Dirk Matten wrote:
It sounds different with much more power, better frequency response, no single ended noise reduction. More original to the moment of playing than the final product. It was made from the original cut&paste tapes and I was in the studio, when Conny Plank did his job.
A technically superior record! I would be interested to know why it was not the end product...
What is this worth? Each "piece of art" which goes to a museum, must have an insurance. Any ideas?
In my opinion, it is worth whatever a Kraftwerk fanatic would be prepared to pay for it...and considering there must be many wealthy Kraftwerk fans, I would speculate that it could run into four figures (English Pounds)? Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
It sounds different with much more power, better frequency response, no single ended noise reduction. More original to the moment of playing than the final product. It was made from the original cut&paste tapes and I was in the studio, when Conny Plank did his job.
A technically superior record! I would be interested to know why it was not the end product...
The end product is, in fact, always worse than the master tape. If extra care is taken, the differences are subtle, but in most cases, they are dramatic.
What is this worth? Each "piece of art" which goes to a museum, must have an insurance. Any ideas?
What museum? "Haus der Geschichte" in Bonn?
Rob Evans wrote:
Dirk Matten wrote:
It sounds different with much more power, better frequency response, no single ended noise reduction. More original to the moment of playing than the final product. It was made from the original cut&paste tapes and I was in the studio, when Conny Plank did his job.
A technically superior record! I would be interested to know why it was not the end product...
It probably was the end product. When a tape goes to the record company lots of things happen still to the signal before it reaches the vinyl or the CD master. It's a matter of taste whether you like noise. Apparently the person who mastered Autobahn did not like it an applied noise reduction. There's quite some noise noise in Kraftwerk records. Listen to The Robots, or Showroom Dummies. You can even hear a noisy instrument being noise-gated. I like that :-) When mastering a vinyl record the cutter has to take care a "BOOM" does not cut the groove in the middle of a "BOING", so some limiting etc is applied too... Rick Jansen __ rja@euronet.nl http://www.euronet.nl/~rja ____________________________________________ S&H's a module and s&h's looking good
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When mastering a vinyl record the cutter has to take care a "BOOM" does not cut the groove in the middle of a "BOING", so some limiting etc is applied too...
... to actually also hear that sharp "TSCHAK" on your cd copy ... finally !!! *hehehe* ;-))) oh ja(y) ;-) *~\^/~*
In my opinion, it is worth whatever a Kraftwerk fanatic would be prepared to pay for it...and considering there must be many wealthy Kraftwerk fans, I would speculate that it could run into four figures (English Pounds)?
Rob.
Forget Kraftwerk fanatics. *Any* worthy collector would jump at the chance to own a master recording of one of pop's all-time classics. This is the album credited with igniting the electronic revolution in pop music. Any wealthy music-loving individual conscious of that album's importance would be in the market for it. Just consider all the famous DJ's and electronica stars who would love to have that framed on their wall... Now multiply that by all the unknown, moneyed, music geeks out there... Thousands would be seriously interested. Also consider that Ralf and Florian are highly unlikely to ever sell any of their Kraftwerk stuff... making this an even rarer item! Perhaps I'm wrong (I'm much too poor to collect a thing!), but if the auction is significantly publicized, I imagine that four figures is a conservative estimate! -Eric
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