Omega band question

The Omega catologue can be just as confusing as the Hawkwind catologue. Especially for someone just getting into the band. I'll have to correct NotAProghead regarding the 1972 ELO Omega LP. it was actually recorded in the studio on January 17 1972 with the audience tracks taken from actual live shows.. If you have an original copy this is more evident than on the CD remaster. I got mine from a Hungarian friend from Debrecin who had to get his ass out of Hungary because the secret police wanted to put him in the slammer because he had a BIG mouthl. It's blue on silver rather than maroon on silver and the cover is sort of metallic with no credits or track listings. Track listings are on the label.

The English Omega albums from Omega ,1973 ( red cover ) to Omega Live At The Kisstadion,1979 were produced by Peter Hauke who was familiar with the band as far back as the sixties. The first  three English Omega albums excluding ( Red Star From Hungary that was released on Decca Records in England in 1968 accompanied by a short tour ) Omega ( Red cover ), 200 Years, Omega III and Hall Of Floaters In The Sky were recorded in 1973 ,1974 & 1975 the latter being recorded in England at the Chipping Norton studios if I remember correctly  and didn't have anything to do with concurrent Hungarian releases.  They contained English language versions of Hungarian albums recorded from 1972-75 including a track titled Never Feel Shame from Hall Of  that did not appear on any Hungarian language LPs but was released in the Hungarian language  on a later compilation. Time Robber, Skyrover, Gammapolis had identical music tracks with the vocals dubbed over in the respective languages. My friend from Hungary told me that the live Hungarian ELO Kisstadion and English Live At The Kisstadion came from two different shows in which they did half of each show in English and half in Hungarian but don't quote me on that . The track Rush Hour does not appear on the English CD version because of space restrictions.

200 Years was also released in Brazil in '75 I think but I don't know of a US pressing. I know that Bacillus pressed 200 years three times with the last pressing being non-quad The only two north Amereican pressings of Omega albums were Skyrover ( with shooting star cover ) and the Omega compilation with the Poenix cover on the Canadian Passport label in '75 and '78 respectively. The album Working was also produced by Peter Hauke but for WEA Germany. Tony Carey ( ex -Rainbow ) helped them with the English language versions of the tracks which appeared on the Hungarian Omega !) AZ ARC album. Songs had a totally different meaning in English and had a more pop sounding approach. I asked Laszlo Benko about the Boney M connection and he set the record straight here

www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=69275

Hope this might help as well. There's also a German language album from '73 that I didn't get until '97 on CD. I dunno one could go crazy. I believe there might also be some Japanese pressings as well because they actually played in Japan in the early seventies!







Edited by Vibrationbaby - October 18 2012 at 15:22

I don't know what Wiki guys say, but let's sort it out.

Edited by NotAProghead - October 16 2012 at 18:04