''Unlimited Edition'' is a

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by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a

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, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP ''Limited Edition'' on

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which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies (tracks 14–19 were added). The album collects unreleased music from throughout the band's history from 1968 until 1976, and both the band's major singers (

Damo Suzuki , better known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), is a Japanese musician who has been living in Germany since the early 1970s and is best known as the former lead singer of the krautrock group Can. Biography As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 196 ...

and

Malcolm Mooney Malcolm Mooney (born 1944) is an American singer, poet, and artist, best known as the original vocalist for German krautrock band Can. Biography Mooney began singing in high school, and was a member of an a cappella vocal group known as the ''S ...

) are featured. The cover photos were taken among the

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in the Duveen Gallery of the

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Track notes

The abbreviation "E.F.S.", appearing in several of the track titles, refers to ''Ethnological Forgery Series'', a series of songs in which Can self-consciously imitated various "world music" genres. "Mother Upduff" is a retelling of an

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involving a family whose grandmother dies while they are on holiday together, and whose corpse – left wrapped up on the roof of the family car – is later stolen along with the car.Snopes.com article
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Track listing

Note: Tracks 14–19 were only on ''Unlimited Edition''.

Personnel

Holger Czukay Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-g ...

–

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, tape effects *

Michael Karoli Michael Karoli (29 April 1948 – 17 November 2001) was a German guitarist, violinist and composer. He was a founding member of the influential krautrock band Can. Career Karoli was born and grew up in Straubing, Bavaria, moving to St. Gall ...

– guitar,

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shehnai The ''shehnai'' is a musical instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is made of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end.Jaki Liebezeit Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938 – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can. He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral". ...

– drums, percussion, winds on tracks 4, 9, 11, 14, 16 *

Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can (band), Can. Biography Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany, began his studies in music at the conservatorium in Dortmund, at t ...

– keyboards, synthesizer, schizophone on track 10, voice on tracks 8 and 14 *

– vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 *

– vocals on tracks 10, 12, 14, 15, 16

Production credits

* Composed, written and produced by Can * Recording by Holger Czukay and

René Tinner René Tinner (born February 18, 1953, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss recording engineer and producer, who has produced over 200 studio records and numerous live performances. Career Tinner began his career as the audio engineer of the German ro ...

at CAN Studio,

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* Frontcover – Trevor Key

References

External links

'Unlimited Edition' at the ProgArchives.com
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