theatre Concert 6th November 1982

1. The Dominion Concert Part Two*
2. Midnight in Tula*
3. White Eagle*
4. Dominion

*Previously unreleased

CD 8 – “Logos Live” (Released as Virgin V 2257 in December 1982)

1. Logos (Part 1)
2. Logos (Part 2)
3. Dominion

CD 9 – “Hyperborea” (Released as Virgin V 2292 in November 1983)

1. No Man’s Land
2. Hyperborea
3. Cinnamon Road
4. Sphinx Lightning
5. The Dream is Always the Same*
6. No Future (Get off the Babysitter)*
7. Guido the Killer Pimp*
8. Lana*
9. Love on a Real Train (Risky Business)*

*Bonus tracks: Taken from the soundtrack album: “Risky Business”. Released as Virgin V 2302 in 1984

CD 10 – “The Keep” (Soundtrack to the 1983 film directed by Michael Mann)

1. Puer Natus Est Nobis (Gloria) (Thomas Tallis, arr. Edgar Froese)*
2. Arx Allemand (Edgar Froese)*
3. Truth and Fiction (Edgar Froese)*
4. The Silver Seal (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling)*
5. Ancient Powerplant (Edgar Froese)*
6. Supernatural Accomplice (Edgar Froese)*
7. The Challenger’s Arrival (Edgar Froese)*
8. Heritage Survival (Edgar Froese / Christoph Franke / Johannes Schmoelling)*
9. Parallel Words (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling)*
10. Canzone (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling)*
11. Voices from a Common Land (Edgar Froese / Christoph Franke / Johannes Schmoelling)*
12. Wardays Sunrise (Edgar Froese)*
13. The Night in Romania (Edgar Froese)*

* Previously unreleased