So you're saying that the blurbs about EMI and distributorship on the back are lies? How do you know?
Oh, I don't know :) But I'm making a well-educated guess! ;)
Oh yes they do. All the bloody time I'm afraid... :/ Oh well. That's a good thing - it makes them easier to obtain for collectors.
Yeah, true! :) Except that I think all boots and counterfeits should be burned. I hate them!
I somehow strongly doubt that. First of all, there is no mention of Kling Klang, which is Kraftwerk's company as far as I know. Secondly, EMI owns no rights to Kraftwerk material pre-1975 if I'm not mistaken (the Radio-Activity album was the first released on Capitol, back in 1975), and this live CD contains only pre-1975 materials. These two facts alone should prove it a bootleg in my book, but I'd like to be sure.
Where do you get this kind of information from?
That Kling Klang is the name of Kraftwerk's company is no secret, mm? :) Secondly, it's well-known that Kraftwerk themselves own all rights to their first albums. They bought back all rights from Philips back in the old days.. It's mentioned in Wolfgang's book too I think? I'm quite sure someone in here said it too, a couple of years ago. So, Concert Classics contains material from R&F + Autobahn = not EMI material. Before you say it, yeah, Parlophone (now EMI) did re-release Autobahn in 1985 and many times after that on CD, I know... Most likely with R&F's blessing :) But there are no legal reissues of KW1/2 or R&F anyway! Probably never will be either if we're to believe R&F. Another thought: why on EARTH would R&F choose to release a 1975 recording as Kraftwerk's first live album, eh, eh?? ;) Fat chance. Cheers, Peo