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Record Collector excellence, published the COSMIC PRICE GUIDE first edition of this book, which covered the vinyl 45s of the first 17 years of Bowie's recording career; essentially his celebrated RCA years and all the weird and wonderful oddities \hat came before. World 7" really was the first of its kind and reviewing the tome in the sadly short- lived fanzine, Crankin' Out, I referred to its encyclopaedic quality as "almost biblical." Twenty-four years on, and everything has changed. Cosmic Price Guide Fanzines have been ,\ l( To OriEinal Krautrock superseded by the internet, Recoräs: 4th Edition vinyl is undergoing a Lazarus- ,);r Ulrich Klatte style resurgence,, and the § **** dear old Dame went to meet CPG Books, 38 Euros his Starman in the s§. Yes, they Can (l-r): Jaki Liebezeit, HolEler Czukay, ISBN 97 83987070947, 45O pag6 This beautifully printed lrmin Schmidt, Michael Karoli, Damo Suzuki Fantastlc referonce for new edition - for which he's krautrock fans worldwldo been assisted by Swiss {l! Qates Open: The Story perspective on art and existence resonates The third edition of this super-collector, Reto Of Can most tellingly. The more you understand his excellent guide came out nine Stöcklin - is also much Rob Young & lrmin Schmidt holistic fascination with pure sound. its years ago and this spanking changed. lt's now 100 broader potential and covert momentousness new version is totally revised, percent biblical; a spotters' Faber & Faher. f25 - "lt s very natural for me to turn my re-engineered and updated. rarities resource like no ISBN 97aO571311491. 573 pages environment into music - the more you Klatte knows his krautrock other. The book still ends realise that Can had to happen; and the inside-out and this 450-page when Bowie's glory years more miraculous it seems that such like- beauty is laid out in a simple came to an abrupt halt, but It's a measure of Can's exquisitely indefinable minded (if argumentative) iconoclasts ever and easy-to-use format for there is much to enjoy here. otherness that, for all the verbiage expended found each other, and stuck it out, in the novices and experts alike. The whole production on them down the years - and that's a /ot of flrst place. A comprehensive A-Z listing of has seen an exhaustive words, over the course of half a century - a Meanwhile, Rob Young's half of the book krautrock LPs is broken down upgrade, and details - defi nitive, categorical understanding of their scrupulously goes the distance in relating by year, country, different with incredible diligence musac has always remained just beyond our Can s story at a molecular level. A panicularly pressings and reissues, all and patience - 1,000 grasp. The mystery buffs among us wouldn't pertinent strand identifies the central with a price in Euros. records accompanied by actually want it any other way; but A// Gates importance of Can's film and TV work. So, the first German 900 colour illustratlons and Open is as close as we're ever likely to get to whereby soundtrack fees helped to fund the pressing of Can's Monster more across its 244 pages. rationalisang Can's inspirations, motivations band and maintain their outsider autonomy, Movie frcm 1969 is worth A must for serious Bowie and emanatrons, applying a finely-calibrated while the sometimes radical editing 6,000, whereas Sitting Bull's collectors. Steven Pafford Enjgma machine to the thankless task of techniques deployed on screen directly Trip Away from 1971 is worth decoding their abstract enigma. informed their similarly radical music: "You 300. This is followed by a ihe secä Di- The colossal leg-up in this instance is the can hear the grain of Can's sound as a kind section dedicated to singles The Secret DJ fact that A// Gates Open is divided into tlvo of overexposed film stock." issued by krautrock bands. **** volumes - the second of which, Can Kiosk, While Young s focus is unstinting. even The best part ofthe book Faber & Faber, L72.99 is a "collage" compiled by Can's Delphian noting infinitesimal variances in tempo is the momentous colour ISBN 9780577334483, 305 pages co-founder, keyboardist lrmin Schmidt. The betvveen edit points on tracks, his ability to section of LP sleeves listed Th6 Eacret strap llne horse's-mouth promise of this incentive is fashion an absorbing narrative is delightful. A// alphabetically that makes time RC has been awaiting this öbviously tempered by the acknowledgement Gates Open bristles with memorable anecdotes stand still when perused. one for some time, the that no self-respecting member of Can would - ranging from Can (temporarily) curing a There's also a special promise of gossip from the ever condescend to dribble forth anlthing as young lan's stutter to the most thorough and rare editions section world of dance music being mundane as a straightfoMard autobiography. account yet of David Niven's infamous where Klatte presents multiple rather tempting. ln the Nevertheless, Schmidt spills a pleasing presence rn the audience at l\4unich's Blow Up images of rarities - sleeve and event, the globetrotting number of incidental but surprisingly candid club when Damo Suzuki first appeared with labels - like Analo$/'s LP from Mixmag columnist's tell-all insights and recollections in the course ofthis a combatively anarchic Can ("lt was great, but 1972, issued in ltaly on Dischi tales are limited to a small undertaking, which positions thoughtful, vivid I didn't know it was music," the Hollywood Prod, that is worth 2,000 with band of anonymised, and beautifully-worded entries from his legend told bassist Holger Czukay). an original poster and you'll composited companions notebook and diary against transcripts of Young recalls that Can guitarist Michael need to stump up 1,500 for (though there are enough informal chats with Can devotees and Karoli once told him: "Music for us was not the Art Boys Collection's clues to be certain of significant figures from Schmidt's film, TV a means of expressing anything; it was just Stoned Wall. identities if you look hard and theatre rolodex. applied mathematics." Thankfully, Young has Collectable labels like enough). The focus is Mark E Smith, Bobby Gillespie and a more nuanced handle on Can's legacy. And Bacillus, Brain and Ohr have instead on travelling around Andrew lnnes of Primal Scream, Geoff the {aintly disturbing idea that Can's lnner their own sections. Well worth with the anarchic, Barrow of Portishead and even John Space Studio is now an exhibit in a museum the admission price. aristocratic Tour Manager, Malkovich are among those who contribute in Gronau is offset with the heartening lan Shkley interspersed with amusingly opinions and bon mots ("lrmin, you saved observation that "Can has armoured itself with bitter, honest rants, and my fucking life!" Smith poignantly gushes). a force fleld that has resisted getting old." . David Bowie - instructions about how to However, it's the 8o-yearold Schmidt whose Oregano Rathbone World 7" Records carry oneself among the 1964-1981 world's revellers. many of the daft tour stories (perhaps inevitable) dark My First Guitar Marshall Jarman Luckily, it's nicely written will ring true to anyone who's stuff, a truly miserable stretch Julia Cfowe & Reto Stöcklin and a bit of a page-turner, been near a pair of decks about the costs of living in **** **** perfect for rookies to read (or a guitar), there's also that world. souvenirPress, rlS Marnot, t42 while enduring a similar sometimes a depth of What was promising to tsBN 978o28s644o69, 3s6 pages ISBN 9782839927886, 244 pages parade of hotels and plane observation that can only be engagingly frivolous fun First loves and others in A (volvet) goldminß journeys, ill-advised combos come from the truly suddenly becomes all the this eulogy to the guitär ln 1994 Marshall Jarman, and naughty behaviour. experienced. more wofthwhile: kids, You don't have to be a long-established Bowie dealer While much of the The final furlong sucker travelling takes it out of you. guitarist to be a guitar geek, and mail order supremo par entertaining advice and punches the reader with the lhe Secret Reviewer wandering Denmark Street, 120 Record Collector.
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