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 (1983-12-10)
Venue	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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poland"	22:36
2.	"Tangent"	19:55
3.	"Barbakane"	18:04
4.	"Horizon"	21:10

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

"Tangent" contains a hidden track at the end, an encore titled "Rare Bird", which is not listed on the sleeve of any of the original 1984 issues. On some CD reissues, it is separated and listed as its own track.

The four tracks consist of 3-4 distinct sections each. The third of the four sections of "Tangent" is titled "Polish Dance" (which is notably similar to the composition "Choronzon" from Exit, played backwards). The second section of "Barbakane" is titled "Warsaw in the Sun", which was remixed and released as a single, with "Polish Dance" unaltered on the b-side.

"Barbakane" was shortened to 13:52 on most CD reissues, in order to fit the 80-minute time restraint of the CD, and to avoid having to issue a double disc version.

Out of twelve CD releases, only three issues have the complete album:

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

All other issues have the truncated version of "Barbakane". Some releases remove "Tangent" altogether.

It was also available as a limited edition picture disc which feature the cover photos directly on the vinyl.

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" b/w "Polish Dance" (UK no. 96)