MINT SHRINK + STICKERS 1975 KRAFTWERK "RADIO ACTIVITY" KRAUTROCK Psych Prog

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Oct 26, 2014 Sold Date

Oct 21, 2014 Start Date

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"MINT" ORIGINAL 1975 FIRST PRESS

STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER

with RADIO ACTIVITY DAY-GLO STICKERS!

KRAFTWERK

RADIO ACTIVITY

\ USA - CAPITOL RECORDS - ST 11457

BEAUTIFUL MINT FINAL COLLECTION COPY!!!

STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER WITH "RADIO ACTIVITY" STICKER on front cover and including a whole set of RADIO ACTIVITY stickers...

Original 1975 first pressing vinyl ... complete just as released with the glossy GROUP PHOTO inner sleeve and the elusive sheet of RADIO ACTIVITY stickers still remaining uncut in the original issued sheet...

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This was the first Kraftwerk album to be entirely self-produced by band leaders Hatter & Schneider in their Kling Klang studio, and the first one to be performed by the "classic" Hatter/Schneider/Bartos/Flar line-up. All the music was written by Hatter/Schneider, with Emil Schult collaborating on lyrics. Schult also designed the artwork; a modified illustration of a late-1930s 'Deutscher Kleinempfanger' radio.

As the follow up album to the surprisingly successful 1974 "Autobahn", "Radio Activity" continues the cold, emotionless but strangely compelling electronic / progressive based sounds which are the band's trademark. After the brief sound effects of the appropriately named "Geiger Counter" we are into the superb title track. The mellotron like washes here contrast superbly with the dry repetitive vocal.

Kraftwerk built upon the international success of Autobahn by expanding their conceptual conceits to an album-length exploration of radio waves (and the band's other favorite wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum). Musically, the album represents a quantum leap of pop sensibility; though still distinctly a "prog" soundscape, its brilliant melodic hooks (best represented by the title track and "Airwaves") are organized in more traditional--read shorter--form. In tracks such as the minimalist audio-verite "News," Kraftwerk pay homage to another of their musical influences, the great modern composer/theorist Karlheinz Stockhausen. "Antenna" foreshadows the techno-gods they became, with its electronic washes and clever less-is-too-much lyrics, which read, in total: "I'm the antenna catching vibrations; you're the transmitter, give information!" Radio-Activity is an underrated masterpiece waiting to be both discovered and rediscovered...

The KRAFTWERK lineup on Radio Activity included Ralf Hütter (vocals, electronic sound, drums, synthesizers, voice); Florian Schneider (vocals, electronic sound, drums, synthesizers, voice); Karl Bartos (electronic percussion); and Wolfgang Flür (electronic percussion).

(1) Ralf Hütter sings through a Roland RE-201 Space Echo on the song Antenna; (2) a military speech synthesizer, based on creating phonemes, was used on Radioland; and (3) In addition to the usual keyboard instruments (e.g. minimoog; ARP Odyssey; EMS Synthi A; and Farfisa electronic piano on "Transistor"), the Vako Orchestron (not a mellotron) was used to provide the warm choir sounds. For those of you that are curious, the Orchestron was an analogue sampling instrument that used optical disks (rather than tapes) to store the sounds of real voices and orchestral instruments (e.g. choir, string and organ sounds).

Geigerzähler 1:04

Radioaktivität 6:44

Radioland 5:53Ätherwellen 4:53

Sendepause 0:15

Nachrichten 1:31

Die Stimme der Energie 0:54

Antenne 3:45

Radio-Sterne 3:38

Uran 1:24

Transistor 2:15

Ohm, Sweet Ohm 5:40

CONDITION: The cover: fstrong stiff, clean all over, rated: MINT top copy with no split seams, no bends, no writing and not the usual shelf wear you find on so many orig 39 year old first pressings...this IS nice.!h original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...

The vinyl: all glossy clean and clear M- with clean labels and smooth grooves through both sides ... Clean and glossy over both sides, rated expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both labels are clean

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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