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includes ''Rastakraut Pasta'' in his Krautrock Top 50. Both ''Rastakraut Pasta'' and ''Material'' were reissued in their entirety on a single CD on the

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label on April 16, 1996, marking the first U.S. release for both albums. ''Rastakraut Pasta'' was reissued separately on CD in a digitally remastered, 1000 copy limited edition by the

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Track listing

#"News" - 4:53 #"Rastakraut Pasta" - 6:17 #"Feedback 66" - 4:57 #"Missi Cacadou" - 5:31 #"Two Oldtimers" - 7:02 #"Solar Plexus" - 4:55 #"Landebahn" - 1:28

Personnel

* Dieter Moebius * Conny Plank *

- bass * Dave Hutchins - engineering

References

* Album liner notes * Freeman, Steven, and Freeman, Ala
The Crack In The Cosmic Egg
(Audion Publications, 1996) Retrieved September 7, 2007. * Cope, Julia

Retrieved September 12, 2007. * Prog Archiv
Rastakraut Pasta/Material
Retrieved September 11, 2007. * Discog
Rastakraut Pasta
Retrieved September 11, 2007. * Amazon.co
Rastakraut Pasta & Material
Retrieved September 11, 2007.

External links

* Anonymou

Retrieved September 7, 2007. {{Authority control 1980 debut albums Sky Records albums Moebius & Plank albums Albums produced by Conny Plank