KRAFTWERK Radio-Activity SCARCER ORIG UK 1975 EX++ LP, GREAT SOUND + INSERT.

	£		31
	$		41

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Artist or Band: KRAFTWERK

Album Title: Radio-Activity

Producer(s): Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Geiger Counter; Radioactivity; Radioland; Airwaves; Intermission; News.

Side 2: The Voice of Energy; Antenna; Radio Stars; Uranium; Transistor; Ohm Sweet Ohm.

Label/Format: Capitol with matt smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. Purchased new by one owner who put his records to tape, this appears little used and protected for many years.

Catalogue Number: EST 11457

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps or Lateral Movement: Assume all records I offer have no significant warping or lateral movement to cause sound or tracking issues. All should play fine even on budget turntables.

Weight of Record: 135 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce and not a major seller following the success of Autobahn and those that followed.

Original Year of Release: 1975

Matrix Nos: E ST1 11457-1 / E ST2 11457-1

Mothers / Stampers: 1 GL / 2 GA

Musicians: Ralf Hütter – vocals, synthesisers, Orchestron, electronic piano, drum machine, electronics; Florian Schneider – vocals, vocoder, votrax, synthesisers, electronics; Karl Bartos – electronic percussion; Wolfgang Flür – electronic percussion.

Brief Info: The fifth album by the German electronic band Kraftwerk. Following the surprise success of the previous album ‘Autobahn’, this follow-up was a little less commercial, almost going back to the experimentation of previous albums… but not quite. It was the band’s first album to be fully electronic with no use of guitars, violins or flutes. It was a concept album based around themes of radioactive decay and radio communication – I regard this a pre-commercial era classic by this pioneering German band – it being one of my favourites. After this, they became even more accessible and popular, and this compared to ‘Autobahn’ was less successful and slightly more experimental. It failed to sell well in the UK and is less easily found. This is a lovely original UK copy that plays impressively, as always, it is superbly produced with great stereo effects. A copy appearing little played and a great listen. For those who missed this one on issue, it is highly, and strongly recommended. This is Kraftwerk at their more experimental best.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(+): a single unlaminated format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd, includes the graphic insert sheet and EMI credits inner sleeve.

Cover Front: Matt black and thin card – all recipes for wear – which this one has largely avoided due to being cover-protected for many years. This being one of the very best I have seen for years with little to fault. Hardly rubbed at all, fresh and clean with any hints of creasing few, gentle and light. The lack of ring wear and sticker issues are a major plus for this one.

Cover Back: The back is virtually the same again.

Top Edge: Straight and unworn the band name and title text on the left pristine.

Bottom Edge: Almost the same, but with no text printed on this storage edge. Any rub traces little, fine and faint.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Mostly sharp with any thickening little and light. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Near perfect, thin, but solid, straight with minimal compression. The text is unworn, the surface largely the same, the lettering nicely centred on a very narrow depth – the small details make the difference for the more discerning collectors.

Corners: Any tip rubs tiny and light, better than excellent shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A very strong all-round example of this wear-prone 1970’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This attractive, fresh item should please many, if not most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(++): with any age discolouration gentle and light. An EMI text unlined inner that is hardly creased with all edge folds naturally intact. The rear side is plain with no text. It has the patent no 1.125.555.

The Insert: MINT(–): a full-size insert sheet with lyrics and graphics, this is printed on both sides and guaranteed original. Any blemishes minuscule and virtually as-made as-seen, printed on thick paper and matt finished.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): a very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and solidly pressed. A copy appearing little used on all the evidence with any surface marks or traces very light, mostly wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a super record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This classic Kraftwerk album plays to it’s high visual grading, and mostly even above with little to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. With some very quiet passages, the odd slight contact blemish is near impossible to avoid totally, but few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been very well stored and carefully handled within a non-smoking environment. Nothing of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Nessie vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D7500 DSLR Camera.

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