A recently unearthed live performance recorded in Ottawa (at Glebe Collegiate!) in 1975 and bands with links to the early 1970s incarnation of the pre-robots and computers Kraftwerk.
At what time is it getting dark here?
9:30!
9:30? Oh, good morning.
| 45 years ago tonight, Kraftwerk played in a high school auditorium in Ottawa. Touring on their 1974 "Autobahn", this performance finds the band in mid-career just prior to their commercial breakthrough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIT3naKlyWI&t=899s |
| Kling Klang Kraftwerk - (Live at Glebe Collegiate Institute) - (not on label) - 1975 |
| Tanzmusik Kraftwerk - (Live at Glebe Collegiate Institute) - (not on label) - 1975 |
| Ruckzuck Kraftwerk - (Live at Glebe Collegiate Institute) - (not on label) - 1975 |
| Organisation preceded Kraftwerk and included Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider. Their lone LP "Tone Float" was recorded by Conny Plank, released in 1970, and has not been officially re-issued. Originals go for thousands of dollars and luckily I scooped an (allegedly unofficial) vinyl copy while I could. |
| Milk Rock Organisation (Organisation for the Realization of Shared Music Concepts) - Tone Float - RCA - 1970 |
| Also recorded by Conny Plank, Ibliss' lone LP "Supernova" includes former Organisation member Basil Hammoudi and early Kraftwerk drummer Andreas Homann. |
| High Life Ibliss - Supernova - Spiegelei - 1972 |
| NEU! drummer Klaus Dinger performed on the first Kraftwerk album, and guitarist Michael Rother was also an early member of Kraftwerk. |
| Weissensee NEU! - NEU! - Brain - 1972 |
| Strom Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 - Phillips - 1972 |
| A second set from Kraftwerk recorded on this date in 1975 in Ottawa. |
| Komentenmelodie 1 & 2 Kraftwerk - (Live at Glebe Collegiate Institute) - (not on label) - 1975 |
| Autobahn Kraftwerk - (Live at Glebe Collegiate Institute) - (not on label) - 1975 |
| Pissoff included Kraftwerk founder Florian Schneider, avant-garde artist Joseph Beuys, and Eberhard Kranemann (aka. Fritz Müller or Mueller), who was an occasional contributor to NEU! One of the few records that exist from 1968 is "Live At Creamcheese" in Dusseldorf (Frank Zappa's favourite club in Germany). Thank you internet for making this possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beuys |
| Suite For Double Bass Arco And Portamento Flute Pissoff - (not on album) - (not on label) - 1967 |
| Cluster's early records were produced and engineered by Konrad "Conny" Plank, who did the same for Kraftwerk's first four albums (through Autobhan in 1974) |
| Live In Der Fabrik Cluster - Cluster II - Brain - 1972 |
| Kristallo Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian - Phillips - 1973 |
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Welcome to the program. How's your weekend going? Too bad Kraftwerk are not performing tonight in the Glebe, but we have this wonderful recording to enjoy.
8:06 PM, June 6th, 2020