[KRAFTWERK] discography question (OT ?)

[Filtre4Pole]

le 5/11/07 9:52, Matthew Dean à kraftwerk_za at yahoo.co.uk a écrit :

> 
> Unless Der Katalog is out and I never knew about it - KW 1 and 2 are still
> bootlegs... though if the buggers don't release them officially, then what can
> we do
> other than buy bootlegs?
>
 
Maybe, bying second hand original Philips/Vertigo LPs from that time ? ;-)

> 
> 
> Incidentally - if you like KW's stuff after Autobahn then these are seriously
> weird, 
> but they grow on you. KW1 - Ruckzuck is lovely, Stratovarius is a bit dreary
> (intro 
> is like 4 minutes long!) but okay I guess, Megaherz is surprisingly calming
> and

> Vom Himmel Hoch is good - again a long intro (over 3 minutes) but once you get
> into it, quite nice. Although there are some typical KW touches (Florian's
> flute!) it 
> is nothing like KW's trademark stuff.
>
 
What you call a long intro is for me the main part of the track. Vom Himmel
Hoch sounds far better (and is much more KW-like then) in its short 4 minute
edit version (the silly unnecessary krautrock part in the middle was
judiciously removed).


> 
> 
> Incidentally, how does it work - Philips released the LPs in Europe and
> Vertigo 
> released them in the UK, but to my knowledge both went bust or sold out - yet
> Autobahn was originally Philips/Vertigo and is now EMI. Anyone know more about
> this?
>
 
The Philips contract ended (the deal = full rights back home to Kling
Klang). Then Ralf & Florian decided that from their obsolete Philips catalog
only Autobahn would survive (officially becoming their first album, see the
Catalogue) with a slightly updated sleeve/artwork (licence to EMI).


Maybe, perhaps,

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