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Neu!-bie OG question ...

scrimboscrimbo 49 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
So I copped these for cheap the other day and have been blown away (esp. the S/T) ... Am digging the motorik sounds. 'Hallogallo' and 'Isi' in particular off the top of my head.The S/T an OG (I am pretty sure), but not so sure about the Neu! '75 LP.Both have the browny-green 'Brain Records' label, which would make me think they are OG, but the cover of the Neu! '75 LP cover looks like a modern print job, and there no '75 written on the cover (like some pics I have seen online). Are there any markings on the run-out groove/label markings that I shd. be looking for?? Any help would be appreciated ...And if I like this, does anyone have any recommendations?? (Can is about as deep as it goes at this stage)Is the book by Julian Cope worth checking out??

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  • markus71markus71 937 Posts
    As long as the music is OG I wouldn't be too worried.
  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    check out the album by Michael Rother titled Sterntaler.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    What country are they from? There's some regional variations on these. I don't think Neu! '75 had a green label originally though. I think it had an orange label. And I think only the UK copies have "75" on the front... and I think those are on UA.
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    The S/T an OG (I am pretty sure), but not so sure about the Neu! '75 LP.

    Both have the browny-green 'Brain Records' label, which would make me think they are OG, but the cover of the Neu! '75 LP cover looks like a modern print job, and there no '75 written on the cover (like some pics I have seen online).

    Are there any markings on the run-out groove/label markings that I shd. be looking for?? Any help would be appreciated ...

    Not sure of the quality of the Neu! 75, but my reissue of the S/T is on a super clean and glossy cardboard.. Not matte like an original... Definitely modern print job.

    And if I like this, does anyone have any recommendations?? (Can is about as deep as it goes at this stage)

    Obviously Can.. Harmonia, Cluster, La Dusseldorf, early Kraftwerk which featured NEU, a couple of new ones Fujiya and Miyagi, and Caribou.

    Is the book by Julian Cope worth checking out??

    As a krautrock newbie most definitely.

    - spidey
  • crashcoursecrashcourse 214 Posts
    that 'crack in the kosmic egg' book has all the og german label variations. there are a few. i'll look later
  • scrimboscrimbo 49 Posts
    The S/T an OG (I am pretty sure), but not so sure about the Neu! '75 LP.

    Both have the browny-green 'Brain Records' label, which would make me think they are OG, but the cover of the Neu! '75 LP cover looks like a modern print job, and there no '75 written on the cover (like some pics I have seen online).

    Are there any markings on the run-out groove/label markings that I shd. be looking for?? Any help would be appreciated ...

    Not sure of the quality of the Neu! 75, but my reissue of the S/T is on a super clean and glossy cardboard.. Not matte like an original... Definitely modern print job.

    And if I like this, does anyone have any recommendations?? (Can is about as deep as it goes at this stage)

    Obviously Can.. Harmonia, Cluster, La Dusseldorf, early Kraftwerk which featured NEU, a couple of new ones Fujiya and Miyagi, and Caribou.

    Is the book by Julian Cope worth checking out??

    As a krautrock newbie most definitely.

    - spidey

    Thanks!!! Have a bit of stuff by Fujiya and Miyagi, but will def. check out the others.
  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    I'm opertaing under the assumption that you know Steve Reich, Terry Riley, an Lamonte Young. Maybe I'm wrong though. Do you know Music For 18 Musicians? I>In C[/i] (the twenty fifth anniversary recording[/i]? The The Well Tuned Piano?
  • scrimboscrimbo 49 Posts
    that 'crack in the kosmic egg' book has all the og german label variations. there are a few. i'll look later

    Thanks!

    Is that this??



    Looks cool ... I had a look on their website, but Neu! seemed to be omitted ... Strange.
  • crashcoursecrashcourse 214 Posts
    yeah thats the book, just pulled it out. i had remembered it having greater details, but it does say green labels w/ "metronome" written underneath are first.

    that 'crack in the kosmic egg' book has all the og german label variations. there are a few. i'll look later

    Thanks!

    Is that this??



    Looks cool ... I had a look on their website, but Neu! seemed to be omitted ... Strange.
  • scrimboscrimbo 49 Posts
    I'm opertaing under the assumption that you know Steve Reich, Terry Riley, an Lamonte Young. Maybe I'm wrong though. Do you know Music For 18 Musicians? I>In C[/i] (the twenty fifth anniversary recording[/i]? The The Well Tuned Piano?

    I can't say that I do ... I had always associated those names with Musique concr??te/Minimal music though (not that I have listened to much of that) ...

    Thanks for the recommendations!
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