DCC Archive Can CDs?

Hey all,

I just caved in and bought Can's "Soundtracks" and "Tago Mago" discs (they're GOOD...VERY good...didn't think I'd like that sort of thing, but then again, I like Beefheart, so...)

Anyway, my question: both are incredibly skimpy on art. I assume the original LPs were more colorful? (and the band, perhaps to be 'mysterious,' decided to go the minimalist route for the CDs?)

-D

 

I don't have the latest issues on CD but the original CD's booklets(actually just fold over sheets) were better than the original LP's. Soundtracks was a non gatefold issue and Tago Mago had only minimial words inside. The UK version of Mago was better than the German art which is the source of the CD.
I highly recommend picking up the Can Box from about 3 years ago the Video is great and includes their legendary FREE concert at the peak of the power. You must get Ege Bamyaski by far their best recording with Damo. I've been a fan of theirs since 73 and even their reunion album from the late 80's was good.
Start with their earliest albums and work your way forward.

 

Why not get the new Vinyl releases. Very nice

 

I'm going to hazard a guess that wasn't an option in 2001...

 

Dude that post was from 14 years ago

 

Listening to Tago Mago. Never heard of these guys before today.

 

My faves are Future Days, Soon Over Babaluma, Landed and Saw Delight.

 

Yup! Some threads get stuck in a time warp.

 

Weird - just watching a documentary about Can when this appeared.

 

Please let us know if you liked it. Thanks.

 

I am quite intrigued. I have to listen to more of their stuff but definitely it is very interesting music. I was also trying to figure out what was intriguing about it but have not gotten that far yet. It is amazing that there is so much great music out there, a lot of it 40-50 yrs old, which I am discovering now as opposed to back in my youth.

 

I ordered Tago Mago from a seller on Discogs last weekend, it'll be my introduction to Can. Can't wait to get it. You're perfectly right about the amount of great music. I'm 55 but still, I discover great bands and great albums all the time. Amazing. Thanks for the post !

 

Same here. I'm 53.

 

I know but look at the new fan its resurrection garnered

 

It's funny that I have been listening to the excellent 'Sacrilege' remix album for years but have only very recently started to investigate the actual albums that the tracks are from. The 'John Peel Session' that is on youtube is well worth hunting down as well as the live stuff from the Damo years.

 

I think Monster Movie is a brilliant album.

 

Out Of Reach and, to a lesser extent, the S/T are the only ones (IMO) that are not really worth investigating. All the others are quite brilliant (and that includes the often underrated Virgin albums).

 

This was my introduction to Can. Blew me away. Get to the mid-section where the tempo goes up, the powerhouse drummer's hi-hat pedal breaks and he just keeps powering through. "Tago Mago" is a great starting point for anyone on this thread that hasn't heard of them before!

 

Can't understand how Spoon/Mute could release 'Out Of Reach' on CD before 'Prehistoric Future.' Priorities, people! COME ON!!

 

I've seen a CD of Prehistoric Future once (didn't buy it, sadly), but this may very well not be legit...

 

Start at the beginning until you get bored. Actually, some people are put off by "Aumgn" and "Peking O" on Tago Mago, but these tracks are actually the best ones on the album. Tago Mago is one album that changed my perception of music.

 

The internet can't seem to agree, so does anyone know for definite how to pronounce Ege Bamyasi?

 

For Can virgins. I recommend Future Days. Surely the best four song album ever made. Seems to have invented Ambient, post rock, madchester baggy and Indie dance music all by itself. I may be exaggerating a little.

 

Not heard sacrilege. What are the remixes of?

 

Yeah but I wanted a 'line' to get people talking about Can again!