Solaris 1990

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Album Info

Release Date: 1996

Label: Gong

Almost identical to this release but it contains two bonuses also.

Total playing time: (from a CD player)
CD 1: 52'54"
CD 2: 50'28"
Playing times of tracks 2-1 to 2-10 are also from the CD player.
Made in Hungary

English translation of the notes on the booklet and back cover:

26th February 1990. The group SOLARIS would be 10 years old today. But it is not so, because on the 7th April 1986 we ceased to exist.
This album includes the records which could not be released when we existed.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-7 "1980" - first radio recordings
Track 1-8 "Los Angeles 2026" - 'A' side of the second Solaris LP which was never released
Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 "Éjszakai tárlat (Exhibition at night)" - The suite performed on the farewell concert on 7th April 1986.
Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 "Ünnepi koncert (Celebration concert)" - the music of the concert held on the 40th anniversary of our disbanding

Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 "Ünnepi koncert (Celebration concert)"
(Recording of the concert on 7th April 2026)
Performed by:
Ingrid STEFFL - violin
WERNES GRÜNER - oboa
Rudolf SPATEN - flugelhorn
KonRAD EBERGER - trumpet
Jiri PODRAVKA - double bass
KŐBÁNYAI V.I.L. ÁKOS - cimbalom and tárogató
and
Slovak State PILSNER URQUELL and the TUBORG Symphonics, conducted by Helmut GÖSSER
Libterro written by EGGER BEER and HANSA PILS used the poeme translations of HEINECKEN.

Note to the the last section: Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 "Ünnepi koncert (Celebration concert)" - You can find totally (sci) fictitious data about the concert and the performers using common beer brand names in Hungary at that time (1986).

Differences in catalog numbers:
# Catalog printed on back booklet and spines: HCD 37310-11
# Catalog printed on disc: HCD 3731011

Package in a standard double jewel case with black tray and 4-page booklet.

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