KRAFTWERK - Radio-Activity - Japan issue
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KRAFTWERK - Radio-activity - Japan issue!
ECS-80418, 33 1/3, ST1(2)-11457
In plastic, very beautiful condition! I will send you more photos if requested, to show details.
Radio-Activity is a 1975 concept album and fifth studio album by Kraftwerk. It was also released under the German name of Radio-Aktivität.
Unlike Kraftwerk's later albums, which featured language-specific lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions. The album is bilingual, featuring lyrics in both languages.
The hyphenated album title displays Kraftwerk's typical deadpan humour, being a pun on the twin themes of the songs, half being about radioactivity and the other half about activity on the radio. More word plays are evident in the track listing: the cleverly titled "Ohm Sweet Ohm", and "Radio Stars", which as a title could refer to pop stars, but upon listening is revealed to be about quasars and pulsars.
This was the first Kraftwerk album to be entirely self-produced by Hütter & Schneider in their Kling Klang studio, and the first one to be performed by the "classic" Hütter/Schneider/Bartos/Flür line-up. All the music was written by Hütter/Schneider, with Emil Schult collaborating on lyrics. Schult also designed the artwork – a modified illustration of a late-1930s 'Deutscher Kleinempfänger' radio.
It was the first Kraftwerk album to feature use of the distinctive Vako Orchestron keyboard (choir, string and organ sounds).
The album reached #59 in Canada, in February 1976.
Side one
1. "Geiger Counter" / "Geigerzähler" – 1:07
2. "Radioactivity" / "Radioaktivität" – 6:42
3. "Radioland" / "Radioland" – 5:50
4. "Airwaves" / "Ätherwellen" – 4:40
5. "Intermission" / "Sendepause" – 0:39
6. "News" / "Nachrichten" – 1:17
Side two
1. "The Voice of Energy" / "Die Stimme der Energie" – 0:55
2. "Antenna" / "Antenne" – 3:43
3. "Radio Stars" / "Radio Sterne" – 3:35
4. "Uranium" / "Uran" – 1:26
5. "Transistor" – 2:15
6. "Ohm sweet Ohm" – 5:39
Personnel
* Ralf Hütter – voice, synthesizer, orchestron, drum machine, electronics.
* Florian Schneider – voice, vocoder, votrax, synthesizer and electronics.
* Karl Bartos – electronic percussion
* Wolfgang Flür – electronic percussion.
* Peter Bollig – technical engineer (Kling Klang Studio, Düsseldorf).
* Walter Quintus – sound mix engineer (Rüssl Studio, Hamburg).
* Robert Franke – photography.
* Emil Schult – artwork.
I will make sure the album is properly packaged and shipping will include insurance of course. l not overcharge for shipping, ever! I will adjust the cost of shipping according to actual cost before your final invoice. According to Canada Post, the minimum charge is about $15.00 but may be more or less depending on insurance/speed/duty or taxes. Let me know your preference and I will accommodate. And yes I will combine shipping as I am going to list a couple of other albums.
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