Andrew Joyner
07/25/97 10:26 AM
There I was, watching the Tour de France coverage, wondering whether I
could get that track on CD, 'cos it's my favourite Kraftwerk track. But a
bit of searching gave me this...
From the Kraftwerk FAQ (
http://sun1.bham.ac.uk/busbykg/kraftwerk/FAQ/)...
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Is Tour de France available on CD?
The song Tour de France was scheduled to appear on the Kraftwerk album
Technopop. However, this album was cancelled. Some material from Technopop
was reworked and appeared on the album Electric Cafe, but Tour de France
was not among them. The track was later used in the film Breakin' (aka
Breakdance), but the CD soundtrack of the film contains a cover version of
the track (by the group '10-Speed'), Kraftwerk having decided to release a
remix of their song only as a single (digest 1.084).
However, the track did subsequently appear in various forms on bootleg
remix CD's, such as Tour de Kraft (digest 2.488) and Werke (digest 2.462).
The only official CD release was of the 7" edit, on the compilation DJ's
Best, catalogue number 261281-222, distributed by BMG in Germany (digest
1.245); unfortunately this CD now appears to have been deleted.
A comprehensive account of the mixes released on vinyl appeared in digest
2.522, with corrections and additions in digest 2.523.
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NP: Cosmic Baby: Kinetik
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