Bruce Atchison - author wrote:
> Greetings;
> According to Wikipedia, Kraftwerk released a single in December of 1973
> called "Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie" I heard from the site that the tune
> appeared on the Autobahn album as "Cometenmelodie" parts one and two.
> Wikipedia says that the tune was named after Comet Kohoutek. Is this true?
> Also, was "Kohoutek-Cometenmelodie" Kraftwerk's first single? Did they put
> parts one and two on the disk or was another tune on the flip side?
Kometenmelodie 1 and 2 on "Autobahn" were remodellings of the tracks on
the single. The original single tracks were self-produced rather than
produced by Connie Plank, hence a different 'feel' to them compared with
the album tracks.
The first 20 seconds of the 'A'-side are practically identical to
Kometenmelodie 2 on the album, but the subsequent arrangement is
different, as you can hear from the following clip:
http://www.thejudge.me.uk/soundbank/Kom_Koh_A.mp3
The 'B'-side is analogous to Kometenmelodie 1 on the album, but - again
- has a very different arrangement:
http://www.thejudge.me.uk/soundbank/Kom_Koh_B.mp3
(I'll leave these files up for a day or three until you've had a chance
to hear them, but will then take them down)
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Regards
Nigel Stapley
www.thejudge.me.uk
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