totally worth buying in the format of your choice imoeven though i have listened to it a bagrillion times already, i still get genuinely happy when dead pigeon suite pops up on my ipod while i'm walking
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 22 March 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
just endlessly great, what a cool band! also may have tipped me over to malcolm in the can vocalist championship sweepstakes.
― tylerw, Friday, 22 March 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
too many box sets which I "need" "urgently"!
-this one-Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall deluxe reiss-BOC Complete Albums-Star Trek TOS Complete Scores-grrarghh the $$$$$
― Jeff "Skink" Baxter (Jon Lewis), Friday, 22 March 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
"dead pigeon" is probably my favorite but yeah this is a pretty amazing collection. I don't like some of the avant-garde stuff on disc 1 but almost everything else is ace
kinda neat to have a "lost tapes" boxset that consists of actual lost tapes (not just stuff that wasn't good enough for a studio album)
― frogbs, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this thing is wall-to-wall amazing, a gift that keeps on giving.
― sleeve, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah a while ago i listened to it all on spotify and flagged the must-have tracks. It turned out to be like 70% of the collection.
hah, this was exactly my experience as well
― original bgm, Friday, 22 March 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
Having another listen to this in honor of this thread getting bumped. I think that the ratio of 70% good/30% wtf is about right; but there is about 2 LPs worth of raw, prime-era Can material here which is way more than I was expecting out of something like this. God I love this band.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
at the part where the 16-minute live "Spoon" kicks up, just hearing the echo of that little shuffle and the keyboards is sending shivers to my brain
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah and the audience participation at the start of that spoon is amazing, not really like yr standard "hey everyone clap along" thing but almost as if the band is *playing* the audience.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Can anyone tell me if the vinyl box comes with a download code?
― pollo, Tuesday, 30 July 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
mine didn't....
― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Tuesday, 30 July 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
i've been listening to disc 3 on repeat while i get ready in the morning for weeksmesser, scissors, fork and light especially
so great!
― Untt (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
it's the perfect start to every day
― Untt (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
I am taking that idea
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
I highly recommend it! Before too long you will start to hear the turbocharged Spoon long after it has stopped playing.
― Untt (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
When they launch into the "ooooooohhhhhh" part on Spoon it blows me away every time
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
I need to buy the rest of this, so far only have a few tracks on iTunes
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
i was a little disappointed by this. hardly anything outstanding and a couple of tracks i don't care for like waiting for the streetcar, desert, godzilla fragment, on the way to mother sky, barnacles and mushroom.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
pvmic
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
Also posted on the Can S/D thread, but this one is more active.
Malkmus does Can
― nickn, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:04 (ten years ago) link
i revived this one a week ago Search and Destroy (Can)
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
(xp) Yeah, the Pascal Bussy book has good stuff, esp. from Jaki, who's such a tough nut on the band's career, he doesn't seem to rate much beyond "Monster Movie"!
finally read this book thanks to an interlibrary loan and was disappointed as it's more lightweight than i'd hoped. occasional good quotes throughout though, including jaki's gripes mentioned above and the fact mentioned more than once that he hates playing alongside bass!
― fit and working again, Thursday, 3 July 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
statementallity 1 year ago what's a streetcar ? Reply · Jimi Hendricks 1 year ago Another name for a trolley. Reply · statementallity 1 year ago what like a cart ? Reply ·
― everything, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
I wish the CD box wasn't stupid
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
Why? Too flimsy?
― everything, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
it's huge! I want something that's gonna fit on my shelf
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
I never listen to this. :(
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
Unwieldy, yes.It is SO GOOD. Lost epics, would gobble up more tbh.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
They've now shrunk the box down to CD size
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 08:17 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:48 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:42 (eight years ago) link
isn't the box LP-sized or close? I forget
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
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?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
xpost the original box size is 10"
― willem, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
Yes. I sort-of assumed that a vinyl issue might have been done on 10" albums, but no.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
file next to your reel-to-reel tapes, problem solved
― Brad C., Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
My reel-to-reel tapes are seven inch, max.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
If I see the CD-sized one in the wild, I will def pick it up
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
Soon of Babulama (1975) [65:01]06. The Loop07. Ibis08. Private Nocturnal09. 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?
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
pretty happening Can rarities thing over here, some familiar things, some not familiar things: http://itslostitsfound.blogspot.de/2016/02/can-rare-one.html
― tylerw, Friday, 4 March 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
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!
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 4 March 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
Whole CD of Inner Space has been released.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Friday, 4 March 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Correction, Two whole CDs of Inner Space have been released.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Friday, 4 March 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
huh, missed those ... is Crippled Dick Hot Wax! a legit label? haha.
― tylerw, Friday, 4 March 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
Think so, they've done stuff for years. schulemadchen report soundtrack LPs, that sort of thing..
― Mark G, Friday, 4 March 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
just spotted this at irmin's website:
Irmin is currently working on a CAN book commissioned by Faber & Faber
― new noise, Friday, 16 June 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
Yeah this was mentioned on rolling reissues thread, it's exciting news!
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Friday, 16 June 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
www.allgatesopen.co.uk
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 16 June 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
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?
― Stevolende, Friday, 16 June 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link