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Eloy: Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes

On January 10, 1979, “Harvest” label released “Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes”, the seventh Eloy studio band. It was recorded November – December 1978, at “Sound Studio N” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.

Personnel:

  • Frank Bornemann – lead vocals, guitars, arrangements
  • Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
  • Klaus-Peter Matziol – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
  • Jürgen Rosenthal – voice, drums, timbales, rototom, temple blocks, kettledrums, tubular bells, Morse key, triangle, flute
  • Brigitte Witt – vocals
  • Wolfgang Maus – vocal melody, arrangement
  • Georgi Nedeltschev – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Günther Kasper – recording
  • Wolfgang Thierbach – additional mixing
  • Winfried Reinbacher – painting

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jürgen Rosenthal, all music by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.

  1. a) Astral Entrance
    b) Master of Sensation
  2. The Apocalypse

a) Silent Cries Divide the Night

b) The Vision-Burning

c) Force Majeure

  • Pilot to Paradise
  • De Labore Solis
  • Mighty Echoes