Tangerine Dream

The Sessions Box Set

United Kingdom & Ireland 2022

- Live, released November 2022 -

Covers

8CD release Germany 2022
Box cover
Artwork: Bianca Froese-Acquaye

8CD release Germany 2022
Booklet cover
Photo: Katja Ruge

Tracks


1.	Chalk Session 22	1	35:25
2.	Brudenell Social Club Session 22	1	34:02
3.	Engine Rooms Session 22	2	28:56
4.	RNCM Theatre Session 22	2	35:00
5.	Phoenix Session 22	3	29:37
6.	St Luke's Session 22	3	26:30
7.	Grand Central Session 22	4	34:19
8.	Town Hall Session 22	4	32:34
9.	Riverside Session 22	5	29:23
10.	Coventry Cathedral Session 22	5	37:33
11.	Roundhouse Session 22	6	34:32
12.	Assembly Hall Session 22	6	30:34
13.	Corn Exchange Session 22	7	28:30
14.	Liberty Hall Session 22	7	22:28
15.	Trinity Centre Session 22	8	36:55
16.	Limelight Session 22	8	20:18
Total running time		496:36

Details


Recording date	March 2 to 23, 2022
Composer(s)	Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick, Steve Rothery, Sebastian Sadowski
Musician(s)	Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick, Steve Rothery, Sebastian Sadowski

Notes

In March 2022 Tangerine Dream did an extensive tour throughout Ireland and the UK. While the main sets consisted of some 'best of' from current and past albums, each show concluded with a improvised session of roughly half an hour. The Sessions Box Set includes all these sixteen sessions (though not in chronological order), split on eight discs with two sessions each. The discs come in individual cardboard sleeves. Additionally, the cardboard box includes 10 postcard-sized photos taken during the performances and a 20-page booklet with track listing, credits and photos both of the cities the concert took place in and of the band members performing live.

All sessions have been performed by Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick, with the exception of Limelight Session 22, where Sebastian Sadowski replaced Paul Frick who still was recovering from an illness. On three evenings, TD were accompanied by Steve Rothery from Marillion on guitar. These are: RNCM Theatre Session 22, Coventry Cathedral Session 22 and Roundhouse Session 22.

The Eastgate Music Shop about the CD release"After a long dry spell of deprivation of live concerts, Tangerine Dream could finally go on tour again. The pent-up musical energy was released by the band members Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick in March 2022 in Ireland and the UK especially in their live sessions, which were always played after the classic best-of set list of TD. As a VIP guest musician they invited Steve Rothery of Marillion, who accompanied the band with his guitar during a total of three live sessions in Coventry, London and Manchester.

On a total of 8 CDs the musically highly demanding live sessions have now been preserved for our TD friends, which means: over 8 hours of completely new music and pure musical enjoyment! The limited box set contains 8 CDs in a cardboard sleeve, a 20-page booklet and 10 separate photos of the band. This box set has it all!"

Fans who had hoped for a budget-friendly release bundle of sessions apparently were disappointed by the price the CD set (and the downloads as well) has been offered for, as it was notably more expensive than buying eight individual CDs from The Sessions series.

The CD set is said to be a limited edition, though it is unknown how many copies have been manufactured. Anyway, the set was still available from the Tangerine Dream shop in December 2024, two years after release.

A short time after its CD release this album became available as MP3 or FLAC download at the Tangerine Dream Download Shop as well.

Releases


Germany	2022: Eastgate 8CD: eastgate 094 CD; cardboard box, cardboard sleeves, booklet, ten separate photos, raffle ticket; no order number on discs, sleeves or box; limited edition Download: complete album or individual tracks as MP3 or FLAC