『AUTOBAHN』から『TOUR DE FRANCE』までのデジタル・リマスターされたオリジナル・アルバム、8枚が収納されたBOXセットが登場!ブックレット付き。初回生産限定盤。 ---
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Spin (p.82) - "[Kraftwerk] essentially invented what has come to be called synth pop, techno, and electronica."
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構成数 | 8枚
合計収録時間 | 05:51:54
Lyricists: Florian Schneider ; Emil Schult; Ralf Hutter.
Personnel: Ralf Hutter (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, vocoder, drum machine, electronic drums, electronics); Florian Schneider (vocals, flute, synthesizer, vocoder, electronic drums, electronics); Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur (electronic drums).
Audio Mixers: Florian Schneider ; Rob St. Germain; Francois Kevorkian; Ralf Hutter; Walter Quintus; Thomas Kuckuck.
Recording information: Kling Klang Studio, Dusseldorf.
Photographers: J. Stara; Maurice Seymour; Peter Boettcher; Barbara Niemoller; Gunter Frohling; Robert Frank .
Unknown Contributor Role: Wolfgang Flur.
One of electronic music's most crucial and lavish box sets, The Catalogue contains eight Kraftwerk albums remastered by founding member Ralf Hutter: Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Electric Cafe (aka Techno Pop, 1986), The Mix (1991), and Tour de France Soundtracks (2003). Some purists were upset with liberties taken by Hutter -- specific elements of certain songs sound sharpened, evidence of some noise reduction, and so forth -- but they are few in number and minor in effect. (The gripes were quite possibly made with the intent to prove that they know the ins and outs of these albums more than you do.) The box itself is 12 inches by 12 inches, rather hefty. The eight discs, nested in four dense foam compartments, are individually packaged in sleeves that replicate the original artwork, whether through the disc's pouch or the slipcase in which the pouch is (tightly) housed. Each album gets its own 12-by-12 booklet with full-page images. ~ Andy Kellman