> 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)

> --
> Regards

> Nigel Stapley

> www.thejudge.me.uk

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