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compilation album
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by the German
rock
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band Eloy, released in 2003.
It compiles songs from every Eloy studio album released between 1975 and 1998, except ''
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'' (1983) and ''
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'' (1992). It also includes a previously unreleased live version of the song "Poseidon's Creation", recorded in
Munich
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in 1994.
The songs were selected by Eloy leader
Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.EMI Electrola with the vision to create an "''organic unity through musical transitions between the songs''", a task Bornemann found "''extremely difficult to realize''". Sorting the songs in order to match EMI's vision was done by the band's longtime graphics designer and friend Michael Narten, and master engineer Hans-Jörg Maucksch.
Narten also designed the album's
booklet
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, combining elements from the covers of every studio album represented. Bornemann appreciated his work with "''unreserved applause''".
Various past members of the band were invited to comment on songs they co-wrote and/or played on, with their comments included in the album's booklet.
Track listing
Music by Eloy, lyrics by
Jürgen Rosenthal
Jürgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer.
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Rosenthal was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road and became a member of the Scorpions along with Roth and Francis Buchholz. He appeared on the album ''Fly to the Rainbow'' before ...
except where noted.
Disc one
Disc two
Personnel
Musicians
See each original album's Personnel section accordingly.
Musicians playing on previously unreleased track "Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994) are:
*
Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.lead guitar
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vocals
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guitar
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*Michael Gerlach:
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*Klaus-Peter Matziol:
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*Bodo Schopf:
drums
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art direction
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graphics design
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