The Catalogue
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| Compilation album by Kraftwerk | |||||
| Released | TBA | ||||
| Recorded | 1974–2003 | ||||
| Genre | Electronic music Synthpop Krautrock |
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| Label | Kling Klang EMI |
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| Producer | Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider | ||||
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The Catalogue (German title: Der Katalog) is a proposed forthcoming box set consisting of eight albums by Kraftwerk that were released from 1974 to 2003. All albums have been digitally remastered, with most of the cover art redesigned, including rare photograph in the liner notes that were not part of each album's original release.
The albums included in the boxed set are the following:
- Autobahn (1974)
- Radio-Activity - (German title: Radio-Aktivität) (1975)
- Trans-Europe Express - (German title: Trans-Europa Express) (1977)
- The Man-Machine - (German title: Die Mensch-Maschine) (1978)
- Computer World - (German title: Computerwelt) (1981)
- Electric Café (1986) - (here given its original name of Techno Pop)
- The Mix (1991)
- Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)
The boxed set was planned for release on compact disc, vinyl, and Super Audio CD format in 2004. So far, it has only been distributed as a promotional item on compact disc; some have been sold on eBay for prices in excess of $400/€300/£200. EMI pushed to have the collection removed from eBay, although the item eventually found its way back onto the site.
| “ | We've been digitally transferring all of Kraftwerk's original recordings and sound sources from our badly degrading master tapes while our engineers, Fritz and Henning, have been working in parallel to remaster our early albums for re-release. So for the first time, our recordings will be available in crisp, clear Kling Klang sound with all the fold-out covers and images our label at the time either messed up or wouldn't pay for. There will be some alternate mixes of tracks and some unedited versions, but unfortunately we don't have much unreleased material. We never recorded extra songs or twenty different versions of the same song. We would complete a song and then move forward, always keeping very focused on one Kling Klang project at a time. | ” |
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- — Ralf Hütter [1]
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- — Ralf Hütter [1]
In 2008, an alternate version of the song, The Man-Machine, was made available by streamed audio through the group's official MySpace web page [[1]].
The collection continues to be featured on Kraftwerk's official websites; however, no confirmed release date for the set has been given by Kraftwerk or EMI.
It has also been stated that Kraftwerk will reissue their first three albums in separate collection after release of The Catalogue.
| “ | We've just never really taken a look at those albums. They've always been available, but as really bad bootlegs. Now we have more artwork. Emil has researched extra contemporary drawings, graphics, and photographs to go with each album; collections of paintings that we worked with, and drawings that Florian and I did. We took a lot of Polaroids in those days. | ” |
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- — Ralf Hütter [2]
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- — Ralf Hütter [2]
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