Mothers Of Rain

This composition was played the first time during the 1986 European tour but not released until 1988.
There are several official versions of this composition:

the original studio recording (and an excerpt of it) from 1988
a live recording from 1988
a studio re-recording from 2002
two slightly different live recordings from 2006 and 2007, respectively
a live recording from 2016

Details


Recording year	1988
Composer(s)	Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger

Records


Tangerine Dream: Official Releases
1988	Optical Race [a]	5:13
	Optical Race [b] [2002 re-recording]	5:06
1989	Optical Race/Mothers Of Rain/Sun Gate/Ghazal [a]	5:13
1998	Atlantic Bridges [a]	5:13
2000	Tang-go [a]	5:13
2003	Rockface [a] [1988 live version]	5:21
2006	Live At The Tempodrome Berlin [a] [2006 live version]	5:54
2007	Orange Odyssey [a] [2007 live version]	5:04
2013	Booster VI [a]	5:16
2016	Particles [a] [2016 live version]	6:47
	Particles [b] [2016 live version]	6:47
	Particles [c] [2016 live version]	6:47
2019	Live At Augusta Raurica - Switzerland 2016 [a] [2016 live version]	6:33
	Live At Augusta Raurica - Switzerland 2016 [b] [2016 live version]	6:35
Tangerine Dream: Bootlegs
1992	Sound And Effects [a] [1988 live version]	3:24
	Ardem 'O' [a] [1988 live version, Part of the track Ardem 'O' Part One & Part Two]	5:00
1994	Spherical Harmonics One [a] [1988 live version, part of the track Kaleidoscopic Visions Parts 1-15]	4:49
Tangerine Dream: Fan Releases
2003	Tangerine Leaves Volume 4: Toronto 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	5:49
	Tangerine Tree Volume 32: London 2003 [a] [2003 live version]	5:23
	Tangerine Tree Volume 35: Birmingham 1986 [a] [1986 live version]	6:24
	Tangerine Leaves Volume 19: Hoffman Estates 1988 [a] [1988 live excerpt]	1:28
2004	Tangerine Tree Volume 42: New Haven 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	4:47
2005	Tangerine Leaves Volume 31: Los Angeles 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	5:28
	Tangerine Leaves Volume 48: New Orleans 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	4:24
	Tangerine Leaves Volume 56: Milwaukee 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	4:36
2006	Tangerine Tree Volume 85: New York 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	3:35
	Tangerine Leaves Volume 69: Columbus 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	5:08
	Tangerine Leaves Volume 88: Sarasota 1988 [a] [1988 live version]	5:05

Live Performances


1986	Mar 09 - Mar 31	Europe Tour 1986
1988	Aug 25 - Sep 28	North America Tour 1988
2003	February 15	London Astoria (UK)
2006	September 21	Berlin Tempodrom (Germany)
2007	July 01	Eberswalde Marktplatz (Germany)
2014	April 09	MSC Divina (Caribbean Sea)
2016	September 03	Windeck kabelmetal (Germany)
2018	April 13	Halle (Saale) Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle (Germany)