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The Hollywood Years 1971-1982 Vol. 2: The Dreamer Of Glass Beach |
19 |
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1999 | RPM Records (2) |
2 |
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The Go-Go Music Of The Mark Wirtz Orchestra & Chorus |
23 |
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1996 | RPM Records (2) |
3 |
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(He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman |
2 |
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1968-02-00 | Odeon |
4 |
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The Mark Wirtz Anthology - Garage Sale At Rainbow's End |
91 |
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2002-09-00 | Capital M |
5 |
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The Fantastic Story Of Mark Wirtz And The Teenage Opera |
40 |
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2001 | RPM Records (2) |
6 |
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Engel Fallen Nicht Vom Himmel / Shy Boy |
2 |
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1968 | |
7 |
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Wirtz And Music |
26 |
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2009 | |
8 |
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Caroline |
2 |
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1969-10-03 | CBS |
9 |
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Debut! |
12 |
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1966 | World Record Club |
10 |
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Balloon |
11 |
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1973 | Capitol Records |
11 |
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My Daddie Is A Baddie |
2 |
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1969 | CBS |
12 |
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Die Zeit Kennt Keine Wiederkehr |
4 |
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1970 | Columbia |
Born in 1943 in Strasbourg, Alsace (France).
Wirtz will always be remembered as the creator of the infamous [iTeenage Opera[/i which catapulted Keith West into momentary fame. Prior to this, he was a successful producer at EMI principally for his work on the stereo-only [iStudio 2[/i series.
Wirtz was already producing the (pre Tomorrow (2)) [i In Crowd[/i, had used Steve Howe as a session guitarist on various projects, and subsequently asked Keith West to assist him on the "Teenage Opera". Although the relative failure of [i Sam [/i, the second single, doomed its progress, he used Abbey Road down-time to assemble more "Opera" material, notably the highly complex [i (He's Our) Dear Old Weatherman[/i. It bore all of the producer's distinctive trademarks - swirling strings, child singers and a sumptuous melody - and the result was an artistic masterpiece. Sadly, it was not a commercial success and all remaining Opera music was shelved. Wirtz remained very active in the music world, recording a variety of albums and singles during the seventies.