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The Ultimate Edition
Box set by
Released1 January 2000
Recorded1970–1999
GenreElectronic music, space music
LabelSérie Poème
ProducerKlaus Schulze

The Ultimate Edition is a limited edition 50-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 collecting his previous limited edition multi-disc box sets Silver Edition (1993, 10 discs), Historic Edition (1995, 10 discs), and Jubilee Edition (1997, 25 discs), which contain unreleased archival recordings in addition to new studio material. A further five discs were added for this release. Several discs were altered and restructured from their original versions: discs 7 and 8 were extended by five minutes; discs 11, 13, 14, and 22 were slightly remastered; and discs 41 and 42 were restructured. Two tracks from Jubilee Edition were omitted ("The Unspoken Thing" from Disc 19 and "Ludwigs Traum" from Disc 21). The discs are divided into five boxes of ten discs, housed in individual cardboard sleeves. Between 2009 and 2015, tracks from this set were reissued as La Vie Electronique, a series of multi-disc CD sets releasing all the material of The Ultimate Edition in chronological order.[1]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

Box 1

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Disc 1: Film Musik (Disc 1 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Die Lieder des Prinzen Vogelfrei"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1128:26
2."Le Médaillon Magique"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1115:51
3."Schwermütiger Frühling"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1119:59
4."Der Optimismus"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1110:39

Disc 2: Narren des Schicksals (Disc 2 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."1. Satz (con moto)"studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1120:22
2."2. Satz (grave)"studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1122:55
3."3. Satz (ma con brio)"studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1127:37

Disc 3: Was War Vor der Zeit (Disc 3 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Nostalgic Echo"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 534:08
2."Titanische Tage"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 527:12
3."Die Lebendige Spur"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 312:44

Disc 4: Sense of Beauty (Disc 4 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Der Schönheit Spur"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1137:36
2."Ein Schönes Autodafé"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1121:24
3."Return in Happy Plight"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1119:08

Disc 5: Picasso Geht Spazieren (Disc 5 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Picasso Geht Spazieren: First Movement"studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1278:39

Disc 6: Picasso Geht Spazieren (Continued) (Disc 6 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Picasso Geht Spazieren: Second Movement"studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1215:33
2."Picasso Geht Spazieren: Third Movement"studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1260:12

Disc 7: The Music Box (Disc 7 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The Music Box"studio (1993), 73:56 on Silver Edition; reissued on La Vie Electronique 1279:13

Disc 8: Machine de Plaisir (Disc 8 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Machine de Plaisir"studio (1993), 73:51 on Silver Edition; reissued on La Vie Electronique 1378:32

Disc 9: Life in Ecstasy (Disc 9 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."La Présence d'Ésprit"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 317:32
2."Arthur Stanley Jefferson"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1356:55

Disc 10: Mysterious Tapes (Disc 10 of Silver Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."La Vie Secrète"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 662:20
2."Landpartie"studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1610:47

Box 2

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Disc 11: Zeitgeist (Disc 1 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."From and To"concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1620:40
2."Zeit Geist"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 650:29

Disc 12: I Sing the Body Electric (Disc 2 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Inside the Harlequin"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 6 (26:16)12:19
2."I Sing the Body Electric"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 449:11
3."Das Herz von Grönland"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 414:18

Disc 13: Alles ist Gut (Disc 3 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Alles ist Gut"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 336:40
2."Well Roared, Lion!"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 39:22
3."Der Blaue Glauben"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 332:16

Disc 14: The Future (Disc 4 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Electric Love-Affair"studio (1974), reissued on La Vie Electronique 210:47
2."Tempus Fugit"studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 126:21
3."The Future"studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 728:18
4."Gewitter"studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 39:22

Disc 15: Leiden mit Manu (Disc 5 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."And Now For Something Completely Different"concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 160:37
2."Leiden mit Manu"concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1638:28
3."Zeichen Meines Lebens"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 332:08

Disc 16: The Andromeda Strain (Disc 6 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Andromeda Strain"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 441:44
2."Make Room, Make Room"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 428:55

Disc 17: My Virtual Principles (Disc 7 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Dynamo"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 114:19
2."My Virtual Principles"studio (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 762:49

Disc 18: The Poet (Disc 8 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The Poet"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 552:49
2."Fourneau Cosmique"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 325:35

Disc 19: Schwanensee (Disc 9 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Schwanensee II"studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 621:01
2."Havlandet"studio (1985), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1027:22
3."Schwanensee I"studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 626:48

Disc 20: Der Lauf der Dinge (Disc 10 of Historic Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Traumraum"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 131:32
2."The Real McCoy"studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 112:50
3."Der Lauf der Dinge"studio (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 320:45
4."Memento Mori"studio (1974), reissued on La Vie Electronique 29:08

Box 3

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Disc 21: Tradition & Vision (Disc 1 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Tradition and Vision"studio (1997), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1478:45

Disc 22: Avec Arthur (Disc 2 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Re: People I Know"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 740:19
2."Avec Arthur"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 737:29

Disc 23: Budapest (Disc 3 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Ludwig Revisited"concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 921:27
2."Peg Leg Dance"concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 939:18
3."Die spirituelle Kraft des Augenblicks"concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 915:30

Disc 24: Borrowed Time (Disc 4 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Borrowed Time"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1377:12

Disc 25: Opera Trance (Disc 5 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Opera Trance"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1479:17

Disc 26: Real Colours (Disc 6 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The Real Colours in the Darkness"studio (1985), reissued on Inter*Face11:59
2."Hitchcock Suite"studio (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 840:05
3."Semper idem"studio (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 311:35
4."Wann soll man springen?"studio (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 315:05

Disc 27: Cyborgs Faust (Disc 7 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Cyborgs Traum"studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 139:11
2."Ballet pour le Docteur Faustus"studio (1978)38:17

Disc 28: Vie de Rêve (Disc 8 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Vie de rêve"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 548:52
2."L'affaire Tournesol"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 819:34
3."There was Greatness in the Room (Fragment)"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 68:29

Disc 29: Der Welt Lauf (Disc 9 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Goodwill"studio (1991), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1013:01
2."Whales"studio (1991), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1619:49
3."Experimentelle Bagatelle"studio (1970s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 34:06
4."Der Welt Lauf"concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1641:50

Disc 30: Die Kunst... (Disc 10 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Tag des offenen Denkmals"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 130:29
2."Les jockeys camouflés"studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 17:59
3."Die Kunst, hundert Jahre alt zu werden"studio (1971), reissued on La Vie Electronique 164:05
4."Interview with KS in 1982" 6:00

Box 4

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Disc 31: Olé! (Disc 11 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Olé!"concert (1991), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1016:27
2."Habla Español?"concert (1991), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1017:23
3."Gaudi Gaudi"concert (1991), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1023:07
4."Keep Up With the Times"studio (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 816:08
5."Fear at Madame Tussaud's"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 66:19

Disc 32: Titanensee (Disc 12 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Titanensee"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 227:05
2."Land der leeren Häuser"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 211:11
3."Studies for Organ, Keyboard and Drumset"studio (1974), reissued on La Vie Electronique 214:47
4."North of the Yukon"studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 220:39
5."I Remember Rahsaan"studio (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 85:20

Disc 33: Angry Moog (Disc 13 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Angry Young Moog"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 148:01
2."Kosmisches Gleiteisen"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 143:41
3."Operatic March"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 143:40
4."Kosmisches Gleiteisen, pt. 2"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 141:54
5."Angry Young Moog, pt. 2"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1413:11
6."Das große Identifikationsspiel"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 241:55
7."Kurzes Stück im alten Stil"studio (1970s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 37:00

Disc 34: Die Erde ist Rund (Disc 14 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The Oberhausen Tape"studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 522:58
2."The Other Oberhausen Tape"studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 622:00
3."Die Erde ist rund"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 711:52
4."Shadow Piece"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 413:08
5."German Interview with KS in 1984"reissued on La Vie Electronique 97:11

Disc 35: Deutsch (Disc 15 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Unheilbar Deutsch"concert (1985), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1053:49
2."Just Skins"studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1624:37

Disc 36: Unplugged (Disc 16 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Nightwind"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 216:12
2."Minuet"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 211:36
3."Signs of Dawn"studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 222:35
4."Phonetisches Plakat"studio (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 87:21
5."Study for Brian Eno"studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 17:17
6."Study for Philip K. Dick"studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 28:28
7."German Interview with KS in 1979"reissued on La Vie Electronique 72:27

Disc 37: Mostly Bruxelles (Disc 17 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Dans un jardin"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 839:58
2."Faster Than Lightning"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 829:50
3."Study for Terry Riley"studio (1971), reissued on La Vie Electronique 15:07

Disc 38: À la Mode? (Disc 18 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Verblüffe sie!"studio (1980s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 934:18
2."Seltsam Statisch"studio (1983), reissued on La Vie Electronique 921:28
3."Kompromisslose Invention"studio (1980s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 915:44
4."Maxxi"studio (1985), reissued as "Nichtarische Arie" on Inter*Face (13:47) and on La Vie Electronique 107:43

Disc 39: Interessant (Disc 20 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."National Radio Waves"studio (1980s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 953:00
2."The Midas Touch"studio (1980s), reissued on La Vie Electronique 920:06
3."German Interview with KS in 1984"reissued on La Vie Electronique 93:59

Disc 40: Stahlsinfonie (Disc 24 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Linzer Stahlsinfonie"concert (1980), reissued as DVD with Dig It59:58
2."Bona Fide"concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 814:29

Box 5

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Disc 41: Walk the Edge

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Walk the Edge"studio (1985), on Jubilee Edition (CD 21), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1046:25
2."Darkest Steglitz"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 47:39
3."Berlin Schöneberg"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 524:14

Disc 42: New Style

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Ein ruhiger Nachmittag"studio (1980s), on Jubilee Edition (CD 19), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1631:20
2."Get the Car, Harry"studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1619:05
3."For Barry Graves"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 5 (15:38)14:29
4."Suite Nr. 3, D-Dur, 2. Satz "Air" (Bach)"studio (1992), on Jubilee Edition (CD 19), reissued on La Vie Electronique 108:01

Disc 43: Höchstamtliche Sounds (Disc 22 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The Martial Law"concert (1983), reissued on La Vie Electronique 831:16
2."Blaue Stunde"studio (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 237:48
3."A Quick One"studio (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 83:49
4."Count Me In"studio (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 84:01

Disc 44: Planetarium London (Disc 23 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Der Ursprung der Welt"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1626:24
2."Midnight at Madame Tussaud's"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1616:17
3."Totally Wired"concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1634:00

Disc 45: 'Nuff Said! (Disc 25 of Jubilee Edition)

No.TitleNoteLength
1."'Nuff Said!"studio (1997), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1579:06

Disc 46: Bologna

No.TitleNoteLength
1."L'opera aperta"concert (1998), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1549:43
2."La tolleranza"concert (1998), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1515:23
3."Time Goes By"studio (1999), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1512:26

Disc 47: Discoveries

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Discover Trakl"studio (1978)27:55
2."Crazy Nietzsche"studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 743:12

Disc 48: From the Attic

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Just an Old-Fashioned Schulze Track"concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 473:20
2."Zooblast"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 143:11

Disc 49: The Cello

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Cum cello spiritu"studio (1999), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1526:40
2."Cellingua"studio (1999), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1527:40
3."Cello cum laude"studio (1999), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1524:18

Disc 50: Lone Tracks

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Berlin Zehlendorf"concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1621:24
2."Unikat"studio (1989), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1611:25
3."The Face of Mae West"studio (1990), reissued on La Vie Electronique 168:14
4."Himmel und Erde (Remix)"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 137:04
5."Vas Insigne Electionis"studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 139:44
6."Große Gaukler Gottes"studio (1994), reissued on La Vie Electronique 145:20
7."Dreieinhalb Stunden"studio (1996), reissued on La Vie Electronique 144:25
8."The Schulzendorf Groove (First Version)"studio (1998), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1411:32

Trailer

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Trailer
Compilation album by
Released1999
GenreElectronic music, space music
LabelSérie Poème
ProducerKlaus Schulze

Prior to the release of The Ultimate Edition a compilation album was made available in 1999, containing excerpts from the set, as well as three exclusive tracks, one of which ("In Cosa Crede Chi Non Crede?"), while appearing here as an excerpt, was later reissued complete on Mirage in 2005, and another ("Man at Work"), was later reissued on La Vie Electronique 14 in 2014.

No.TitleNoteLength
1."La Tolleranza (Excerpt)"from CD 46 of The Ultimate Edition7:32
2."In Praise of Idleness"previously unreleased4:15
3."Crazy Nietzsche (Excerpt)"from CD 47 of The Ultimate Edition11:08
4."Darkest Steglitz"from CD 41 of The Ultimate Edition7:22
5."In Cosa Crede Chi Non Crede? (Excerpt)"previously unreleased; complete version reissued on Mirage5:20
6."Discover Trakl (Excerpt)"from CD 47 of The Ultimate Edition7:20
7."Just An Old-Fashoined Schulze Track (Excerpt)"from CD 48 of The Ultimate Edition10:20
8."Der Optimismus (Excerpt)"from CD 1 of The Ultimate Edition6:24
9."Man at Work"previously unreleased; reissued on La Vie Electronique 142:29

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Klaus Schulze: The Ultimate Edition". Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
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