KRAFTWERK FIRST LP UK VERTIGO SWIRL RARE PROG KRAUT

	£		255
	$		338

Item :

KRAFTWERK ~ S/T Double LP

Original 1972 U.K. first issue pressing released on the swirl Vertigo label 6641 077. 

Description :

Very rare and hard to find krautrock classic released on the highly collectable Vertigo swirl label. This was the debut album recorded by Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk was formed in 1970 by Florian Schneider (flutes, synthesisers, electro-violin) and Ralf Hütter (electronic organ, synthesisers). The two had met as students at the Düsseldorf Conservatory in the late 1960s, participating in the German experimental music scene of the time, which the British music press dubbed "Krautrock".

The duo had originally performed together in a quintet known as Organisation. This ensemble released one album, titled Tone Float (issued on RCA Records in the UK) but the group split shortly thereafter.

Early Kraftwerk line-ups from 1970–1974 fluctuated, as Hütter and Schneider worked with around a half-dozen other musicians over the course of recording three albums and sporadic live appearances; most notably guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger, who left to form Neu!

Condition ~ Vinyl :

Side one is in EXCELLENT condition with one light non-audible surface hairline across part of the first track.

Side two is in stunning NEAR MINT condition.

Side three is in stunning NEAR MINT condition.

Side four is in stunning NEAR MINT condition.

Lovely copy that plays superbly throughout.

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The laminated gatefold sleeve is in EXCELLENT shape with a light crease in the top right corner and very light wear. No splits, tears or writing. 

Condition ~ Labels :

All four sides show only barely visible spindle wear. Doesn't appear to have been played more than a couple of times.

There are two faint tiny "x" in light pen next to track 2 on side two.  

Miscellaneous :

Comes complete with the original Vertigo inner sleeves both of which are in decent shape with one edge split each but no writing.

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