Seemingly not.......
A #22 hit in the UK charts back in 1983, this is a piece of vinyl that I've now owned for almost 30 years. And yet it's the only record by Kraftwerk that I've ever bought.
I can't explain why other than perhaps folk I shared a flat with had just about everything they've ever done and I never had any need to buy. Come to think of it, the only reason I bought Tour De France was its appearance in a Bargain Bin in a record shop close to my parental home that I happened to drop into while waiting for a bus back to said student flat.
Anyways here's the three tracks on the 12":-
mp3 : Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Long Version)
mp3 : Kraftwerk - Tour De France
mp3 : Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Version)
That's how the tracks are described on the label of the record. The back of the sleeve says something a bit different:-
Whether it is Tour De France (version) or Tour De France 2e Etape, it's a cracking little bit of music that seems somehow to be a lot fresher than 1983.
Happy Listening
3 comments:
Just what I needed today. It has been ages since I've listened to any Kraftwerk. The breathing at the song's start makes me smile.
Sorry JC, comment not apropos post: just to say, you are mentioned in despatches over at TGOE. Tee hee.
When this originally came out in '83, I played it to death. I still prefer these versions to the remixes that came out a year later, and the album version on '...Soundtracks'. Shame on you, JC, for not having much more Kraftwerk. I look up to you...now I just feel deflated (queue heavy sighs, and shaking of head).
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