Can - The Lost Tapes

Somewhere I read the vinyl will be out in late 2012...now I can't find where I read that. But I believe it was from Mute.

An early (5 Star) review:
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/05/31/can-the-lost-tapes-mute

Roll on June 18th.

Said Schmidt of the material they found: “Obviously the tapes weren't really lost, but were left in the cupboards of the studio archives for so long everybody just forgot about them. Everybody except Hildegard, who watches over Can and its work like the dragon over the gold of the Nibelungen and doesn't allow forgetting.”

Another review.

http://mog.com/blog_posts/3894713/mogbar?a=mn70403

Streaming here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jun/11/can-lost-tapes?fb=native

So far, I'm surprisingly underwhelmed.

i'm pretty whelmed

Spotify is pretending to have this, actually it's a 5 track sampler...

I like "Millionenspiel" a lot; it goes a lot of places in 5+ minutes. Especially like the spy guitar/bongos part that sounds like Can-goes-B52s. I've listened to that one three times, but the others aren't doing much for me tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLufW9YvBz4

Don't want to lose my (huge) enthusiasm for this, but I can see why they cut the sax shuffle from the early Millionenspiel clip.

i'm scared to listen to this because it probably won't be anything like tago mago/future days/ege bamyasi

so someone tell me it is

This is extremely reasonably priced on Amazon. $23.00, is that possible?

I hope so. A lot of labels have been putting out multi-disc box sets for really cheap as of late. I paid less than $20 for the 3-disc Bitch Magnet reissue set and just barely over $20 for the Feedtime 4-disc thing. Its a nice trend.

This is, I'd say, an essential Can artefact and is chock full of amazing stuff. Given that Can haven't had a notable release since I've actually been a fan - something that I'd presume holds true for most people using this board - this is like monumental stuff for me. I'm surprised there hasn't been more of a song and dance about it. Good on them for putting out one large amount of stuff in one go rather than eking it out over a few years. The early version of Spoon and the live version of Spoon are especially magnificent.

LOL jono podmore

This is extremely reasonably priced on Amazon. $23.00, is that possible?

― kwhitehead, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

$18.99 on itunes.

$18.99?! For electrons?!

Man, three more days. I haven't felt this sense of excitement over a "new" release in years. Arthur Russell posthumous releases come the closest.

still £26 on amazon uk

10" square box?

Our distro at work said it was filled for our Friday shipment and when it wasn't in the box I was pretty sad.

Arrived with us on Wednesday.

Yes, a 10'' box and booklet.

I haven't opened and listened to one myself yet, but various friends are absolutely raving!

how much is it?

£31.99 in store for the moment.

$18.99?! For electrons?!

― Peaceniks, Homos, and Potheads Who Wear Ties (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:23

^^

http://open.spotify.com/album/4cjiajlI63FLfGBXHVPsct

Is 'Deadly Doris' where Die Tödliche Doris got their name from or do both things refer to something else?

box should arrive today but ive been giving it a listen on Spotify. Pretty good so far.
Since its out in the usa on tuesday it might be on spotify usa later today

jaki on 'waiting for the streetcar' :-00000000000000000000

Probably the best review/column yet on this: http://thequietus.com/articles/09079-can-the-lost-tapes-review

Just picked up the box on lunch break. Psyched.

lol, thought at first that Damo was singing "WAITING FOR THE STREAKER!!!"

i am only two songs in, but i am enjoying this so far.

lol, thought at first that Damo was singing "WAITING FOR THE STREAKER!!!"

think that one's Malcolm in fact.

ah could be. wasn't sure.

this really is something else. that live version of 'spoon' kills!

Listening to it now, someone remind me what the chorus of Spoon is again plz?

aaaah seeohwahmacheeoooh

p much

I just read the actual lyrics to Halleluwah, I've listened to it over 40 times and never recognized anything past "Did anyone see the snowman..." besides "Mushroomhead, Oh Yeah, Paperhouse"

This is totally worth it for Disc One alone. Been jamming that non-stop.

I like the live takes, but they don't add much to what was already out there. I kinda prefer the Peel Sessions. :O

I just plunked down for it.
Dead Pigeon Suite is awesome, seems like it was cut up and spread throughout Ege Bamyasi in different places.

and never recognized anything past "Did anyone see the snowman..."

Is it "Did anyone see the snowman/walkin' with the Lord"? That's always been my suspicion.

man this fucking rules. better than i expected. a few songs are hard to listen to, i suppose, but that's to be expected.

The Mooney tracks Streetcar and Midnight Sky are awesome. There is lot to love on here, damn that Pitchfork reviewer who said it could have been condensed into a single album.

Midnight Men and Graublau are stunning, this isn't mere archive material its Can!

yeahhh, graublau might be my fave thus far. i mean, yeah, sure they could've just put out a single disc of the highlights, but wtf, i want to hear it all.

I can't look at pitchfork at all anymore. Editing this into a single disc release completely misses the whole point of this release imo.

yeah, basically if jaki liebezeit is playing on it, it's worth hearing.

Unwieldy, yes.
It is SO GOOD. Lost epics, would gobble up more tbh.

They've now shrunk the box down to CD size

That's better since i think there were 3 cds just in envelopes with no real place to fit them inside the box. Though there are 3 holes at the back which might fit them without the sleeves, would be easier to have the kind of click in fittings that you get in book form sets or something.
There's also an oversize booklet included in the original version. presumably whatever content could be transferred to a smaller booklet, not sure if the layout was of any importance. Looks like the larger booklet allowed relevant photos to be next to text.

I think other countries (not sure which) have had a smaller version of the packaging for some time, I got mine off ebay a few years ago.

isn't the box LP-sized or close? I forget

my CD version is just a regular sized digipack-y kinda thing.
this set is the best thing. wonder if there's any more good stuff lurking in the can archives?

xpost the original box size is 10"

Yes. I sort-of assumed that a vinyl issue might have been done on 10" albums, but no.

file next to your reel-to-reel tapes, problem solved

My reel-to-reel tapes are seven inch, max.

If I see the CD-sized one in the wild, I will def pick it up

Soon of Babulama (1975) [65:01]
06. The Loop
07. Ibis
08. Private Nocturnal
09. Midnight Men

This surprised me, but I think this album benefits most from expansion as an album, because the bonus material is of equal strength to the album and has the exact same DNA. "Midnight Men" is a stronger closer than "Quantum Physics".

That's insane imo, "Quantum Physics" is different level genius. "Midnight Men" contains elements of "Vernal Equinox" (and Holger Czukay's "Oh Lord Give Us More Money") so it surely belongs with "Landed" anyway?

pretty happening Can rarities thing over here, some familiar things, some not familiar things: http://itslostitsfound.blogspot.de/2016/02/can-rare-one.html

Three of those tracks are on my standalone CD of Cannibalism 2, weird that they've fallen through the cracks. Never heard about the early pseudonymous The Innerspace stuff!

Whole CD of Inner Space has been released.

Correction, Two whole CDs of Inner Space have been released.

huh, missed those ... is Crippled Dick Hot Wax! a legit label? haha.

Think so, they've done stuff for years. schulemadchen report soundtrack LPs, that sort of thing..

https://soundcloud.com/finderskeepersrecords/finders-keepers-radio-show-krautrock-special

Was listening to this last night, there's a fairly long telephone interview with Malcolm Mooney, he sounds in rude health and humour.

just spotted this at irmin's website:

Irmin is currently working on a CAN book commissioned by Faber & Faber

Yeah this was mentioned on rolling reissues thread, it's exciting news!

www.allgatesopen.co.uk

Would be great. I got told that the Pascal Busey book was going o get a reprint about 10 years ago and ordered a copy which never appeared. Would like to read that.
But an insider book would be better still.

Last time i saw the Lost Tapes box on the shelf in FOPP it had been reduced in size to that book size taht Miles Davis etc sets got put out as. Is that still around?

It's been a while since I've listened to Turtles Have Short Legs and I'm listening to the singles collection and trying to remember if the stereo separation was always this ridiculous. It works, but it also sounds like someone was having a whole lot of fun putting it together

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