Most of us have not heard a pristine copy of the 1971 german can tago mago. You need to configure the flexijack for linein and connect the turntable to it if it has a builtin phono preamp. I have only heard this particular pressing plus cds, back in the day. Released 10 december 1971 on united artists catalog no. Cdspoon55 2012 back in 1980, id heard a lot of persons in the music biz name dropping can, and how good tago mago was. Its probably set to linein and is why the mic isnt recognized. Cans 1971 album tago mago, freshly reissued in a 40th anniversary edition, is a colossus, the product of a band that was thinking huge, pushing itself to its limits, and devoted to breaking open its own understanding of what rock music could be. Named after a private island off the coast of ibiza associated with aleister crowley, cans tago mago is generally considered one of the pinnacles of the krautrock genre. These will be legal downloads, since most of the artists have been. Following the release of the can vinyl box the limited edition box set that consisted of 17 lps housed in a linen wrapped box, mute are now proud to release the can studio albums individually on vinyl.
I can only imagine what it would have been like in 1971 upon the. Cans 1971 album tago mago, freshly reissued in a 40th anniversary edition, is a colossus, the product of a band that was thinking huge, pushing itself. Though can doesnt stray too far from their established sounds in the first two records in some tracks, songs like halleluwah, peking o and aumgn see the band at their darkest and most frightening. Also included is a flac rip taken from my recently acquired cd. Vinyl lps usually sound better than their cd counterparts. I can only imagine what it would have been like in 1971 upon the release of their third. Afrythmix only had twelve release and all of them were at least partially produced or remixed by hula except arm0007 who was also one of the members of the outhere brothers. I will recommend three, and you can check out the sidebars for lists of blogs they recommend.
Can soundtracks pbthal 24 96 vinyl ripcan soundtracks pbthal 24. Tago mago is a music studio album recording by can krautrockprogressive rock released in 1971 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Tago mago est sorti en 1971 et paru a nouveau en 1997, et il na. Tago mago is the third album by the german krautrock band can. The first side goes from the plaintive paperhouse to the apocalyptic groove of mushroom, to the uptempo masterpiece oh yeah, making for as great a side of vinyl as ever there was. Tago mago licensed to youtube by wmg, pias on behalf of mute. I will never ever forget the first time my ears were graced with tago mago. Moreover, even with old lps, the sound will be better because it will not be compressed to death like modern lps.
Complete your purchase to save the mp3 version to your music library. A near perfect effort from this german outfit, tago mago is a can 101 of sorts. Can tago mago1971 double vinyl, germany kraut rock,experimentaltop 50 essential krautrock albums by julian copetop 100 kraut. They actually just released a live recording session on itunes, but they are two guitarists from mexico, but what makes them amazing is that they, along with their. You can really hear damo suzuki working the vocals in this recording and the rest of the band keeps the drum heavy, stream of conscious grooves flowing. Tago mago is that rarity of the early 70s, a double album without a wasted note. The royalty network publishing, ascap, abramus digital, latinautor, sodrac, and 6 music rights societies. Lp to cd transfer made easy with rip vinyl from wieser. And later on, there is a furious torrent of heavily pounded drums. Back to can, in the uk the alleged ua reissues of tago mago and soundtracks on vinyl both have differentoriginal cover art to the official spoon reissue lps, which again suggests theyre not fully legitimate or worth getting.
Two variants were made of this, with one variant being sold exclusively at mondocon 2017, featuring a blueorange split. Beefhearts trout mask replica, tago mago is a tough cookie to crack upon the first visit. Listen to over 40 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan. Rip was taken from my imported vinyl pressing at 320kps and includes full lp and cd scans along with select photos of the band in the 70s track listing 01. Mute records can tago mago 40th anniversary 2cd edition. The story of epic soundtracks is one of those bizarre, twisted tales you can only find in the annals of rock music. Scooby doo monster movie collection 24 movies 2001 2017 1080p x264 phun psyz 15. Can was a german experimental rock band formed in cologne, west germany in. Its easy to label music as like no other, yet we can safely say that tago mago pretty much embodies this description.
Tago mago, future days, and ege bamyasi would be required listening in my second half 20th century music course, if i had one. You may find that other systems have mp3 codecs that can record. Exhibitions in germany deluxe vinyl box set and unreleased lost tapes box set details for 2012. Tago mago 2011 remastered download tago mago 2011 remastered by can at juno download. If you have an ear and a mind that is open to creative groundbreaking music, this album and the band can in general are for you. Rip vinyl is designed to let your vinyl records rest. It is also noteworthy for being cans first fulllength album with damo suzuki as lead vocalist. Can tago mago 1971 drifting just 900 meters off the northwest coast of ibiza is. Spoon records and mute announce the release of the 40 th anniversary edition of the classic can album tago mago on 14 november 2011. Tago mago was cans third longplayer originally released in 1971, and the second album to feature the vocals of damo suzuki, who took over from malcolm.
Bring me coffee or tea wraps things up as a fine, fun little coda to a landmark record. Just a minor quibble, but the vinyl albums cover is better. These guys were so fn ahead of what came after its incredible. Funky, nightmarish, ambient, psychedelic, and way ahead of its time in many ways with outstanding drumming and bass and without all of the boring prog stuff that so many other bands were doing in the early 70s. Side 1s trilogy of paperhouse, mushroom and oh yeah are often quoted as the most definitive can, and i wont argue with that. Recorded in a rented castle near cologne, the album features longform experimental tracks blending funk rhythms, avantgarde. That being said, sometimes a vinyl mastering can sound so much better than a cd master, it is still worth it. Track list paperhouse mushroom oh yeah halleluhwah. Released in batches, the first albums in the series to be released are monster movie, soundtracks, tago mago and ege bamyasi. Recorded in a rented castle near cologne, the album features longform experimental tracks blending funk rhythms, avantgarde noise, jazz improvisation, and electronic tape editing techniques.
Aumgn and peking o will take some getting use to, and they are very good songs. For compression fuctions, especially to mp3, you will need a licensed codec. Ripping vinyl to 24bit 96khz flac audioholics home. So,impressionable young man that i was, i made my way to the european rock section of revolver records in leicester market place, opposite linekers fruit and. Tago mago was a monster of a record, both in length and in sound.
You can add or edit information about tago mago 40th anniversary edition at. You can transfer a personal copy of your lp or cassettes to cd or your mp3 player, and listen to it over and over again, without the wear and tear on your vinylleaving that for special occasions. Autorip is available only for eligible cds and vinyl sold by amazon eu sarl but does not apply to gift orders or. All genres balearicdowntempo bass breakbeat disconudisco dj tools drum and bass dubstep deep dubstep dirty dubsteptrapgrime edm electro euro dancepop dance. Devon williams a tear in the fabric is internal struggle via blissful power pop midwife. This special double vinyl has been out of print for over 20 years. Often described as the tense can album, ege bamyasi is actually the band at its most focused, bolstered in part by the surprisingly. Tago mago, cans third studio album originally recorded in 1971 is the first album with damo suzuki on vocals, and features the can line up of holger czukay on bass, michael karoli on guitars, jaki liebezeit on drums and irmin schmidt on keyboards. Side two is taken up by the funk monster halleluhwah.
This release features the soundtrack to the game portal. Tago mago is the second album by the german krautrock band can, originally released as a double lp in 1971. Bands id have to say rodrigo y gabriela its both the band and their current cd has really expanded my musical boundaries. After that, though, come the huge highlights three long examples of can at its absolute best.
For vinyl rip to flac, the quality depends on your turntable and analogue to digital converter. This is my favourite nova album and i highly recommend it, especially if you are into jazz rock track listing 01 you are light 02 marshall dillion 03 blue lake 04 beauty dreambeauty. Can hit a creative peak with the around the time of tago mago and this live recording of an instudio jam at their inner space studio in cologne is more proof. A1 paperhouse a2 mushroom a3 oh yeah b halleluwah c aumgn d1 peking o. Tago mago has been described as cans best and most extreme re. Live recording from the tago mago sessions, circa 1971. Tago mago, cans third studio album originally recorded in 1971 is the first album with damo suzuki. The perverse thing is that cd is capable of much more dynamic range than vinyl but its rarely used. I already downloaded qobuz for windows macos open i have not downloaded qobuz for windows macos yet download the qobuz app listen on qobuz.
It was the bands second studio album and the first to feature damo suzuki after the 1970 departure of previous vocalist malcolm mooney. Any system with a sound card with a linein connector and windows 7 or windows 8, 8. Can tago mago mushroom original german united artist records pressing. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of music from the 1950s to the present. For cd rip to flac there is no loss of quality compared to the original cd. Brand new remastered edition from 2014 of an album originally released in 1971.
Breaking boundaries in 1971 with its indefinable grasp of the extremities of sound, the album throws more of a lingering glance towards jazz and freeform musical structures with unrestrained experimentation. It is hard to overestimate the groundbreaking status of cans earlyseventies work, and while they would hit similar artistic heights on the two albums that immediately followed tago mago, can would never sound quite this mysterious again. Of all the bands oeuvre, the unclassifiable tago mago has been most often cited as an influence for a host of artists including john lydon, the fall. Apart from the usually different masters on vinyl vs cddigital releases whether better or worse, theres also the fact that some people simply like how vinyl records sound in general. This new rip was taken from my near mint vinyl at 320kps and includes full album artwork. The double album tago mago 1971 is often seen as a groundbreaking, influential and deeply unconventional record, based on. Most new vinyl is remastered by top notch engineers like doug sax, steve hoffman, kevin gray, etc. Tago mago 2011 remastered by can on mp3, wav, flac, aiff. Personally, i would never download a vinyl rip if a justasgood or better cddigital rip is available, because even if pops and clicks can sound nostalgic and nice, theyre still flaws. Find out more about our use of this data, and also our policy on profanity find out more about.
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