''The Early Days'' is the fourth compilation by German hard rock band

Bonfire A bonfire is a large and controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. Etymology The earliest recorded uses of the word date back to the late 15th century, with the Catho ...

. It was released in 2004 by LZ Records and is a five-part CD set that was initially sold individually and then released as a box set. The set is a re-release of all the Cacumen material including the "Riding Away" single, the albums ''Cacumen'' and ''Bad Widow'', and the ''Longing for You'' EP; the EZ Livin' album, ''After the Fire''; and the Lessmann/Ziller album, ''

Glaub dran ''Glaub dran'' is the only album by the German duo known as Lessmann/Ziller. It was released in 1993 on the label BMG International and featured the reunion of Claus Lessmann and Hans Ziller in musical partnership. The entire album is performed ...

''. All tracks have been digitally remastered and feature previously unreleased songs.

Track listing

;CD #1 - Cacumen ;CD #2 - Bad Widow ;CD #3 - Down to Hell ;CD #4 - After The Fire ;CD #5 - Glaub dran

Band members

Claus Lessmann Claus Lessmann (born 11 September 1960) is a German heavy metal musician and former lead singer of heavy metal band Bonfire. He was the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Lessmann was also ...

- lead vocals *

Hans Ziller Hans Ziller (born 18 May 1959) is a German musician, known as the founder, lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band Cacumen (a predecessor of Bonfire) as a teenage ...

- guitars *Uwe Köhler - bass *Jürgen Wiehler - drums

References

Billboard's Listing of The Early Days album
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