The Electric Sun Years Vol. I & II

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The Electric Sun Years Vol. I & II
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Released2002
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The Electric Sun Years Vol I & II is a DVD by Uli Jon Roth. It was released in 2002 and features archive footage of the early years of his band Electric Sun.

Track listing

Electric Sun era I

  1. Lilac 1:34
  2. Electric Sun 5:12
  3. Sundown 4:06
  4. Earthquake (Part II) 6:07
  5. Japanese Dream 3:22
  1. Fire Wind 5:37
  2. Virgin Killer 3:56
  3. Free Jam Encore (improvised) 4:35
  4. Mutron Jam (improvised) 2:07
  5. Red House Blues 4:03

Electric Sun Era II

  1. Icebreaker 4:02
  2. What Is Love? 3:12
  3. Why? 6:02
  4. Enola Gay - Hiroshima Today? 11:22
  5. Angel of Peace 3:34
  6. Return 3:13
  7. Cast Away Your Chains 3:29
  8. Virgin Killer (II) 2:00
  9. Drum & Percussion Solo (Clive Bunker-Simon Fox) 7:20
  10. Electric Sun 4:23
  11. Polar Nights 12:01
  12. Beethoven Paraphrase 7:10
  13. Hell Cat 2:50
  14. Dark Lady 7:36
  15. Midnight Sun (Newcastle Jam) 8:46

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