Kraftwerk – Die Mensch·Maschine

Simply stunning pressing, a level above the 2009 remaster and its subsequent repressings which in themselves are excellent, but this original is so much punchier and more dynamic I was genuinely quite shocked.

The true first pressing. Korrekt!

The sound is stunningly crisp and clear.

This is the real first pressing without any missprintings. Sounds amazing!

Hello, I spotted a copy with photographic booklet inside, same size as the inner sleeve. In this release, a foldable poster it's mentioned, but the one I found has a booklet. Does anybody know which version or variant can it be? It's a German one, IDs are the same of this release, 32 843 A - 2 and 32 843 B - 4, black vinyl. I found in a shop in my town, in NM/NM condition, so I'm interested, but I would like to understand before which version is it. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Do you guys think they copied Johnny Ace's Memorial Album art work? https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/release/11011223-Johnny-Ace-Memorial-Album or just coincidence?

Hello, in case someone has an OIS to spare - please me

KRAFTWERK - The Man Machine (1978)

PAÍS : ALEMANIA

Recuerdo que el primer disco que oí de "Kraftwerk" fue el "The Mix" en "1996" y literalmente, "me voló el cerebro".

Uno de los temas que me llamó la atención fue "The Robots" y fue recién allí, que descubriría lo que para mí es el mejor tema de toda la discografía de los "Hombres Máquina", la genial y estupenda "The Model" que justamente fueron los dos singles lanzados para la presentación de esta obra maestra que el día de hoy cumple 43 años de su lanzamiento.

En cuanto al disco fue lanzado un "19 de Mayo de 1978" y lanzsdo bajo el sello "EMI" y grabado en el famoso "Klingklang Studio" y al igual que es sus trabajos anteriores, en este álbum, además de presentar a sus robots, también incluyeron instrumentos nuevos que el mismo "Florian Scheneider" mandaba a fabricar a amigos y a fabricantes como la casa "Moog".

Es justamente de está última que incluyeron en el tema "Spacelab", un vocoder hecho a medida.

En "Metrópolis", incluyeron un nuevo teclado similar a un "Orchestron" y que fuese creado para el grupo por el amigo de "Florian", un ex técnico de la casa "Moog", el gran "David Van Koevering" y que tenía como característica que era más pequeño y por ende, más portátil y sobre todo más confiable que el famoso ya, "Mellotron".

Para "The Model", el manager de ese encontrar y amigos del grupo, "Emil Schult", colaboró enas letras del tema.

Otro punto curioso es que en este disco, por primera vez se incluyen en los créditos a "Karl Bartos" ya que fue el co-compositor de todos los temas junto a "Ralf y Florian".

Estoy seguro que este disco como todos los de Kraftwerk seguirán vigentes como hasta ahora con sus 43 años de vida de está JOYA de álbum y será uno de mis discos favoritos de mis queridos robots alemanes.

Temas recomendados: TODO EL DISCO

1) The Robots (Written-By – Schneider, Bartos, Hutter)
2) Spacelab (Written-By – Bartos, Hutter)
3) Metropolis (Written-By – Schneider, Bartos, Hutter)
4) The Model (Written-By – Schult, Bartos, Hutter)
5) Neon Lights (Written-By – Schneider, Bartos, Hutter)
6) The Man Machine (Written-By – Bartos, Hutter)

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Wolfgang Flür - Yo Fui Un Robot (2010)

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Are the lyrics in the Ger and Eng pressings sung differently (with the exception of The Model/Das Model) or is it just the printed song titles?

Album songs in order:
1. "Metropolis"
1st session was the 5th of may 1977 with a new advanced version of the "Synthanorma" Sequenzer from Hajo Wiechers and a new Polymoog (a hybrid from an electronic organ and asynthesizer)
2. "Die Roboter"
The band heard about the movie "Star Wars" from George Lucas which was release in US in may 1977 and Alan Parsons Project Album "I Robot" which emphasize the global hype for space and robots that days... In Karl Bartos book "Der Kland Der Maschine" is also written that Johnny Guitar Watson "A Real Mother For Ya" which actually means motherfu****, was heavy rotated in the clubs those days and the band got inspired. Ralf Hütter also notice that the word "Roboter" basically came from the slawisch language and "robota" means "working". That's why the use also the russian words "Ja Tvoi Sluga, Ja Tvoi Robotnik" which means in German: "Ich bin dein Skalve, ich bin dein Arbeiter". After about 50 sessions they finished the song between may and september 1977.
3. "Das Model"
In summer 1977 electronic synth songs accelerates: Space Art "Onyx", Jean Michel Jarre "Oxygene" and the biggest hit that summer Space and "Magic Fly" but all of them was instrumental and non vocal electronic song charted so far. In Düsseldorf fashion came envogue and chic womens es by. Ralf Hütter composed lyrics in german and englisch and they finished the song until end of July 1977.
4. "Spacelab"
On the 12th of August 1977 the enterprise proto type of the space shuttle programm NASA did their first free flight in the athomsphere. The name "Space Shuttle" was tooked from the original movie Star Trek.The group react on this with the song "Spacelab". In october, it came out that the group will call the album "Die Mensch Maschine" After a concert from Klaus Schulze it took a few weeks for the next song
5. "Neonlicht"
which got finished in Nov/Dec 1977. The song got covered by OMD in 1991. Also the Simple Minds and U2 covered that song later in the 2000...
the last song (and the album was planed with only 6 titles):
6. "Die Mensch Maschine" (Song)
was created to have also a title track included and was done in January 1978. The final mix was in feb 1978. The fotographic was already made in September 1977 and used for the cover art work.
On Monday the 10th of march 1978 was the premier of The Robots Album in Munic at the ZDF "Rockpop" show.
Ralf & Florian flew to New York on the 6th of april 1978 to present the album for the US market at an organised label party from Capitol Records.
Karl Bartos notice also on that point, "It was not a good timing, while the Soundtrack Saturday Night Fever outshine all over america"
A sensational location in Paris (The Tour De Montparnasse) and the exclusive club and penthouse in the last floor the "Le Ciel De Paris" was booked for the french party on the 13th of april 1978.
Also Great Brittain give sensational response and the album charted in May 1978 on position 9 in the UK album charts.
All from the book: KARL BARTOS "Der Klang Der Maschine"