KRAFTWERK (Huetter, Schneider, Abrantes, Hilpert) 1991-07-16 City Hall, Sheffield, UK (reseed)

KRAFTWERK
(Huetter, Schneider, Abrantes, Hilpert)
1991-07-16
(jul 16, 1991)
Sheffield City Hall
Sheffield, UK

"THE MIX" - tour

source:
audience recording
checked for losslessness w/ Audiochecker v2.0 beta (build 457)

setlist:

cd1 55:10
01. Meine Damen Und Herren
02. Intro
03. Numbers*
04. Computer World
05. Home Computer
06. Computer Love
07. Tour De France (False Start)
08. The Model
09. Tour De France
10. Autobahn

cd2 47:58
01. Trans Europe Express > Abzug > Metal On Metal
02. The Robots > Robotronik
03. Pocket Calculator*
04. Music Non Stop

*tracks damaged due to tape skretches

total time 103:08 min.

lineup:
Ralf Huetter - minimoog, Vako orchestron, Farfisa professional piano
Florian Schneider-Esleben - Arp Odyssey, amplified flute, mixer
Fritz Hilpert - el.drums
Fernando Abrantes - keys

cover artwork (from aud dvd) inside

note:
I've got this one on early last year from a kind share by an English fellow trader, he borrowed the tapes from a friend and digitised them by himself.
Until this recording surfaced, the only source I knew for this concert was an audience video shot (one of the earliest shots of a Kraftwerk concert in circulation)
from an unknown generation VHS (available on Youtube). None of these two sources sound excellent, but both are perfectly listenable and enjoyable,
although this audio source sounds a lot better (the taper was probably a lot closer to the PA stacks) than the video one.
Unfortunatly, due to some tape skretches, some portions in the beggining of 'Numbers' are either missing or speeded-up.
There are also constant fluctuations throughout 'Pocket Calculator', which are somewhat annoying. All in all, there are no other flaws
and the sound quality is the average for most The Mix tour recordings in circulation.
This concert was played during the 1st leg of The Mix tour, which was exclusive to the United Kingdom and featured
the Portuguese keyboards player Fernando Abrantes, in attempt to fill a gap left by Karl Bartos after his departure from the band.
Abrantes has only played the 1991 UK concerts because he couldn't remain on the band and was shortly replaced by Henning Schmitz, another Klingklang sound engineer.

discography:
1970: 'Tone Float' (as Organisation)
1970: 'Kraftwerk'
1971: 'Kraftwerk 2'
1973: 'Ralf Und Florian'
1974: 'Autobahn'
1975: 'Radio-Aktivit�t' (Radio-Activity)
1977: 'Trans Europa Express'
1978: 'Die Mensch-Maschine' (The Man-Machine)
1981: 'Computerwelt' (Computer World)
1986: 'Electric Caf�' (in 2009 title changed to 'Techno Pop')
1991: 'The Mix'
2003: 'Tour De France'
2005: 'Minimum-Maximum' (Live 2004: Warschau, Ljubljana, Riga, Moskau, Paris, Berlin, London, Budapest, San Francisco, Tokio, Tallinn)
2009: 'Der Katalog' (The Catalogue; album Boxset 1974-2003)
2012: 'Der Katalog' (2009 Remaster)

links:
http://www.kraftwerk.com/de

more KRAFTWERK at
http://www.molvaer.de/krautboots2.htm#K

last seed by ROBOTRONIK on Mar 31, 2011 as torrent #351348
re-seeded by FBAUER on 2015-11-18

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