KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE 24-96 vinyl rip ****** (not hdtracks)

KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE

Kraftwerk The Man Machine on Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP!

In 2009, Kraftwerk have upgraded their Kling Klang masters with the latest studio technology and these magnificent recordings still sound like nothing else in the history of music. Kraftwerk are unique, pristine, profound and beautiful. Decades may pass, but their streamlined synthetic symphonies stand outside time, as fresh as tomorrow, transcendent and sublime.

The 1978 synth-pop album The Man Machine is classic mid-period Kraftwerk and it's the group's most commercially successful release. Building on Trans Europe Express, the album brilliantly embodies Kraftwerk's ethos, style and musical agenda with an elegance that very few artists have been able to rival.

Label:
Capitol Records
Catalog#:
E-ST 11728
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1978
Genre: Electronic
Style:
Electro, Synth-pop

Tracklist

SIDE A:
A1 The Robots 6:11
A2 Spacelab 5:51
A3 Metropolis 5:59

SIDE B:
B1 The Model 3:38
B2 Neon Lights 9:03
B3 The Man-Machine 5:28

Credits

Artwork By – Karl Klefisch [Inspired By El Lissitzky]
Electronics – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter*
Engineer, Mixed By – Joschko Rudas, Leanard Jackson
Lyrics By [Words] – Schult* (tracks: B1), Hutter*
Music By – Schneider* (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Bartos*, Hutter*
Other [Album Concept] – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter*
Percussion [Electronic] – Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur*
Photography – Günter Frohling
Producer – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter*
Voice – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter*

Notes

Recorded at Klingklang Studio, Düsseldorf 
Mixed at Studio Rudas, Düsseldorf 
Engineers courtesy of Whitfield Records 
Produced in W. Germany 
Made and printed in Great Britain

℗ 1978 Capitol Records 
© 1978 Klingklang Music
UK First Pressing. 

VINYL TRANSFER PROCESS :

Vinyl cleaning:
ClearAudio Matrix Record Cleaner
(static discharge with Zerostat 3 Milty "gun" before play)

Source:
TurnTable * > Nottingham Analogue Studio - Hyperspace
ToneArm * > Ace Space 10" / UniPivot (Nottingham Analogue Studio)
Cartridge > DECCA Super Gold Moving Magnet
* (with the final 2010 Tom Fletcher mods)

Electronics:
Phono > Bedini Q Series PreAmp
ADC > Edirol FA-66 Firewire Audio Interface

Computer / Software / Monitoring:
MacPro 8-Core
Software > Adobe Audition CS 5.5, SoundTrack Pro 3, iZotope RXII Advanced
Monitoring > Sennheiser HD800 HPhones (via Violectric VT200 HPhone Amp)

All connections:
Vooodooo pure silver wire with Eichmann bullet plugs.


Recorded at 32bit float 192kHz from a mint 180g Audiophile Vinyl LPs.

Processing :
Slightly de-clicked and resampled in iZotope RXII Advanced from 32-192 to 24-96
& converted with XLD for Mac from AIF to FLAC.
TheZeitung (July 2011)


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