From Dave Segal Sent Fri, Sep 10th 1999, 21:31
Ernesto Ikerd <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx.xxx> wrote: >If I were stranded on a desert isle with a solar-powered discman and >could take ONLY CDs of German 70's prog-rock bands, which top 2 or 3 >titles from the following bands would I have to take with me to survive? > >Can, Neu, Cluster,Harmonia (and anything else I havent thought of) > >Thanks! >ernie Try these to start: Can's _Future Days_, _Tago Mago_, _Ege Bamyasi_ Cluster's _Cluster 71_, _Cluster II_ Kraftwerk's _Kraftwerk_ (the one with the red and white road cone on the cover) Organisation's _Tone Float_ (early incarnation of Kraftwerk) Neu!'s _Neu!_ and _Neu! 75_ Harmonia's _Deluxe_ and _Musik Von Harmonia_ Brainticket's _Cottonwoodhill_ (actually a Swiss group, but often classified as krautrock) anything by Cosmic Jokers Ash Ra Tempel's _Seven Up_, _Schwingungen_ Faust's _Faust Tapes_, _IV_, _So Far_ Popol Vuh's _Affenstunde_, _In Den Garten Pharaohs_ Annexus Quam's _Osmose_ Conrad Schnitzler's _Ballet Statique_ Et Cetera's _Et Cetera_ (perhaps the best of the lot, but I'm not sure if it's available on CD and it's ultra-rare. Anyone want to sell/trade me a copy?) Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org