Unlimited Edition is a compilation album by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a double album, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP Limited Edition on United Artists Records which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies (tracks 14–19 were added). The album collects unreleased music across the band's history, from 1968 to 1975, and both of the band's major singers (Damo Suzuki and Malcolm Mooney) are featured. The cover photos were taken among the Elgin Marbles in the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum.
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| Released | May 1976 | |||
| Recorded | September 1968 – July 1975 | |||
| Genre | Krautrock | |||
| Length | 77:22 | |||
| Label | Harvest, Caroline | |||
| Producer | Can | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| Limited Edition | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | September 1968 – May 1974 | |||
| Genre | Krautrock | |||
| Length | 38:14 | |||
| Label | United Artists Records | |||
| Producer | Can | |||
| Can chronology | ||||
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Track notes
editThe abbreviation "E.F.S.", appearing in several of the track titles, refers to Ethnological Forgery Series, a series of songs in which Can self-consciously imitated various "world music" genres. "Mother Upduff" is a retelling of an urban legend involving a family whose grandmother dies while they are on holiday together, and whose corpse – left wrapped up on the roof of the family car – is later stolen along with the car.[5] Recording of tracks "I'm Too Leise" and "LH 702 (Nairobi/München)" is seen in the film Can Free Concert 1972 by Peter Przygodda.
Track listing
editNote: Tracks 14–19 were only on Unlimited Edition.
All tracks composed by Can
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gomorrha" | December 1973 | 5:41 |
| 2. | "Doko E" | August 1973 | 2:26 |
| 3. | "LH 702 (Nairobi/München)" | March 1972 | 2:11 |
| 4. | "I'm Too Leise" | March 1972 | 5:10 |
| 5. | "Musette" | January 1970 | 2:08 |
| 6. | "Blue Bag (Inside Paper)" | October 1970 | 1:16 |
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "E.F.S. No. 27" | December 1970 | 1:47 |
| 8. | "TV Spot" | April 1971 | 3:02 |
| 9. | "E.F.S. No. 7" | September 1968 | 1:05 |
| 10. | "The Empress and the Ukraine King" | January 1969 | 4:40 |
| 11. | "E.F.S. No. 10" | January 1969 | 2:01 |
| 12. | "Mother Upduff" | May 1969 | 4:28 |
| 13. | "E.F.S. No. 36" | May 1974 | 1:55 |
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Cutaway" | March 1969 | 18:49 |
| 15. | "Connection" | March 1969 | 2:56 |
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Fall of Another Year" | August 1969 | 3:20 |
| 17. | "E.F.S. No. 8" | November 1968 | 1:37 |
| 18. | "Transcendental Express" | July 1975 | 4:37 |
| 19. | "Ibis" | September 1974 | 9:19 |
Personnel
edit- Holger Czukay – bass guitar, tape effects
- Michael Karoli – guitar, violin, shehnai on track 3
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion, winds on tracks 4, 9, 11, 14, 16
- Irmin Schmidt – keyboards, synthesizer, schizophone on track 10, voice on tracks 8 and 14
- Damo Suzuki – vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Malcolm Mooney – vocals on tracks 10, 12, 14, 15, 16
Production credits
edit- Composed, written and produced by Can
- Recording by Holger Czukay and René Tinner at CAN Studio, Weilerswist, Germany
- Front cover – Trevor Key
References
edit- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Unlimited Edition". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Can". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.
- ^ Leone, Dominique. "Can: Future Days / Soon Over Babaluma / Unlimited Edition / Landed – Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Snopes.com article
External links
edit- Limited Edition / Unlimited Edition at Discogs (list of releases)
- 'Unlimited Edition' at the ProgArchives.com. Accessed 30 April 2008.