Hi!
A question:
I've come across three records of imprecise origin. Three vinyl lps that
seem to be Kraftwerk stuff but I'd like to check with you lot before I buy.
The guy at the shop gave them to me saying "I didn't even dare putting them
on the shelves", but after I listened to them he asked me whether I thought
it was Kraftwerk or not.
The three lps come each in a white sleeve, no cover, and white labels with
nought written on them. The writing on the vinyl (a short one) is deleted.
Titles and tracklisting (plus some pictures from Kfw "proper" lp covers)
come on a white A4 sheet stuck to the sleeve.
It goes:
1)
Kraftwerk
Edition 1997
A1 Tour de France
A2 Die Mensch-Maschine
A3 Musique Non Stop
B1 Electric café
B2 Nummern
B3 Der Telefonanruf
B4 Trans-europe Express
Serial no. on a sticker on the sleeve: Kraftwerk LP EUR COD 591
2)
Kraftwerk
Edition 1997 II
A1 Heimcomputer
A2 Die Roboter
A3 Techno Pop
B1 Ruckzuck
B2 Sex Objekt
B3 Die Stimme der Energie
Serial no. same as above
3)
Kraftwerk
Edition 3
A1 It's more fun to compute
A2 Kristallo
A3 Autobahn
A4 Hall of Mirrors
B1 Radioaktivitaet (sorry, I have no "umlaut" :-)
B2 Uranium
B3 Das Model
Serial no. on sticker on sleeve: DIVERSE/LP EUR EDITI... (sticker ends here)
Now the interesting bit: it all sounds very *GOOD*, mixed in an autechrian
kind of way plus very heavy 808 bass drums. Distortion is generalized on
some tracks.
First thing I thought was: it's the Tribal Gathering gig, or something like
that. There is some hiss on a few tracks, but no trace of applause or anything.
But then, it could have been someone remixing Kraftwerk in a *very* clever way.
The remix technique seems to be: get some samples from the original tracks,
chop them up nicely and add some sparse and loud drum machine loop plus some
distorted sound. That's why I thought it could be someone else, just
sampling the records and having a "1997" go at them. Whoever it is, they
have done a great job.
So the question is always the same: what IS this stuff? A bootleg of their
1997 exhibition? "Secret tapes"? Some clever unknown remixer at work? etc. etc.
The guy said he got them from the UK. I found very nice limited editions and
promos in that shop. This time though, he is asking for quite a lot of dosh,
so I want to know more about the stuff before I eventually buy it.
It's good stuff. And they're nice and heavy slabs of vinyl too. But I want
to know more (and the guy didn't seem too happy about this).
Let me know
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np: Joey Beltram - Aonox
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