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Reincarnation on Stage is the second live album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 2014. The album was recorded on various locations during the band's 2012–2013 tour in Germany and Switzerland. It was the first Eloy live album in 36 years, since Live was released in 1978.
Although Eloy was a German rock band that debuted during the same time period as the introduction of krautrock, they are not a part of that music scene. [4] Initially a hard rock band [3] with blues rock influences, [1] Eloy subsequently shifted into a different sound, which has been classified as progressive rock, symphonic rock [1] and space rock.
The second part, The Best of Eloy Vol. 2 - The Prime 1976-1979, was released in 1996. It compiles songs from the albums Inside , Floating and Power and the Passion , the first three of the six studio albums Eloy released during the 70s under the EMI Electrola label.
After the moderate success of Performance, Eloy decided to return to their prog rock roots, while trying to keep the 80s vibe in their music. According to the band's leader Frank Bornemann, audio engineer Harald Lepschies, who had previously worked with renown musicians like Herbert Grönemeyer, played a key role in Eloy achieving the exact sound they had in mind.
Chronicles I is the first of a two-part compilation of re-recorded songs by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1993. The second part, Chronicles II , was released the following year. As older Eloy albums had relatively poor sound quality due to the technical limitations of the 70s and early 80s, Frank Bornemann decided to re-record some of ...
It was the first time an Eloy album charted in a foreign country. The supporting live tour began on 1 March 1979 to an enthusiastic response from the fans. [ 7 ] The tour's highlight was a sold-out co-headlining concert with Scorpions , who were also touring to support Lovedrive , in the Cologne Sporthalle , on 19 March 1979.
During the autumn of 1979, Hannes Arkona joined Eloy as a touring member, a second guitarist along the band's leader Frank Bornemann.As personal tensions led to the departure of Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal, Bornemann decided to make Arkona a full-time member, and with the addition of Hannes Folberth and Jim McGillivray, the new Eloy lineup was completed by the spring of 1980. [9]
Capitalizing on the big commercial success of Ocean, Eloy incorporated innovative and expensive technology during their shows, such as laser light show and pyrotechnics. The booked venues had a relatively small capacity of 2000–3000 persons to facilitate ticket sales, but the demand was surprisingly higher and hundreds of fans were left out ...