Kraftwerk – Ralf & Florian

Absolute perfect pressing and the sound and dynamcis are surprisingly excellent.

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How can this be a reissue? This is the Australian 1st pressing of this album in 1975. So that makes it NOT a reissue!

Well, I have nothing to compare this too but, to my ears it sounds very good with a ML cart. As far as the pressing and cover goes, it is dead quiet and not a single pop, with a very black background. The labels and the jacket seemed to be duped perfectly. If it weren’t for the lack of runouts, this would be a perfect copy. This was done right.

Ananas Symphony is a great masterpiece! Sad, reflective melodies make us reflect on a time that will never return. Music with melancholic atmospheres and in the background a Hawaiian guitar and a sad bolero percussive sound make this great symphony a unique work. When Florian Schneider rested this was the first song that came to my mind, with some sad weeping. Simply unique! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🍍🌋🎸

Can somebody show a picture of the original poster artwork being "grainy" in comparison to "smooth"? should be no problem with the macro mode of quite every modern cell. I may came cross an original in close to perfect state - and the poster is included. Cover is glossy - labels match, runouts match, everything matches. For the poster there is a question mark left. Kraftwerk is in grey, as is traffic cone, but there is a clearly visible printing grid visible on all the texts and with some color combinations. The grid is sharp an nothing looks "grainy" to my eye - the grey Kraftwerk text looks like it was done with rubbing patterns - crisp texture, when you are far enough away it looks grey again.
But since I do not have a negtive I can not tell the positive. Where is the most obvious point to identify a faked poster "grainyness"?

Excellent pressing, hard to imagine it could be done any better. I like this album more than 'Autobahn.'

I bought a version without misspelling.
Made in Japan
Manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co LTD Toky as well
and it`s 1976
anyone else got that copy?

The sound quality of this pressing is very good, compared to a lot of official pic discs I've got. Worth the 20 quid I paid for it back in lockdown

A good album to chill to, in my opinion. Hated it when I first got a copy, and that's over 30 years ago (in my 20's). But, as my taste in music has changed (and I'm a bit more music-wise, now), this holds its own. Definitely to be filed under 'Krautrock', and you can detect elements of freeform jazz in it (much like the Tone Float album, which is also a really good chill-out album), but you can see how Ralf and Florian developed the Kraftwerk sound into what is now fully appreciated globally, since the release of Computerworld 43 years ago

I paid about 10 quid for this. Sleeve has a little minor spotting on the sleeve, but there's no other wear and tear, and the vinyl is just about pristine

I play the bootleg pic disc more than this, and that sounds great, apart from the obvious surface noise you get on those pressings