I like "They Might Be Giants" for comedy

I remember the first time I heard Kraftwerk. It was while I was in college. Their music was playing in an electronics store. I liked it enough to ask what was playing and bought my first Kraftwerk LP that same day. The album was Man-Machine, and I believe it was around 1980, give or take a year. They are still among my favorites. :)

I never realized they were around as early as 1970.

Maybe because the international success started with 'Autobahn' in 1974. They even did an album before Kraftwerk - 'Tone Float' by Organisation, released in the UK in 1970. Since the early 80s, all releases before 'Autobahn' became scarce. Until today they didn't decide about a re-release. Maybe this will never happen.

Would be a pity. The music is strange but interesting.

I have quite a bit of their stuff. I just did a search of my collection for Kraftwerk, and came up with this.

- Autobahn
- Computerworld
- Concert Classics
- Electric Cafe
- Expo2000
- Kraftwerk 1
- Kraftwerk 2
- Organisation ~ Tone Float
- Radio-Activity
- Ralf & Florian
- Showroom Dummies (CD Single)
- Techno Pop
- The Man Machine
- The Mix (English version)
- The Robots
- Tour de France 2003
- Trans-Europe Express
- Trans-Europe Express (CD Single)
- Ultra Rare Trax Vol 1

These are mostly .mp3 files recorded at 192k. I also have two LPs and one CD. Most of their stuff is not very easy to find in the US. Thanks to the Usenet, I can find what will probably never be available to buy. I wonder how much of their stuff I am still missing. I like strange and interesting.

Discogs (www.discogs.com) is quite a good archive of music where you also find many Kraftwerk releases. It's a big database and mostly serious. A big help if you look for information about a release.

My own collection is... uh... I only can guess. About 30 singles, 25 maxi singles, a lot of albums (also some best of collections), bootlegs and dozens of CDs. Far too much!

Thanks. I'll take a look at Discoogs. :)

That's too cool! I'm so jealous. XD

We Are The Furbots...

KW1 & Ralf & Florian are about my favorite Kraut records... thanks for sharing the images of these - I passed them up years and years ago, and I regret it, even if they are "just" unofficial! they look fantastic!

ja wie, bootleg releases von offiziellen platten, und als picture discs auch noch? wie geil ist das denn? :)

Bedenke, die Scheiben sind seit etwa 25 Jahren vergriffen.

hehe, ja, denk ich mir. hab auch ein paar solcher schätze in meiner sammlung. ^^

Kristalo!!!