- Klang Box
Infobox Album |
Name = "Klang Box"
Type = compilation
Artist =Kraftwerk
Released = May 1997
Recorded = 1976–1980
Genre =Electronic music Synthpop |
Length =
Label = Kling KlangEMI flagicon|United Kingdom
Producer =Ralf Hütter Florian Schneider
Reviews =
Last album = "The Mix "
(1991)
This album = "Klang Box"
(1997)
Next album = "Expo 2000"
(1999–2000)"Klang Box" was a special edition, box set compilation of music by
Kraftwerk , issued in the UK in May 1997 as a promotional item ahead of Kraftwerk's 24th May appearance at the Tribal Gathering Festival, held atLuton Hoo , England."Klang Box" contained four 12" singles of original recordings compiled from the "Trans-Europe Express", "
Computer World " and "Electric Café " albums, including a rare instrumental edit of "Trans-Europe Express".The box was assigned the catalogue number Klang Box 101 and, according to an accompanying EMI press release, "1000 copies of ‘Trans Europe Express’ (b/w an instrumental version of the track previously unreleased), ‘Numbers’, ‘Musique Non Stop’ and ‘Home Computer’ (b/w ‘It's More Fun To Compute’) are being manufactured, and 250 boxes with a Kraftwerk T-shirt will be made to hold the 4 12" records ".
Contents
# "Trans-Europe Express" / "Trans-Europe Express·Instr·" (Klang DJ 101)
# "Numbers" / "Numbers" (Klang DJ 102)
# "Musique Non-Stop" / "Musique Non-Stop" (Klang DJ 103)
# "Homecomputer" / "It's More Fun to Compute" (Klang DJ 104)
# Black XL size T-shirt with a ‘Robot’ motif and the text ‘Kraftwerk’ (as they appear on the front lid of the box)
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