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Recording and release

The album was produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank, who later said: Sales were poor and RCA dropped the band, which dissolved following the departure of Hütter and Schneider-Esleben to form Kraftwerk. The album has never been officially reissued, although bootleg CDs, LPs and cassettes have appeared since the 1990s. These often include a bonus track, erroneously titled ''Vor dem blauen Bock'', which is in fact the instrumental ''Rückstoß Gondoliere'', from a 22 May 1971 performance by Kraftwerk on the Bremen ''

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'' TV show. This song features the short-lived line-up of Florian Schneider,

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, Ralf Hütter having left the group for some months to study architecture. Rother and Dinger left Kraftwerk shortly afterwards to form

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. The album was unofficially rereleased in 2021 by record label Media Champ on digital services under the name ''Tone Float Beat-Club 1971,'' along with a new album cover. This release includes, and correctly names, ''Rückstoß Gondoliere.''

Track listing

Personnel

* Basil Hammoudi – glockenspiel, conga gong, musical box, bongos, percussion, vocals * Butch Hauf – bass, shaky tube, small bells, plastic hammer * Ralf Hütter – Hammond organ, organ * Alfred "Fred" Mönicks – drums, bongos, maracas, cowbell, tambourine * Florian Schneider-Esleben – electric flute, alto flute, bell, triangle, tambourine, electro-violin, percussion ;Additional personnel * Konrad "Conny" Plank – sound engineering

Release details

References

External links

* {{Authority control Organisation (band) albums 1970 debut albums Albums produced by Conny Plank RCA Records albums