The Early Days is the fourth compilation by German hard rock band Bonfire . It was released in 2004 by LZ Records and is a five-part CD set that was initially sold individually and then released as a box set. The set is a re-release of all the Cacumen material including the "Riding Away" single, the albums Cacumen and Bad Widow , and the Longing for You EP; the EZ Livin' album, After the Fire ; and the Lessmann/Ziller album, Glaub dran . All tracks have been digitally remastered and feature previously unreleased songs.
CD #1 - Cacumen
Title Writer(s) 1. "Berlin Girls" Claus Lessmann , Hans Ziller 3:49 2. "Queen of the Town" Lessmann, Ziller 3:18 3. "No Reason to Fight" Lessmann, Ziller 4:50 4. "Long Way" Lessmann, Ziller 3:34 5. "You Are Near" Horst Maier, Lessmann 3:12 6. "Magic Spell" Lessmann, Ziller 4:55 7. "Longsong" Lessmann, Ziller 3:04 8. "Riding Away" Lessmann, Ziller 4:50 9. "On the Rocks" Lessmann, Ziller 4:24 10. "Riding Away '79" Lessmann, Ziller 5:25 11. "Wintertale" Lessmann, Ziller 3:47 12. "On the Rocks (Demo)" Lessmann, Ziller 3:52
CD #2 - Bad Widow
Title Writer(s) 1. "Ain't Got No Woman" Claus Lessmann , Hans Ziller 3:22 2. "Bad Widow" Horst Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 5:37 3. "Games of Loneliness" Lessmann, Ziller 5:20 4. "Broken Man" Maier-Thorn 5:22 5. "Too Old to Rock" Lessmann, Ziller 3:44 6. "You Are My Destiny" Lessmann, Ziller 4:19 7. "Tonight" Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 4:47 8. "Strong Desire" Lessmann, Ziller 3:34 9. "I'm Gonna Make It Someday" Lessmann, Ziller 4:00 10. "Rescue Me" Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 3:44 11. "One Night Lover" Lessmann, Ziller 3:42 12. "Bad Widow (Live)" Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 8:09
CD #3 - Down to Hell
Title Writer(s) 1. "Longing for You" Claus Lessmann , Hans Ziller 4:05 2. "Woman" Lessmann, Ziller 3:56 3. "Down to Hell" Horst Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 3:42 4. "The Day Before" Lessmann, Ziller 5:50 5. "No More" Ziller, Lessmann 4:10 6. "I Still Need You" Ziller, Lessmann 4:31 7. "Starey Eyes" Maier-Thorn, Lessmann 5:25 8. "Night to Rock" Lessmann, Ziller 3:58 9. "It Must Be You (Live)" Lessmann, Ziller 3:52 10. "I'm Gonna Make It Someday (Live)" Lessmann, Ziller 3:57
CD #4 - After The Fire
Title Writer(s) 1. "Die 4 Rock" Hans Ziller 4:07 2. "Body Talk" Ziller 3:39 3. "Too Late for Paradise" Ziller, Dominik Huelshorst, Ossy Bohmer 5:00 4. "EZ Livin'" Ziller, Huelshorst, Bohmer 3:39 5. "See the Tears" Ziller, Claus Lessmann 4:43 6. "After the Fire" Ziller, Peter Henrics 4:33 7. "Rockin' into the Night" Ziller 3:32 8. "Taste My Sweet Love" Ziller 3:25 9. "Too Hot to Handle" Ziller, Angel Schleifer, Lessmann, Marc Ribler 3:31 10. "Take Me" Ziller 4:01 11. "Hold On" Ziller 4:04 12. "Anytime and Anywhere" Lessmann, Ziller 3:44 13. "Can't Stop Rockin'" Lessmann, Ziller 3:51 14. "See the Tears" Ziller, Lessamann 4:09 15. "Islands in the Sea" Lessmann, Ziller 4:35
CD #5 - Glaub dran
Title Writer(s) 1. "Geld macht sexy" Claus Lessmann , Hans Ziller 3:39 2. "Verdammt, was will ich" Lessmann, Ziller 4:51 3. "Bis wir uns wiedersehen" Lessmann, Ziller 4:46 4. "Freundschaft" Lessmann, Ziller 4:10 5. "Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy" Lessmann, Ziller 5:06 6. "Intro" Lessmann, Ziller 0:55 7. "Wach auf" Lessmann, Ziller 4:29 8. "Die Antwort weiß der Wind" Lessmann, Ziller 4:26 9. "Aus und vorbei" Lessmann, Ziller 3:45 10. "1001 Nacht" Lessmann, Ziller 4:50 11. "Dafür lieb ich dich so sehr" Lessmann, Ziller 3:12 12. "Deutschland" Lessmann, Ziller 3:30 13. "Kalt wie Eis" Lessmann, Ziller 4:05 14. "Mama" Lessmann, Ziller 4:35 15. "Pures Gift" Lessmann, Ziller 3:40 16. "Sie steht auf Rock 'n' Roll" Lessmann, Ziller 4:20 17. "Stell dir mal vor" Lessmann, Ziller 3:49 18. "Ich will leben" Lessmann, Ziller 5:19 19. "Für dich" Lessmann, Ziller 4:18