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
All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.
Box 1
Disc 1: Film Musik (Disc 1 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Die Lieder des Prinzen Vogelfrei"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
28:26
2.
"Le Médaillon Magique"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
15:51
3.
"Schwermütiger Frühling"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
19:59
4.
"Der Optimismus"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
10:39
Disc 2: Narren des Schicksals (Disc 2 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"1. Satz (con moto)"
studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
20:22
2.
"2. Satz (grave)"
studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
22:55
3.
"3. Satz (ma con brio)"
studio (1992–3), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
27:37
Disc 3: Was War Vor der Zeit (Disc 3 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Nostalgic Echo"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 5
34:08
2.
"Titanische Tage"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 5
27:12
3.
"Die Lebendige Spur"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
12:44
Disc 4: Sense of Beauty (Disc 4 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Der Schönheit Spur"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
37:36
2.
"Ein Schönes Autodafé"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
21:24
3.
"Return in Happy Plight"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 11
19:08
Disc 5: Picasso Geht Spazieren (Disc 5 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Picasso Geht Spazieren: First Movement"
studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 12
78:39
Disc 6: Picasso Geht Spazieren (Continued) (Disc 6 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Picasso Geht Spazieren: Second Movement"
studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 12
15:33
2.
"Picasso Geht Spazieren: Third Movement"
studio (1992), reissued on La Vie Electronique 12
60:12
Disc 7: The Music Box (Disc 7 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"The Music Box"
studio (1993), 73:56 on Silver Edition; reissued on La Vie Electronique 12
79:13
Disc 8: Machine de Plaisir (Disc 8 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Machine de Plaisir"
studio (1993), 73:51 on Silver Edition; reissued on La Vie Electronique 13
78:32
Disc 9: Life in Ecstasy (Disc 9 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"La Présence d'Ésprit"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
17:32
2.
"Arthur Stanley Jefferson"
studio (1993), reissued on La Vie Electronique 13
56:55
Disc 10: Mysterious Tapes (Disc 10 of Silver Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"La Vie Secrète"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 6
62:20
2.
"Landpartie"
studio (1972), reissued on La Vie Electronique 16
10:47
Box 2
Disc 11: Zeitgeist (Disc 1 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"From and To"
concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 16
20:40
2.
"Zeit Geist"
concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 6
50:29
Disc 12: I Sing the Body Electric (Disc 2 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
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 4
49:11
3.
"Das Herz von Grönland"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 4
14:18
Disc 13: Alles ist Gut (Disc 3 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Alles ist Gut"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
36:40
2.
"Well Roared, Lion!"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
9:22
3.
"Der Blaue Glauben"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
32:16
Disc 14: The Future (Disc 4 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Electric Love-Affair"
studio (1974), reissued on La Vie Electronique 2
10:47
2.
"Tempus Fugit"
studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1
26:21
3.
"The Future"
studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 7
28:18
4.
"Gewitter"
studio (1978), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
9:22
Disc 15: Leiden mit Manu (Disc 5 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"And Now For Something Completely Different"
concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 16
0:37
2.
"Leiden mit Manu"
concert (1981), reissued on La Vie Electronique 16
38:28
3.
"Zeichen Meines Lebens"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
32:08
Disc 16: The Andromeda Strain (Disc 6 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Andromeda Strain"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 4
41:44
2.
"Make Room, Make Room"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 4
28:55
Disc 17: My Virtual Principles (Disc 7 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Dynamo"
studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1
14:19
2.
"My Virtual Principles"
studio (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 7
62:49
Disc 18: The Poet (Disc 8 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"The Poet"
concert (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 5
52:49
2.
"Fourneau Cosmique"
concert (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
25:35
Disc 19: Schwanensee (Disc 9 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Schwanensee II"
studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 6
21:01
2.
"Havlandet"
studio (1985), reissued on La Vie Electronique 10
27:22
3.
"Schwanensee I"
studio (1976), reissued on La Vie Electronique 6
26:48
Disc 20: Der Lauf der Dinge (Disc 10 of Historic Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Traumraum"
studio (1973), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1
31:32
2.
"The Real McCoy"
studio (1970), reissued on La Vie Electronique 1
12:50
3.
"Der Lauf der Dinge"
studio (1975), reissued on La Vie Electronique 3
20:45
4.
"Memento Mori"
studio (1974), reissued on La Vie Electronique 2
9:08
Box 3
Disc 21: Tradition & Vision (Disc 1 of Jubilee Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Tradition and Vision"
studio (1997), reissued on La Vie Electronique 14
78:45
Disc 22: Avec Arthur (Disc 2 of Jubilee Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Re: People I Know"
concert (1977), reissued on La Vie Electronique 7
40:19
2.
"Avec Arthur"
concert (1979), reissued on La Vie Electronique 7
37:29
Disc 23: Budapest (Disc 3 of Jubilee Edition)
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Ludwig Revisited"
concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 9
21:27
2.
"Peg Leg Dance"
concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 9
39:18
3.
"Die spirituelle Kraft des Augenblicks"
concert (1982), reissued on La Vie Electronique 9
15:30
Disc 24: Borrowed Time (Disc 4 of Jubilee Edition)
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.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"La Tolleranza (Excerpt)"
from CD 46 of The Ultimate Edition
7:32
2.
"In Praise of Idleness"
previously unreleased
4:15
3.
"Crazy Nietzsche (Excerpt)"
from CD 47 of The Ultimate Edition
11:08
4.
"Darkest Steglitz"
from CD 41 of The Ultimate Edition
7:22
5.
"In Cosa Crede Chi Non Crede? (Excerpt)"
previously unreleased; complete version reissued on Mirage
5:20
6.
"Discover Trakl (Excerpt)"
from CD 47 of The Ultimate Edition
7:20
7.
"Just An Old-Fashoined Schulze Track (Excerpt)"
from CD 48 of The Ultimate Edition
10:20
8.
"Der Optimismus (Excerpt)"
from CD 1 of The Ultimate Edition
6:24
9.
"Man at Work"
previously unreleased; reissued on La Vie Electronique 14
