History (Alphaville album)
Encyclopedia
History is the rarest of Alphaville
albums.
Released in 1993 only on cassette, and only to members of the official fan club, History is a collection of early Alphaville demo tracks, b-sides, and a few out-takes.
Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold , Bernhard Lloyd , and Frank Mertens Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum,...
albums.
Released in 1993 only on cassette, and only to members of the official fan club, History is a collection of early Alphaville demo tracks, b-sides, and a few out-takes.
Track listing
- "HeadlinesRomeosRomeos is the first single from Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. It was released a month ahead of the album, and was the first single by Alphaville to be released as a CD single, previous singles having preceded the format's rise in popularity.-Reviews:Graeme Kay praised singer &...
" (alternate lyrics) - 3:47 - "Fallen Angel" (demo) - 3:57
- "Big Yellow SunRed Rose (Alphaville song)Red Rose is the fifth and final single from Alphaville's 1986 album, Afternoons in Utopia. It was released in April 1987, and is their ninth single overall....
" (alternate demo mix) - 6:38 - "Voice of the Dolphins" - 0:12
- "Dance With MeDance with Me (Alphaville song)"Dance with Me" is the first of five singles from Alphaville's second album, Afternoons in Utopia. It was released in March 1986, ahead of the album.-Reviews:...
" (demo) - 4:02 - "She Fades Away" (demo 2) - 4:33
- "Ariana" (demo) - 3:27
- "Universal DaddyUniversal DaddyUniversal Daddy is the 6th single by Alphaville, and their second from their album Afternoons in Utopia.-Reviews:This song was described as one of the album's best songs and reminiscient of the kind of music that their contemporaries the Pet Shop Boys might produce.-Track listings:7" single#...
" (demo) - 4:18 - "Jet SetJet Set (Alphaville song)Jet Set is the fourth and last single from Alphaville's first album, Forever Young, and was released in March 1985.Re-recorded and released after founding band member Frank Mertens left the band, the 7" version drops the 'The' from the song's title and is mildly different from the original album...
" (demo) - 4:16 - "Big in JapanBig in Japan (song)"Big in Japan" is the debut single of the band Alphaville. It is from their 1984 album Forever Young. The title comes from a phrase Big in Japan, which was used to describe Western bands who are popular with Japanese audiences while garnering little attention in their home country.The single was a...
" (live 1988) - 4:20 - "Islands" (live 1988) - 5:21
- "Leben Ohne Ende" (demo) - 3:12
- "Forever YoungForever Young (Alphaville song)"Forever Young" is the title track from German rock/synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name. Though it was not the group's highest-charting European hit and failed to reach the American Top 40 despite three separate U.S...
" (live reggae version performed by Jamaican Wayne WonderWayne WonderWayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist...
) - 2:38 - "And I Wonder" (promo remix) - 5:25
- Of all the tracks on this compilation only "Jet Set" has later been re-released. The track appears on the DreamscapesDreamscapesDreamscapes is a limited edition eight-CD set of rare Alphaville recordings, released in 1999. It features 124 tracks with a total playing time of around 9.5 hours...
box set on CD #7, re-named as "Jet Set (Demo I)".
- "Leben Ohne Ende" is the song SeedsBig in Japan (song)"Big in Japan" is the debut single of the band Alphaville. It is from their 1984 album Forever Young. The title comes from a phrase Big in Japan, which was used to describe Western bands who are popular with Japanese audiences while garnering little attention in their home country.The single was a...
sung with its original German lyrics. The song title translates to "Live Without Ending", part of a line in the English lyrics.