Massive vinyl box set from the krautrock gods, CAN! Following the success of The Lost Tapes, Mute and Spoon team up once again to bring you 14 classic LP's from Can's studio-recorded catalog (including the long out of print and never repressed Out Of Reach from 1978), plus rarities, unreleased material and live recordings in an impressive 17 piece, 180g vinyl set. You also get Can Live featuring the classic Can line up of Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Irmin Schmidt recorded at Sussex University in 1975, an incredible document that is exclusive to this set. To top it off, Mute has even gone ahead and given each album a fresh remaster and includes the original artwork for each piece, five posters, and a 20-page 12‰۝ booklet featuring unseen photographs from the Can archive. The whole thing is housed in a beautiful, numbered, linen-wrapped outer box. Obviously a must for any serious Can fan and krautrock aficionados. Recommended.

includes:

• Monster Movie
• Soundtracks
• Tago Mago (2LP)
• Ege Bamyasi
• Future Days
• Soon Over Babaluma
• Delay
• Unlimited Edition (2LP)
• Landed
• Flow Motion
• Saw Delight
• Can
• Rite Time
• Out Of Reach
• Can Live, Sussex University 1975

• music label: Mute / Spoon 2013

reviewed by TKB 01/2014