![]() Little America note Alphaville's Jconcert at the Utah State Fair Park Promontory Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, their first live appearance in the United States.More or less a music video compilation, but the band allowed the directors carte blanche to do as they wished, which for some of the directors involved nudity and not using the song through the whole segment. Songlines note An anthology film of short segments set to tracks from The Breathtaking Blue.Eternally Yours note An album of rerecordings backed by an orchestra.The actual title is simply Alphaville (1988) Alphaville (The Amiga Compilation) note The Amiga Compilation is a Fan Nickname for this East Germany-only release.After his death, Carsten Brocker took over on keyboards. Martin Lister passed away in May of 2014. Fifth member, bassist Maja Kim, joined the band the following year. The lineup for 2010's Catching Rays on Giant is Marian Gold, Martin Lister on keyboards, David Goodes on guitar, and Jakob Kiersch on drums. He has continued to be involved in the remastering process for rereleases of older material. Lloyd officially left Alphaville in 2003 note His involvement in Alphaville as a band member was basically finished after Dreamscapes released in 1999, though he still did managerial and promotional work until his official departure. Alphaville existed for a while as just Bernhard Lloyd and Marian Gold, during which they released the anthology box sets Dreamscapes and Crazyshow. Echolette left the band during the production of Salvation. This lineup produced the bulk of Alphaville's studio material, responsible for Afternoons in Utopia, The Breathtaking Blue, Prostitute, and Salvation. Frank Mertens left the band after the release of their first album, Forever Young, and was replaced by Ricky Echolette. The founding members were Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens, and singer Marian Gold. ![]() ![]() "Forever Young" has seen a new appreciation in recent years through several covers, remixes, and appearances in movie soundtracks and TV shows. While "Forever Young" and "Big in Japan" managed to peak at 65 and 66, respectively, on the US's Billboard Hot 100, Alphaville have always been best appreciated in Europe, releasing a few top ten singles in several countries throughout the 80s. They are best known for their two biggest hits, "Big in Japan" note No relation to the Tom Waits song of the same name and "Forever Young" note Not the Rod Stewart one, nor the Bob Dylan one, both released in 1984. The band was originally named Forever Young. Alphaville is a German Synth-Pop/ New Wave group that gained international popularity in the 1980s.
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