Planet Voyage is an album by the German

Germany

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 andean new age

Andean New Age

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 band Cusco

Cusco (band)

The following note applies to many of the individual album pages as well, though they are not individually tagged:Cusco is a German andean new age band named after the Peruvian city of Cusco, which at one time was the capital city of the ancient Incan Empire...

. It was released originally in 1982, and is currently available under the Prudence label.

This album contains three of the tracks which were later reworked for the Mystic Island

Mystic Island

Mystic Island is an album by the German andean new age band Cusco. It was released in 1989, and was the band's second worldwide album release through Higher Octave Music....

 release (Milky Way, Pisces, and Leo), and also contains the track Venus, which utilizes what would become a signature synthesized panflute sound, and also electric rock guitars, and which has been featured on multiple compilations of Cusco's early material. Some of the more relatively reliable Cusco

Cusco (band)

The following note applies to many of the individual album pages as well, though they are not individually tagged:Cusco is a German andean new age band named after the Peruvian city of Cusco, which at one time was the capital city of the ancient Incan Empire...

 discographies show a 1983 release date, but the early Arista and Yupiteru pressings verify the 1982 original release year.

Track listing

1. "Milky Way"
2. "Ursa minor"
3. "Pisces"
4. "Swan"
5. "Andromeda"
6. "Venus"
7. "Leo"
8. "Saturn"
9. "Mars"
10. "Pegasus"

Album credits

• Kristian Schultz – Arranger, keyboard
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• Heidi Zimmermann – Choir, chorus
• Michael Holm
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    – Arranger, choir, chorus, producer
• Guenter-Erik – Thoener Mellotron
• Rainer Pietsch – Choir, Chorus
• Todd Canedy – Drum
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  s, percussion
• Jochen Scheffter – Engineer
• Charly Hörnemann – Guitar
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• Cusco – Main Performer
• Gary Unwin – Bass guitar
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• Andy Marx – Guitar