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Teheran, Delhi, Calcutta
1-1	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	13:00
1-2	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	11:30
1-3	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	4:33
1-4	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	21:26
1-5	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	20:46
Dacca
2-1	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	22:31
2-2	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	17:44
Manila
3-1	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled Guest [Special Guest], Congas – José "Pepito" Bosch	22:48
3-2	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled Guest [Special Guest], Congas – José "Pepito" Bosch	21:22
Seoul
4-1	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	22:29
4-2	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Untitled	18:29
Osaka
5-1	–Toshi Ichiyanagi	Arrangements (Excerpt)	9:55
5-2	–Shoko Shida	Lonely Mountain	10:05
5-3	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Same Trains	12:39
5-4	–Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Coda Guest [Special Guest], Synthesizer – Toshi Ichiyanagi	6:55

Credits

• Instruments [Mallet Instruments], Xylophone, Marimba, Metallophone, Vibraphone, Tabla, Idiophone [Flexatone], Castanets [Castagnets], Oboe [Japanese], Woodwind [Argool], Gong, Tam-tam [Tamtams], Electronics [Short-wave Receiver], Violin [Chinese], Erhu [Er-hu, Jung-hu], Wood Block, Effects [Echo Machine], Bells [Cup Bells], Esraj [Indian Israj], Electronics [Vco, Vcf], Vocals – Michael Ranta
• Piano, Piano [Prepared Piano], Strings [Piano Strings], Bells [Tibetan Tingshak, Water Tingshak], Bullroarer [Waldteufel], Rattle [Mokkatam Pot Rattles], Bells [Water Bells, Sleigh Bells], Gong [Gongs, Water Gongs], Performer [Tibetan Boo-chals, Water Boo-chals, Musical Clock], Horn [Tibetan Horn], Performer [Singing Tube], Maracas, Wood Block, Temple Block, Gong [Peking Opera Gongs], Castanets [Castagnets], Bells [Lead Camel Bell], Electronics [Short-wave Receiver], Swarmandel [Swarmandal], Whistle [Whistles], Woodwind [Argool], Drum [Monkey Drum], Xylophone [Toy Xylophone], Bells [Lion Bell], Ektare [Gopichand], Cymbal [Egyptian Cymbals & Sagat], Waterphone, Voice, Glockenspiel [Toy Glockenspiele], Kalimba [Thumb Piano] – Hartmut Geerken
• Remastered By [All Tracks Remastered By] – EP*

Notes

Title on front: the Heliopolar Egg live in: Teheran, Delhi, Calcutta, Dacca, Manila, Seoul, Osaka 1976
Title on spine: the Heliopolar Egg

Disc1
Rec. November 25; Baghe Ferdows-Zafaranieh in co-op with Nirt, Teheran, Iran.
Rec. December 1; Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi, India.
Rec. December 3/4; Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta, India.

Disc2
Rec. December 8; German Cultural Institute in co-op with the Academy of the Arts, Dacca, Bangladesh.

Disc3
Rec. December 13; Abelardo Inner Green (open air) in co-op with the U.P. College of Music, Manila, Philippines.

Disc4
Rec. December 15; Korea Drama Center, Seoul, Korea.

Disc5
Rec. December 18, Goethe-Institute, Osaka, Japan.

Box includes a 12-page booklet with flyers from the same period.
Discs housed in paper sleeves. Released in a sturdy cardboard box.
Limited edition of 500 copies.

Incidental info:
The Delhi, India recordings are not included with the original vinyl edition (QBICO 101).
On the Art into Life website, the catalog no. is given as AIL009.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LP50
• Mould SID Code: IFPI JU17
• Matrix / Runout (Disc1): heliopolar-001 c1507446-1 (SM1-F80031/6A)
• Matrix / Runout (Disc2): heliopolar-002 c1507446-2 (SM1-F80031/7A)
• Matrix / Runout (Disc3): heliopolar-003 c1507446-3 (SM1-F80031/8A)
• Matrix / Runout (Disc4): heliopolar-004 c1507446-4 (SM1-F80031/9A)
• Matrix / Runout (Disc5): heliopolar-005 c1507446-5 (SM1-F80031/10A)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
QBICO 101	Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta	Hartmut Geerken / Michael Ranta - The Heliopolar Egg ‎(LP, S/Sided + 5xLP + Box, Ltd)	Qbico	QBICO 101	Italy	2010
101 Art Edition	Hartmut Geerken, Michael Ranta	Hartmut Geerken, Michael Ranta - The Heliopolar Box ‎(Box, Ltd + 6xLP, Album)	Qbico	101 Art Edition	Italy	2010

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