Organisation - Tone Float. 1970 RCA
Kraftwerk. 1971 Philips
Kraftwerk - II. 1972 Philips
Kraftwerk - Ralf and Florian. 1973 Philips
15 years later and nothing has changed. Kraftwerk themselves are the reason for this. Hence there are dozens of bootlegs. I own the spaceship Vertigo 2xLP of the first two albums and a bootleg CD of Organisation (that includes a cool bonus track). Probably the most obstinate reissues left to go, as they would sell plenty of copy even in this day and age.
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The first Kraftwerk and the Organisation album are practically the invention of the term Krautrock as we know it. II and Ralf & Florian begin down the metronomic man-machine path that made Kraftwerk so famous. These are the experimental albums before they hit the big time.
These guys are too powerful to let record execs bully them, so it appears it is they alone who do not want anyone to get their paws on them. Which is why all of these have thrived in the bootleg market. That's a shame.
Priority: 2
The first Kraftwerk and the Organisation album are practically the invention of the term Krautrock as we know it. II and Ralf & Florian begin down the metronomic man-machine path that made Kraftwerk so famous. These are the experimental albums before they hit the big time.
These guys are too powerful to let record execs bully them, so it appears it is they alone who do not want anyone to get their paws on them. Which is why all of these have thrived in the bootleg market. That's a shame.
Priority: 2
6/4/09 (new entry)
2 comments:
Agreed that 'Tone Float' & the 1970 K LP are sort-of-lost masterpieces. Hutter & co's disavowal of them is a judgement on a par with their decision to keep going long after perfecting their mission-statement schtick on 'TEE' - ie they are birks.
Wonder if we'll ever hear the 35 mins recorded by by the Schneider/Rother/Dinger line-up...?
Thanks Reimer for the comment. I think I meant to followup with you way back when. Sorry about that! Anyway, we can only hope for CDs and unearthed material like we see on YouTube.
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