as the press release goes....



The legendary electronic group which arguably started it all is set to put out 12345678: The Catalogue via Mute in October. You can grab the set in a variety of different ways. Either as individual CDs, individual LPs, a CD box set or as digital downloads. Each seem to have a variety of sweeteners, with the individual CDs containing newly expanded artwork, the box set coming with "mini-vinyl" card wallet packaging or the vinyl LPs giving you "large format booklets." (Whatever that means.)

Either way, the possibility of getting remastered versions of classic Kraftwerk albums like Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine, Computer World, Techno Pop, The Mix and Tour De France is good enough for us, although as diehard fans we were heartened by the rumor that the group also intends to reissue their first three albums as well, sometime after the release of Catalogue.

Mute will release 12345678 in October.

good to see it's not EMI doing this.


and here's a recent interview with Ralf Hutter

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/19/kraftwerk-hutter-manchester-international

I want this.

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I'm like a one-eyed cat, peepin' in a seafood store.....
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Fantastic, their stuff never got old for me.

Geo.

http://www.georgewolstenholme.com

not to rain on anybody's parade...


BUT


these were supposed to be released YEARS AGO!!!!!

Luckily, a friend of mine actually was able to score a promo of the 12345678 boxset, and he gave me a rip of his copy
even though they were mp3's ... and not even in that high of a bitrate, they actually sound BETTER than the actual albums (no analogue-y hiss, etc that you can hear on the cd's)

unfortunately - there were/are no plans to include the entire back catalogue (so no remastered radio edits, non-english versions of tracks) or any unreleased material

so yea - it's GREAT that these albums are being released now
but man it has taken forever!

unfortunately - there were/are no plans to include the entire back catalogue (so no remastered radio edits, non-english versions of tracks) or any unreleased material

I downloaded German language mp3 versions of at least a couple of albums (Autobahn and TEE I think, possibly more) about 5 years ago (doesn't seem that long). I don't know about the quality but it was fascinating to hear material that one was used to hearing in English, in another (the original) language.

I know what you mean. The model is the strangest one of all of them in their native tongue.

I know what you mean. The model is the strangest one of all of them in their native tongue.