''Logos Live'' is the eighteenth major release and fourth live album by Tangerine Dream. It was released in December 1982. It is a live album from the concert at the Dominion Theatre in London, England. Much like '' Tangram'' with short movements connected by atmospheric segues, ''Logos'' captured a period of Tangerine Dream's evolution from experimental to melodic, documented also by their soundtrack to the motion picture ''

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'' a year later. From the two-hour concert, 50 minutes of music original to the concert was included on the album. The entire concert was officially released in full, along with ''Logos Live'', on the ''Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-83'' boxset in 2020. Before the official release, the full concert could be found on the

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release ''Tangerine Leaves Volume 1: London 1982''. The same concert was played at

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on 31 October 1982 and released as ''Tangerine Tree Volume 12: Croydon 1982''. Segments from the Dominion concert, including parts of the ''Logos Live'' album, were used as musical score for the 1983 film '' The Keep'', though the eventual soundtrack that was released for the film only included segments from the concert that were not on ''Logos Live''.

Track listing

The releases of ''Logos Live'' do not split parts one and two, but these thematic sections have been remixed or re-recorded and used in other albums as separate tracks. Some CD releases combine parts one and two into a single track.

Personnel

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Christopher Franke Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventua ...

Johannes Schmoelling Johannes Schmoelling (born 9 November 1950 in Lohne, Germany) is a German musician and keyboard artist. He was a member of the prolific electronic music group Tangerine Dream from 1979 to 1985. A classically trained musician, he began playing pi ...

References

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