Neu! Vinyl Box

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Neu! Vinyl Box
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Released10 May 2010 (2010-05-10)
Recorded1971–1986
Length191:29
Label Grönland Records
Producer Conny Plank
Neu!
Neu! chronology
1972 Live
(2009)
Neu! Vinyl Box
(2010)
Neu! '86
(2010)
Klaus Dinger chronology
1972 Live
(2009)
Neu! Vinyl Box
(2010)
Neu! '86
(2010)

Neu! Vinyl Box is a compilation box set by the German band Neu!, formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother. Released in 2010 on vinyl, digital download and promotional CD; it consists of the group's three 1970s studio albums ( Neu! , Neu! 2 and Neu! '75 ); Neu! '86 , their aborted mid-1980s album; and a 12" maxi-single of highlights of a 1972 rehearsal recording. The boxset also included a 36-page picture book, stencil, T-shirt and digital download code. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother.

Neu!

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Hallogallo"10:07
2."Sonderangebot"4:51
3."Weissensee"6:46
Side 2
No.TitleLength
4."Im Glück'"6:53
5."Negativland"9:47
6."Lieber Honig"7:18
Total length:45:40

Neu! 2

Side 3
No.TitleLength
1."Für Immer (Forever)"11:17
2."Spitzenqualität"3:35
3."Gedenkminute (für A + K)"2:06
4."Lila Engel"4:37
Side 4
No.TitleLength
5."Neuschnee 78"2:32
6."Super 16"3:39
7."Neuschnee"4:07
8."Cassetto"1:48
9."Super 78"1:36
10."Hallo Excentrico!"3:44
11."Super"3:11
Total length:42:13

Neu! '75

Side 5
No.TitleLength
1."Isi"5:06
2."Seeland"6:54
3."Leb' Wohl"8:50
Side 6
No.TitleLength
4."Hero"7:11
5."E-Musik"9:57
6."After Eight"4:44
Total length:42:41

Neu! '86

Side 7
No.TitleLength
1."Intro (slo-mo)"0:33
2."Dänzing"5:05
3."Crazy"3:14
4."Drive (Grundfunken)"5:13
5."La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)"5:30
6."Elanoizan"2:31
Side 8
No.TitleLength
7."Wave Mother"4:52
8."Paradise Walk"5:11
9."Euphoria"3:57
10."Vier 1/2"1:01
11."Good Life"3:41
12."November"1:42
13."KD"1:55
Total length:44:27

Neu! '72 - 6 May 72 - Non-Public Test

Side 9
No.TitleLength
1."Untitled"7:47
Side 10
No.TitleLength
2."Untitled"6:10
3."Untitled"2:30
Total length:16:27

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References

  1. "michaelrother.de - NEU! vinyl box set released on 10 May 2010". michaelrother.de. Retrieved 2010-03-12.