Diamond Diary

There are several official versions of this composition:

the original studio recording from 1980 (and an excerpt of it)
a short single edit from 1980
three slightly different live recordings from 1980 and 1981
a remix from 2000, titled Diamond And Dust

Furthermore excerpts were used for the compositions Sorcerer And Thief and Thief Yang And The Tangram Seal .

Details

Recording year 1980

Composer(s) Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling

Alternate Title(s) Diamonds And Dust

Records

Tangerine Dream: Official Releases

1981 Dr. Destructo/Diamond Diary [Excerpt] 4:17

Thief [a] 10:48

Thief [b] 10:48

2000 Meng Tian [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2000 remix] 9:05

2001 The Past Hundred Moons [a] [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2000 remix] 9:05

2004 Aachen - January 21st 1981 [Titled Diamond Diary (Guitar Part)][1981 live version] 10:43

Paris - February 2nd 1981 [1981 live version, misspelled Daimond Diary] 10:51

2006 Preston - November 5th 1980 [1980 live version, wrongly split in two tracks titled Diamond Duster and Diamond Diary] 10:57

2014 Thief [c] 10:50

2019 The Past Hundred Moons [b] [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2000 remix] 9:04

2020 Pilots Of Purple Twilight 10:48

Tangerine Dream: Bootlegs

1993 Antarktis [Titled Schattentanz][1990 live version] 3:10

2004 Thief [Titled Main Titles / The Heist] 10:46

Tangerine Dream: Fan Releases

2002 Tangerine Tree Volume 14: Paris 1981 [1981 live version] 10:51

Tangerine Tree Volume 16: Warsaw 2001 [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2001 live version] 11:24

2003 Tangerine Leaves Volume 24: Cantu 1981 [Titled Diamond Diary (Guitar Part)][1981 live version] 10:58

Tangerine Leaves Volume 27: London 2001 [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2001 live version] 10:08

Tangerine Leaves Volume 7: Aachen 1981 [1981 live version] 10:43

Tangerine Leaves Volume 8: Dublin 1980 [1980 live version] 10:17

Tangerine Tree Volume 20: Warsaw 1997 [1997 live version] 3:02

Tangerine Tree Volume 26: Brussels 1980 [Titled Diamond Diary (Guitar Part)][1980 live version] 9:49

Tangerine Tree Volume 28: Firenze 1981 [Titled Diamond Diary (Guitar Part)][1981 live version] 10:37

Tangerine Tree Volume 29: London 1990 [1990 live version] 3:10

2004 Tangerine Tree Volume 38: Berlin 1987 [1987 live version] 3:05

Tangerine Tree Volume 46: Amsterdam 1997 [1997 live version] 2:45

Tangerine Tree Volume 56: Germany 1981 [Titled Diamond Diary (Guitar Part)][1981 live version] 10:51

2005 Tangerine Leaves Volume 29: Nottingham 1990 [1990 live version] 2:47

Tangerine Leaves Volume 35: Rome 1981 [1981 live version] 10:31

Tangerine Leaves Volume 37: Barcelona 2004 [Titled Diamonds And Dust][2004 live version] 9:34

Tangerine Leaves Volume 41: Zabrze/Budapest 1997 [1997 live version] 2:51

Tangerine Leaves Volume 45: Luxembourg 1980 [1980 live version] 9:58

Tangerine Leaves Volume 51: London 1990 [1990 live version] 3:02

Tangerine Leaves Volume 54: Hamburg 1980 [1980 live version] 10:12

Tangerine Leaves Volume 61: Santa Monica 1980 [1980 live version] 10:23

Tangerine Tree Volume 62: Preston 1980 [1980 live version] 10:57

Tangerine Tree Volume 70: Bristol 1990 [1990 live version] 3:19

2006 Tangerine Leaves Volume 77: Manchester 1990 [1990 live version] 2:53

Tangerine Leaves Volume 78: Liverpool 1980 [1980 live version] 11:05

Tangerine Leaves Volume 82: Bologna 1980 [1980 live version] 8:50

Tangerine Leaves Volume 83: Bonn 1997 [1997 live version] 2:57

Tangerine Leaves Volume 90: Worthing 1990 [1990 live version] 3:03

Tangerine Tree Volume 82: Munich 1997 [1997 live version] 2:57

Tangerine Tree Volume 84: Oxford 1990 [1990 live version] 2:58

Tangerine Tree Volume 90: Newcastle 1990 [1990 live version] 2:59

Live Performances

1980 Oct 11 - Nov 23 Tour 1980

1981 Jan 20 - Feb 14 Europe Tour 1981

1987 August 01 West Berlin Platz der Republik (Germany)

1990 Oct 25 - Nov 06 UK Tour 1990

1997 Apr 09 - Jun 13 Europe Tour 1997

2001 May 12 London Shepherds Bush Empire (UK)

August 31 Warsaw Swietokrzyski Bridge (Poland)

2004 Apr 22 - Apr 25 Spanish Tour 2004