Released 1999 Release date 1999 Label TDI Music | Artist Tangerine Dream Producer Edgar Froese | |
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Recorded 1999, Eastgate Studios (Vienna) and Mariner Studios (California) Mars Polaris
(1999) Soundmill Navigator
(2000) Similar Tangerine Dream albums, Other albums | ||
Mars Polaris — Deep Space Highway To Red Rocks Pavilion, is the sixty-seventh album by electronic group Tangerine Dream. It was originally released in 1999, and re-released in 2009. All the tracks appeared on their live album Rocking Mars, which was released in 2005 with 4 extra tracks. It was recorded at Stadthalle in Osnabrück.
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Background
According to Voices in the Net, in June 1999, Tangerine Dream performed a one-off concert during the Klangart Festival in Osnabrück, presenting their new album Mars Polaris — Deep Space Highway To Red Rocks Pavilion. The whole album was performed, though the track order was changed. The music performed is essentially identical to the studio versions, with some guitar and percussion work added. Some older tracks were included in the main set and the encores (which did not appear on Mars Polaris).
There is a version of the album that includes tracks from Great Wall of China. It is limited to only a few hundred copies. The master disc that included these tracks was mistaken for the Mars Polaris master, and was pressed shortly before Great Wall of China was released. The composite master was purposefully made, and was originally intended to be released to promote both albums.
Personnel
Songs
1Comet’s Figure Head10:03
2Rim of Schiaparelli6:15
3Pilots of the Ether Belt10:16