Chronicles I (Eloy album)
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Chronicles I is the first of a two part compilation of re-recorded hits by German
progressive rock
band Eloy
released in 1993. The second part, Chronicles II
was released the following year.
Early Eloy albums had relatively poor sound quality, leading Frank Bornemann
to re-record some of their most popular songs using modern recording technologies. He invited some of the former members of the band to play on the album.
Chronicles I contains songs from Ocean
(1977), Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
(1979), Colours
(1980), Planets (1981) and Time to turn
(1982) re-recorded and mixed in 1993. The album also contains one previously unreleased track from the album Destination
(1992).
Eloy former members playing on this album :
Additional personnel :
Technical personnel :
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Eloy
Eloy
Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums...
released in 1993. The second part, Chronicles II
Chronicles II (Eloy album)
Chronicles II is the second of a two parts re-recorded hits compilation by German progressive rock band Eloy. The album has been released in 1994 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the band...
was released the following year.
Early Eloy albums had relatively poor sound quality, leading Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...
to re-record some of their most popular songs using modern recording technologies. He invited some of the former members of the band to play on the album.
Chronicles I contains songs from Ocean
Ocean (Eloy album)
Ocean was the sixth album released by the German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1977 and is considered by many their finest album, a classic of the genre in Germany. It sold 200,000 copies, doing better than Genesis or Queen on the German charts.-Side Two:# "Decay of the Logos" -...
(1977), Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes is the eighth album by German progressive rock band Eloy, being released 1978. It is the third and last studio album with the line-up of Frank Bornemann, Detlev Schmidtchen, Klaus-Peter Matziol and Jürgen Rosenthal....
(1979), Colours
Colours (Eloy album)
-Side Two:# "Child Migration" – 7:23# "Gallery" – 3:08# "Silhouette" – 6:57# "Sunset" – 3:15Bonus tracks on 2005 remaster*"Wings Of Vision" – 4:14*"Silhouette " – 3:30-Personnel:* Klaus-Peter Matziol — Bass, Vocals...
(1980), Planets (1981) and Time to turn
Time to Turn
Time to Turn is an album by German progressive rock band Eloy, being released 1982. The UK issue, on the Heavy Metal World-wide label, featured different artwork by noted fantasy illustrator Rodney Matthews.-Track listing:...
(1982) re-recorded and mixed in 1993. The album also contains one previously unreleased track from the album Destination
Destination (Eloy album)
Destination is the fifteenth album by the German progressive rock band Eloy, released in 1992. It was the second album to be recorded with the new line-up of Frank Bornemann and Michael Gerlach. It also marked the return of Klaus-Peter Matziol, who last played with Eloy on the 1984 Metromania...
(1992).
Track listing
All tracks by EloyEloy
Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums...
- "Poseidon's Creation" - 11:28 (from Ocean)
- "The Apocalypse" - 11:02 (from Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes)
- "Silhouette" - 3:10 (from Colours)
- "Mysterious Monolith" - 6:10 (from Planets)
- "Sphinx" - 6:22 (from Planets)
- "Illuminations" - 6:19 (from Colours)
- "End of an Odyssey" - 9:15 (from Time to Turn)
- "Time to Turn" - 3:33 (from Time to Turn)
- "Spirit in Chains" - 5:49 (unreleased title, recorded during the Destination sessions)
- "Say it is Really True" - 4:25 (from Time to Turn)
Personnel
- Frank BornemannFrank BornemannFrank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Michael Gerlach - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Eloy former members playing on this album :
- Klaus-Peter Matziol - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Hannes Arkona - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Hannes Folberth - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Fritz RandowFritz RandowFritz Randow is a drummer from Germany. He has played in rock and heavy metal oriented bands such as Eloy, Victory, Sinner and Saxon and in 2007 with Peter Panka's Jane.-Biography:Randow started playing the drums when he was 13 years old...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional personnel :
- Nico Baretta - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Lenny Mac Dowell - fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- Amy, Sabine, Anne and Brigitte - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
on "Time to Turn" and "The Apocalypse"
Technical personnel :
- ProducedRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by Frank BornemannFrank BornemannFrank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:... - Engineered by Gerhard Wolfe, Michael Gerlach
- Mixed by Gerhard Wolfe