Some decades ago I decided to follow the white rabbit... down the rabbit hole. Once you start collecting you stumble over more and more "easter eggs". Hidden secrets that the majority of sceners are not aware of.
Follow me down into the deeper dungeons of scene collectables that you might have never heard of before.
Note: This is not about reviewing releases and it's not about imposing my opinion on you. I simply want to show you some gems that are out there.
Let's begin with the obvious...
Jochen Hippel Give It A Try [Thalion THCD 1]
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/1808727-Jochen-Hippel-Give-It-A-Try
Thalion as a record label? Yes indeed... even if there was only one release. I guess you already know Jochen Hippel's 'Give It A Try' album from 1990. This is a hard-to-get-item. Sold on Discogs for 10 to 25 Euros... but you have to find somebody who is selling this.
I managed to buy a copy back then through ASM's (Aktueller Software Markt) mail order catalogue, which was my favourite German game magazine back in the day. All MP3s are freely available on Demozoo but it will be much harder to obtain an original release of the CD in physical form. Self-made copies are floating around in the scene.
They came up as prizes in a competition years ago... Jochen even signed them. One of these copies is in my collection as well.
Let's take a closer look into the tracks:
1. Wings Of Death (Main Theme)
Original: NOT RIPPED
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104753/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/wings-of-death
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-wings-of-death_10849.html
2. Bittner Rap
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104754/
Original: https://demozoo.org/music/103397/
3. Glory (No Second Prize)
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104755/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/no-second-prize
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-no-second-prize_10101.html
4. Wings Of Death (Second Theme)
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104756/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/wings-of-death
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-wings-of-death_10849.html
5. The Tower (Off Power)
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104757/
https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/tower-fra
Appeared only on the Amiga in the game 'Tower FRA'.
6. The Wizard
Reference:
https://demozoo.org/music/104758/
Original song. This is not a copy.
7.0 Excerpts From Dragonflight (Part I-III)
7.1 Part I: Dawn At Ontaflareth
7.2 Part II: Night At Pagena
7.3 Part III: Olagstag's Flight
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/104759/
Original: https://demozoo.org/music/114632/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/dragonflight
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-dragonflight_9172.html
Joi - Kaos Engine [Vinyl, 12", White Label]
https://www.discogs.com/de/master/3192729-Joi-Kaos-Engine
Can you stop the 'Kaos Engine'? Hold wait? It's 'The Chaos Engine' right? Well the credits inside the game are a bit misleading and are partly wrong, so it is harder to figure out which dance-act did the soundtrack in this case. In earlier Bitmap Brothers releases it was quite clear that it is 'Betty Boo' or 'Bomb The Bass'.
The game credits say "Farook and Haroon Joi" which is not really correct. Correctly it would only be "JOI" because that was the formation that delivered the title-track. The group was formed by the brothers Farook Shamsher and Haroon Shamsher.
Once I figured out who's really behind the title-track I discovered the following release on Discogs. There indeed was vinyl-release of the Chaos Engine title track with additional mixes. As usual with older music, these mixes are impossible to find on the net in any digital form.
It is NOT in my collection yet. Currently there are two sellers on Discogs from the UK. They offer them from 33 to 45 pounds plus shipping plus tax. Do the math.
A Kaos Engine
B1 Kaos Engine (Alternate Mix)
B2 Kaos Engine (Instrumental)
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/138143/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/the-chaos-engine
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-chaos-engine-_10535.html
Nation 12 Electrofear [CD, Album, Limited Edition][Tape Modern TPCD8]
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/558885-Nation-12-Electrofear
While we are at the Bitmap Brothers... they used a lot of commercial music that is well known and was even in the charts. When it comes to 'Gods' it is a different case as nobody knows 'Nation XII' and most people are not aware that there was a physical release of the title song. If you are able to purchase a copy of their album 'Electrofear' you should have a listen to track number 8 which is called 'Into The Wonderful'. Welcome to another 'Aha! Moment'. :)
01 Nation 12
02 She Was
03 Shadow Dancing
04 Florian
05 Electrofear
06 Listen To The Drummer
07 Leaving
08 Into The Wonderful 4:41 -> https://demozoo.org/music/113095/
09 Cities Of Light 1
10 Your Kisses Burn
11 Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible
12 Remember
13 Invisible Women
14 Electrofear (Alternative Mix)
15 Invisible Women (Electronic Mix)
16 Remember (Sub Dub Mix)
References:
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/gods
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-gods_9456.html
Various Immortal 3 [2 x CD, Compilation][synSONIQ Records AKCD002/003]
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/832735-Various-Immortal-3
Well for the next release I have just picked a few tracks that relate a bit more to the Atari scene than the others. I will not go too much into detail here as I consider this one as a more known release which makes it not really a deep-dive.
1-2 Gods "Into The Wonderful"
Composed By John Foxx, Shem McCauley, Simon Rogers
Performer Fabian Del Priore, Jan Zottmann
Vocals Per Almered -> https://demozoo.org/sceners/2101/
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/113095/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/gods
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-gods_9456.html
Another re-arrangement of the track from Nation XII (see above).
Note that the vocals are done by Per Almered (XIA):
https://demozoo.org/sceners/2101/
1-10 The Chaos Engine
Composed By, Arranged By Richard Joseph (2)
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/138143/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/the-chaos-engine
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-chaos-engine-_10535.html
Another re-arrangement of the track from Joi (see above).
2-1 Wings Of Death
Composed By, Arranged By Jochen Hippel
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/114663/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/wings-of-death
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-wings-of-death_10849.html
Some mash-up of several of the game tunes done by Jochen himself.
2-3 Speedball 2 "Brutal Deluxe"
Composed By Simon Rogers
Performer Christian Pignon
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/113085/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/speedball-2-brutal-deluxe
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-speedball-ii-brutal-deluxe_11323.html
Re-arrangement of the title track of the game.
2-5 Amberstar
Composed By, Arranged By Jochen Hippel
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/156225/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/amberstar
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-amberstar_33677.html
This is a re-arrangement of the title music done by Jochen himself.
2-6 Shadow Of The Beast 2
Arranged By Alexander Prievert, Jan Zottmann, Ruben Monteiro
Composed By Tim Wright (5)
https://demozoo.org/music/140698/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/shadow-of-the-beast-2
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-shadow-of-the-beast-ii_11193.html
Epic ambient recreation of the title music from SOTB2.
2-14 Obsession "Desert Run"
Composed By, Arranged By Per Almered -> https://demozoo.org/sceners/2101/
References:
https://demozoo.org/music/110417/
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/obsession
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-obsession_10112.html
Well this is a remake of the Desert Run level from the pinball game "Obsession". You can find it in the archives under "Obsession Level 8".
to be continued ...
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