0:00:00 — Stratosfear [10.37]
0:10:37 — The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades [4.29]
0:15:06 — 3 a.m. At The Border Of The Marsh From Okefenokee [8.49]
0:23:55 — Invisible Limits [11.25]

August 1976
Audio Studios (Berlin)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann.

In summer 1976 Peter Baumann recorded his first solo album Romance 76, being quite different from TDs music of that period. That year Virgin had re-released the early TD records Electronic Meditation (1970), Alpha Centauri (1971), Zeit (1972) and Atem (1973), but the most important news was the August recording of Stratosfear (note the play on words!) at Audio Studios in Berlin. Besides the well-known instrumentation of mellotron and moog synthesisers, Tangerine Dream surprised their listeners with their use of acoustic instruments like harpsichord, acoustic guitars, grand piano and mouth organ. On the other hand, Peter Baumann used a new Project electronic rhythm computer which gave the percussive sequences a very dry, precise finish.

In 1995 Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called «Definitive Edition» series, featuring the original front cover artwork. The sound quality of this release, using the Super Bit Mapping technology, is probably the best up to now.