Poland (album)

Poland - The Warsaw Concert is the twenty-fourth major release and fifth live album by Tangerine Dream.[3] It spent one week on the UK Albums Chart at number 90.

Poland
1984 LP album cover
Live album by Tangerine Dream
Released	November 1984[1]
Recorded	10 December 1983 Torwar Hall, Warsaw[1]
Genre	Electronic music, Berlin School
Length	81:49
Label	Jive Electro
Producer	Froese, Franke, Schmoelling
Tangerine Dream chronology
Flashpoint (1984) Poland (1984) Heartbreakers (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poland"	22:36
2.	"Tangent"	15:53
3.	"Rare Bird"	04:02
4.	"Barbakane"	18:04
5.	"Horizon"	21:10

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".

• (1984) Jive/Teldec 8.28638
• (1984) Relativity 88561-8045-2, re-released in 1993
• (2011) Reactive EREACD 2018

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.

Personnel

• Edgar Froese
• Christopher Franke
• Johannes Schmoelling

Equipment

The following equipment were used on this live recording:[1]

Chris Franke

• Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
• Sequential Circuits Prophet 600
• Sequential Circuits Pro-1
• E-mu Emulator
• E-mu Custom Programmable Synth
• Moog Custom Programmable Modular Synth
• MTI Synergy
• PE Polyrhythmic Sequencer
• Compulab Digital Sequencer
• Syntec Custom Digital Drum Computer
• Simmons Drum Modules
• Quantec Room Simulator
• Roland SDE 3000
• Hill Multi-Mixer

Edgar Froese

• Yamaha DX7
• Yamaha YP-30
• Roland Jupiter-8
• Roland Jupiter-6
• Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
• PPG Wave 2.2
• PE Polyrhythmic Sequencer
• Publison DHM 89 B2
• Publison KB 2000
• Korg SDD 3000 Delay
• Roland SDE MIDI/DCB Interfaces
• Quantec Room Simulator
• Canproduct Mixer

Johannes Schmoelling

• Roland Jupiter-8
• PPG Wave 2.3 Waveterm
• EEH CM 4 Digital Sequencer
• Dr. Böhm Digital Drums
• Roland TR-808
• Mini Moog
• Korg Mono/Poly
• Roland SDE 3000 Delay
• Canproduct Mixer
• MXR 01 Digital Reverb
• MXR Digital Delay
• BOSS Overdrive/Flanger

Singles

• "Warsaw In The Sun" UK no. 96

References

1. Poland (Media notes). Tangerine Dream. Reactive Records. 2011. EREACD 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. Westergaard, Sean. Poland: The Warsaw Concert - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
3. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Poland". Voices in the Net.