Tangerine Dream - The Melrose Years (2003)

Tracklist:
CD 1 "Optical Race" (1988):
1. Atlas Eyes (4:07)
2. Cat Scan (5:31)
3. Mothers of Rain (5:05)
4. The Midnight Trail (5:49)
5. Twin Soul Tribe (4:39)
6. Turning Off the Wheel (6:08)
7. Optical Race (3:27)
8. Ghazal (4:50)
9. Marakesh (8:17)
10. Sun Gate (4:42)
11. Ruling the Waves (4:46) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)

Info: A TANGERINE DREAM recording which brought Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann together again after eleven years, but this time it was not on a musical exploration. Peter Baumann had just founded his record label "Private Music" on which the album was then released.

CD2 "Lily On Tne Beach" (1989):
1. Lily on the Beach (4:12)
2. Crystal Curfew (5:22)
3 Desert Drive (3:49)
4. Mount Shasta (4:23)
5. Valley of the Kings (5:03)
6. Radio City (4:02)
7. Alaskan Summer (3:56)
8. Blue Mango Cafe (4:10)
9. Paradise Cove (3:47)
10. Too Hot for my Chinchilla (3:51)
11. Twenty-Nine Palms (3:23)
12. Gecko (3:27)
13. Long Island Sunset (6:56)
14. Pearl River (6:05) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)

Info: This marks the beginning of a longer relationship with acoustic wind instruments. On the track "Radio City" Jerome Froese appears the first time on a TD recording.

CD 3 "Melrose" (1990):
1. Three Bikes in the Sky (6:00)
2. Yucatan (5:23)
3. Rolling Down Cahuenga (6:47)
4. Desert Train (10:23)
5. Dolls in the Shadow (5:11)
6. Cool at Heart (6:05)
7. Art of Vision (5:32)
8. Electric Lion (8:16)
9. The Back of Beyond (7:45) (Bonus - Previously Unreleased)
10. Melrose (5:43)

Info: The last recording with Paul Haslinger and the last album for Private Music. On "Melrose", Jerome Froese is introduced as a permanent member of the band.

Total Time: 187:09