Hamburg Rome Wolfsheim

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Hamburg Rome Wolfsheim
Live album from Wolfsheim

Publication
(s)

October 20, 1997

Label (s) Strange Ways Records

Format (s)

CD, digital

Genre (s)

Synth pop

Title (number)

19th

running time

73:57

occupation

production

chronology
Dreaming Apes
(1996)
Hamburg Rome Wolfsheim Spectators
(1999)

Hamburg Rom Wolfsheim is the only live album of the German synth pop - duo Wolfsheim .

Creation and artwork

With the exception of two cover versions, all titles were written by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt, the song The Sparrows and the Nightingales in collaboration with Carlos Perón . All titles (in the original) were produced by Jose Alvarez-Brill or Carlos Perón, partly in collaboration with Heppner and Reinhardt or other producers. Lothar Gärtner and Perón acted as executive producers. The album was mastered under the direction of the Romanian Radu Marinescu. The live recordings were made by Jürgen Jansen. The album was released under the music label Strange Ways Records and distributed by Indigo . The album title and the cover picture are inspired by the "Heinzelmännchen", a radio device from Grundig AG , on whose display the locations Hamburg , Rome and Wolfsheim are listed among others .

Publication and promotion

The first publication of Hamburg Rom Wolfsheim took place on October 20, 1997 in Germany. The album consists of 19 tracks and includes live versions of songs from the last three studio albums, as well as all official single releases. The live recordings were made at six concerts during the Dreaming Apes Tour . There was no single release from this album.

content

All lyrics on the album are written in German or English. Musically, the songs move in the realm of dark waves and synth pop . The album consists of 17 previously released tracks and two new tracks. The songs Intro and A Million Lovesongs were newly recorded for this album. The intro is a purely instrumental piece . It is based on a piece by the Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák , which was reworked by Heppner and Reinhardt. In A Million Love Songs is a combination of already published titles A Million Miles and Love Song . Another cover version is the song Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town . The original was written in 1967 by the American Mel Tillis and first interpreted by Johnny Darrell.

Track list
# title Author (s) Producer (s) * length
1 Intro Antonín Dvořák Lothar Gärtner, Carlos Perón 1:20
2 The Sparrows and the Nightingales Peter Heppner, Carlos Perón, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Peron 5:09
3 A look into your heart Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Perón 3:40
4th It's not too late Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Perón 4:04
5 Annie Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Perón 4:12
6th Kissing the Wall Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Perón 3:39
7th Now I fall Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Gento Navaho, Carlos Perón, Markus Reinhardt 3:33
8th For You I'm Bleeding Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Peter Heppner, Carlos Perón, Markus Reinhardt 4:31
9 Elias Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 4:36
10 A million love songs Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Lothar Gärtner, Carlos Perón 7:05
11 Closer still Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 3:18
12 Upstairs Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 4:14
13 Old Man's Valley Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 2:56
14th A broken whisper Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 2:35
15th A New Star System Has Been Explored Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 4:12
16 Leave No Deed Undone Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 3:59
17th Over the year Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt 3:53
18th Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town Mel Tillis Carlos Perón 3:33
19th This time Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt Carlos Perón 3:21

(*) Producer information for the associated studio versions.

Dreaming Apes Tour

Dreaming Apes Tour
Cover
from Wolfsheim
Beginning of the tour May 16, 1996
End of the tour May 26, 1996
Total concerts
(by country)
GermanyGermany Germany
Concerts in total 9
Wolfsheim tour chronology
Strange Ways Festival Tour 1994
(1994)
Dreaming Apes Tour 1996 Spectators Tour 1998/99
(1998)

The following list is an overview of the concerts Wolfsheim played on the Dreaming Apes Tour . The tour extended from May 16 to 26, 1996 and took you through nine German cities. During the tour Wolfsheim played pieces from their three studio albums and the released singles. A recording of the concerts was broadcast on EinsLive on July 21, 1999 as part of the Kult und Kaos program . The live recordings for the album took place at the concerts in Halle (Saale) , Potsdam-Babelsberg , Hildesheim , Dortmund , Bremen and Hamburg .

Tour dates
date city Venue country
May 16, 1996 Halle (Saale) Easy Shorre GermanyGermany Germany
May 17, 1996 Potsdam-Babelsberg Lindenpark
May 18, 1996 Hildesheim Four linden trees
May 19, 1996 Munich-Haidhausen Muffathalle
May 21, 1996 Mainz KUZ
May 22, 1996 Dortmund Live station
May 23, 1996 Bremen Modern
May 24, 1996 Schwedt / Oder P2
May 26, 1996 Hamburg Market hall

Contributors

reception

Until today the album could not place in any official charts. Exact sales figures are also not known.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfsheim - Hamburg Rome Wolfsheim. discogs.com, accessed August 15, 2015 .
  2. ^ Wolfsheim biography. grimmfrost.de, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  3. Wolfsheim - A Million Lovesongs. facebook.com, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  4. Online database - musical works. online.gema.de, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  5. News. grimmfrost.de, accessed on April 27, 2017 .