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** Also applies to their music video anthology, ''Songlines''. Only released on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc (and long out of print on both), a DVD of ''Songlines'' would be only included in the remastered May 2021 release of ''The Breathtaking Blue''.
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** Also applies to their music video anthology, ''Songlines''. Only released on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} [[Platform/{{VCR}} VHS]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc Platform/LaserDisc (and long out of print on both), a DVD of ''Songlines'' would be only included in the remastered May 2021 release of ''The Breathtaking Blue''.
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* ContractualObligationProject: According to Marian, "Sounds Like A Melody" and "Universal Daddy" were written only because the record company wanted more singles. He's come to like "SLAM" over the years, but not "Universal Daddy."
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* OldShame: According to Marian, "Sounds Like A Melody" and "Universal Daddy" were written only because the record company wanted more singles. He's come to like "SLAM" over the years, but not "Universal Daddy."
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** The lyrics for the chorus from "Rendezvoyeur" on ''Strange Attractor'' are recycled from "Duel" on Klauz Schulze's ''Tranceland'', a song for which Marian Gold provided vocals and lyrics. Some of the lyrics for "Duel" were recycled in turn from "Into the Dark," which was written during the ''Forever Young'' sessions but left off of the album.
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** The ''Strange Attractor'' album itself was briefly known by the working title ''Xenolalia.''
** Before "In the Gods" was released on [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] in 2020 it was known by the working title "Gallery" going as far back as its first live performances in the late 2000s.
** Before "In the Gods" was released on [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] in 2020 it was known by the working title "Gallery" going as far back as its first live performances in the late 2000s.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Marian Gold's solo album ''So Long Celeste'' was recorded as a rock-oriented album with members of Albert and the Heart of Gold. WEA insisted on bringing English remix duo The Kid & Jon to produce the album and make it more electronic, as they felt a rock album by the lead singer of Alphaville wasn't marketable. Disc 5 of ''Dreamscapes'' features most of the tracks from ''So Long Celeste'' in their original form.
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** Marian Gold's solo album ''So Long Celeste'' was recorded as a rock-oriented album with members of Albert and the Heart of Gold. WEA insisted on bringing English remix duo The Kid & Jon to produce the album and make it more electronic, as they felt a rock album by the lead singer of Alphaville wasn't marketable. Disc 5 of ''Dreamscapes'' features most of the tracks from ''So Long Celeste'' in their original form.
** Marian Gold's solo album ''So Long Celeste'' was recorded as a rock-oriented album with members of Albert and the Heart of Gold. WEA insisted on bringing English remix duo The Kid & Jon to produce the album and make it more electronic, as they felt a rock album by the lead singer of Alphaville wasn't marketable. Disc 5 of ''Dreamscapes'' features most of the tracks from ''So Long Celeste'' in their original form.
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** Some lyrics from "My Very Blood," a song cut from ''Catching Rays on Giant'' but occasionally performed live, were reused for ''Strange Attractor's'' closing track, "Beyond the Laughing Sky."
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* ArtistDisillusionment: One of the reasons why Frank Mertens left Alphaville after ''Forever Young''. Even before the band took off, he rarely gave interviews and was absent from most press appearances. Once the first album became a hit, he was totally unprepared for all the attention. He formed another band called Lonely Boys just to record enough songs to honor his contract with the record company, then gave up being a musician.
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* ArtistDisillusionment: One of the reasons why Frank Mertens left Alphaville after ''Forever Young''. Even before the band took off, he rarely gave interviews and was absent from most press appearances. Once the first album became a hit, he was totally unprepared for all the attention. He formed another band called Lonely Boys just to record enough songs to honor his contract with the record company, then gave up being a musician. See ReclusiveArtist below.
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** Frank Mertens, already media shy while a member of Alphaville, completely left the public eye after the breakup of his band Lonely Boys in 1987. He got an economics degree and lived for a time in France before returning to Germany and settling in Cologne. Since abruptly leaving Alphaville in December of 1984, he has apparently not spoken to Marian Gold at all, and did not speak to Bernhard Lloyd until 1998, and has only kept occasional contact with him since then. His last public appearance was in 2000, at a presentation of his art project, titled ''Maelstrom''. No known photographs of him taken after this presentation exist online. His mother, Edith, gave a short interview to a local Cologne newspaper in 2005, where she discussed his issues with psychosis, which may explain his reclusiveness.
** Ricky Echolette, though not as media shy as Mertens while a member of Alphaville, has been just as reclusive since his departure in 1996. Since leaving Alphaville he permanently moved to France, as it is his wife's home country, and dedicated himself to raising his family. Since then he has made no public appearances, and no known photographs of him taken after 1994 exist online.
** Frank Mertens, already media shy while a member of Alphaville, completely left the public eye after the breakup of his band Lonely Boys in 1987. He got an economics degree and lived for a time in France before returning to Germany and settling in Cologne. Since abruptly leaving Alphaville in December of 1984, he has apparently not spoken to Marian Gold at all, and did not speak to Bernhard Lloyd until 1998, and has only kept occasional contact with him since then. His last public appearance was in 2000, at a presentation of his art project, titled ''Maelstrom''. No known photographs of him taken after this presentation exist online. His mother, Edith, gave a short interview to a local Cologne newspaper in 2005, where she discussed his issues with psychosis, which may explain his reclusiveness.
** Ricky Echolette, though not as media shy as Mertens while a member of Alphaville, has been just as reclusive since his departure in 1996. Since leaving Alphaville he permanently moved to France, as it is his wife's home country, and dedicated himself to raising his family. Since then he has made no public appearances, and no known photographs of him taken after 1994 exist online.
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** Another reason Bernhard Lloyd gave for leaving Alphaville, and probably the principal reason. When he announced he was leaving, Lloyd made vague reference to a former manager who created a "situation that was completely lost."
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* ThePeteBest: Bassist Marc Simon (real name Fried Gerber), who was a member of proto-Alphaville band Chinchilla Green along with Marian and Bernhard, asked to join Alphaville after seeing them perform at Forum Enger. After briefly taking part in the recording sessions for "Big in Japan," he was "allowed to leave the band." He was long gone by the time "Big in Japan" shot the group to stardom. Some early pressings of the single list him as a songwriter along with the other three members, but the song had already been written well before he joined.
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* WorkingTitle: ''Prostitute'' started production under the working title ''Strange Attractor''. The latter, of course, eventually became an album title more than twenty years later.
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** ''Catching Rays on Giant'' was delayed from a tentative 2005 release to November 19, 2010. For this album it seems the main difficulties were in reducing the 25+ songs written during the production period down to a more manageable number for the final tacklist.
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** ''Catching Rays on Giant'' was delayed from a tentative 2005 nebulous 2004/2005 release to November 19, 2010. For this album it seems the main difficulties were in reducing the 25+ songs written during the production period down to a more manageable number for the final tacklist.tracklist.
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** The music from Frank Mertens' ''Maelstrom'' project were only available on [=CDs=] purchased from his web site, which has been defunct for years.
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** Another Herman Schneider project, a stage musical based on [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]], had Alphaville commissioned to provide the music, but the production ran out of money and was eventually abandoned.
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* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: In the early 2000s Alphaville released a series of songs on their web site planned for a limited edition CD titled ''Dreamscapes #9''.[[note]]This eventually became the ''Crazyshow'' box set[[/note]] A couple of these songs featured lyrics written by members of the fan club e-mail mailing list.
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* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: In Some of the early 2000s Alphaville released a series of songs on their web site planned for a limited edition CD titled the web-based ''Dreamscapes #9''.[[note]]This #9'' project[[note]]This eventually became the ''Crazyshow'' box set[[/note]] A couple of these songs featured lyrics written by members of the fan club Alphaville e-mail mailing list.
