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The Collectors Box offers the complete insight into Alphaville's "Eternally Yours": It contains the double CD and the Colored Vinyl GOLD Edition bundled in one box. Additionally and exclusively in the Collectors Box you can enjoy "Eternally Yours" in immersive Dolby Atmos sound via the Alphaville USB stick. Furthermore - and for the first time ever in 15 years - the Eternally Yours MC allows you to hear Alphaville on cassette. A large-format booklet with a track-by-track description by Marian Gold, lyrics by author Max Dax and photographic insights into the recording provide further exciting insights into the album and the history of Alphaville. Also included is a hand-signed photo print. The whole box can be stored relaxed in the Alphaville jute bag.



Tracklist:

Digital / 2CD

DISC 1

01. Dream Machine
02. Summer in Berlin
03. Big in Japan
04. Dance with Me
05. Summer Rain
06. Apollo
07. Elegy
08. Lassie Come Home
09. MoonGirl
10.Welcome to the Sun

DISC 2

01. A Victory of Love
02. Sounds like a Melody
03. Around the Universe
04. Eternally Yours
05. Diamonds Are Forever
06. Flame
07. Forever Young
08. Big in Japan (BassRoque Version)
09. Sounds like a Melody (Chamber Version)
10. Forever Young („Petite“)
11. Big in Japan (Single Edit)
12. Sounds like a Melody (Single Edit)
13. Forever Young (Single Edit)

3LP

A1. Dream Machine
A2. Summer in Berlin
A3. Big in Japan
A4. Dance with Me

B1. Summer Rain
B2. Apollo
B3. Elegy
B4. Lassie Come Home

C1. MoonGirl
C2. Welcome to the Sun
C3. A Victory of Love
C4. Sounds like a Melody

D1. Around the Universe
D2. Eternally Yours
D3. Diamonds Are Forever
D4. Flame
F5. Forever Young

E1. Big in Japan (BassRoque Version)
E2. Sounds like a Melody (Chamber Version)
E3. Forever Young (Petite Version)
E4. Big in Japan (Single Edit)
E5. Sounds like a Melody (Single Edit)
E6. Forever Young (Single Edit)

F1. Pandora's Lullaby (Lunapark Version MCMXCI)
F2. Elegy (Springtime Version MCMXC)
F3. Dream Machine (Dreamscape Version MCMXCIX)

Limited Collector's Box

- 3 Gold LPs
- 2 CDs
- Compact Cassette
- USB-Stick
- Alphaville jute bag
- signed photo print

Available formats:

- Digital
- 2CD (cat.no.: LR001)
- 3LPs
- Limited Golden Vinyl
- Limited Collector's Box

€149,99 is a lot of money for such a boxset. But well, Alphaville always seems to be expensive, when it comes to boxset releases.

The vinyl version contains three more tracks, the F-side, than the cd version.

Big in Japan here:
https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/308488787

Marian wanted it to sound like Wagner??? Complete flop, to my ears. Symphonic versions are good for rockers (Deep Purple started that strange tradition in 1970), not for synth poppers. Midge Ure with his Ultravox reworkings and Rational Youth proved it already. Why step into the same sh*t??

Uvox wrote:Big in Japan here:
https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/308488787

Marian wanted it to sound like Wagner??? Complete flop, to my ears. Symphonic versions are good for rockers (Deep Purple started that strange tradition in 1970), not for synth poppers. Midge Ure with his Ultravox reworkings and Rational Youth proved it already. Why step into the same sh*t??

Interesting to hear your opinion.

I, for one, thought the what Midge managed to achieve there with Orchestrated has been absolutely amazing.

xymox970 wrote:I, for one, thought the what Midge managed to achieve there with Orchestrated has been absolutely amazing.

you are not alone)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-review ... filter-bar

Just wonder, can you imagine Kraftwerk songs played to a live orchestra????

I see there is a 7" pic disc supporting this release:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2358340 ... ic-Version

A Sounds Like A Melody Symphonic Version Single Edit 3:32
B Fallen Angel Orchestral Demo Version 3:35

Lathe cut picture disc release of Sounds like a Melody Symphonic Version Single Edit from the forthcoming album Eternally Yours, B side released on Deluxe Version of Catching Rays On Giant.
Barcode: 616250138112

xymox970 wrote:

Uvox wrote:Big in Japan here:
https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/308488787

Marian wanted it to sound like Wagner??? Complete flop, to my ears. Symphonic versions are good for rockers (Deep Purple started that strange tradition in 1970), not for synth poppers. Midge Ure with his Ultravox reworkings and Rational Youth proved it already. Why step into the same sh*t??

Interesting to hear your opinion.

I, for one, thought the what Midge managed to achieve there with Orchestrated has been absolutely amazing.

Agree with you on the Midge Ure Orchestrated album, simply stunning, has to be one of the best orchestrated collections ever released.

Uvox wrote:

xymox970 wrote:I, for one, thought the what Midge managed to achieve there with Orchestrated has been absolutely amazing.

you are not alone)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-review ... filter-bar

Just wonder, can you imagine Kraftwerk songs played to a live orchestra????

Will a string quartet do?

postpunkmonk wrote:Will a string quartet do?

yeah, heard this, and even a crazier version of samba+Kraftwerk, do not remember that band name now))).

BTW, the full album is available now, at least via Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/308487877

What a cover:



Those danced like crazy to Big In Japan in mid80ies, you do not need any sleeping pill now)))

Ah, you are referring to Sr. Coconut!

I enjoy that one too, but my preference is with the Balanescu Quartet, who along with Elektric Music, got me through the Kraftwerk drought of the 90s!

postpunkmonk wrote:Ah, you are referring to Sr. Coconut!

I enjoy that one too, but my preference is with the Balanescu Quartet, who along with Elektric Music, got me through the Kraftwerk drought of the 90s!

When I first listened to this album I couldn't stop laughing, it is crazy yet brilliant.

WLR wrote:

postpunkmonk wrote:Ah, you are referring to Sr. Coconut!

I enjoy that one too, but my preference is with the Balanescu Quartet, who along with Elektric Music, got me through the Kraftwerk drought of the 90s!

When I first listened to this album I couldn't stop laughing, it is crazy yet brilliant.

No argument there from me. It's a lot of fun hearing the fabric of Kraftwerk stretched to distant paces.

After hearing this one, I think its very tastefully done.

Some versions are really quite surprising, like Dance With Me......takes the track in a totally new direction and adds another dimension to its beauty.

Gave it a few listens, trying to find something really amusing. no. my final verdict - KARAOKE. really tasteful is orchestration, I would agree. nothing else. back vocals are added from original master tapes, and Marian - sorrowfully - sounds like a visitor to a karaoke club, after a couple of vodka shots copying his favorite artists and tracks.
Good attempt though. Will not be erased from the hard drive))