Trans Europa Express

1977 Electro

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Tracklist

A1 Europa EndlosHütter, Schneider 9:35
A2 SpiegelsaalHütter, Schult, Schneider 7:50
A3 SchaufensterpuppenHütter 6:10
B1 Trans Europa ExpressHütter, Schult 6:40
B2 Metall Auf MetallHütter 2:10
B3 AbzugHütter 4:42
B4 Franz SchubertHütter 4:25
B5 Endlos EndlosSchneider, Hütter 0:45

Musicians

Karl BartosElectronic Drums (Elektronisches Schlagzeug)
Wolfgang FlürElectronic Drums (Elektronisches Schlagzeug)
Florian SchneiderElectronics (Elektronik), Voice (Stimme), Producer (Produktion), Concept By (Album Konzept), Words By (Worte), Music By (Musik)
Ralf HütterElectronics (Elektronik), Voice (Stimme), Producer (Produktion), Concept By (Album Konzept), Music By (Musik), Words By (Worte)

Also credited. Artwork (Inner Sleeve, Poster): Emil Schult. Words By (Worte): Emil Schult. Engineer (Toningineure Klingklang Studio): Peter Bollig. Engineer (Toningineure Rüssl Studio): Thomas Kukuck. Engineer (Toningineure The Record Plant): Bill Halverson. Other (Synthanorma Sequenzer): Matten & Wiechers. Photography By (Fotos, Back Sleeve): Jacques Stara. Photography By (Fotos, Front Sleeve): Maurice Seymour. Typography (Typografie): Ink Studios.

Release notes

With printed inner sleeve and poster. Poster has cat. no. “”1C 064-82 306” printed in lower right corner
Glossy cover, with the debossed EMI stamp on the back.
Runout inscriptions are stamped, and contain no additional inscriptions except those transcribed in the BAOI section as matrix/runout.
Cover, inner sleeve, and poster are made out of a thinner paper in comparison to the copies without the EMI debossed stamp on the back cover. Cover ~62g / Inner sleeve ~20g/ Poster ~48g.
There are also some color differences. This version’s inner sleeve’s photo has less vivid colors, and the “EMIL Schult” logo is of a lighter gray shade. Furthermore, labels are glossy and smooth to the touch in comparison to the other version without EMI stamp.
Both versions have identical runout inscriptions, and identical information on the cover’s front, back and spine (positioning, and typeface/font).

Release 32349882: version without the debossed EMI stamp on the back cover. Weight: cover ~69g/ Inner sleeve ~48g/ Poster ~48g. Other differences as well, material thickness (i.e. especially inner sleeve), color shade differences (i.e. inner sleeve, image side, colors are more vivid), labels’ texture...

[Back sleeve:]
Klingklang Studio Düsseldorf
Rüssl Studio Hamburg
Record Plant Hollywood
℗ 1977 Kraftwerk
Printed in Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln

[Inner sleeve:]
Klingklang Studio
Rüssl Studio
The Record Plant
© 1977

[Labels:]
℗ 1977 Kraftwerk
Made in Germany