Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie
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| Single by Kraftwerk | |||||
| A-side | Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 1 | ||||
| B-side | Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 2 (Edit) | ||||
| Released | December 1973 | ||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Krautrock | ||||
| Length | 4:08 (A-side), 4:29 (B-side) | ||||
| Label | Philips 6003 356 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Hütter/Schneider | ||||
| Producer | Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider | ||||
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Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie is a recording by German band Kraftwerk, released in Germany in 1973.
The tracks released on the A- and B-sides of the single are in reverse order to the re-made versions recorded for the Autobahn album some months later: on this single the fast arrangement is part one and the slower arrangement part two. Drum-machine rhythm and guitar – a similar sound to that used in the early part of "Autobahn" – are the main differences of instrumentation to the later album recordings.
The title refers to the astronomer Luboš Kohoutek, who in March 1973 had identified a comet (C/1973 E1, also known as Comet Kohoutek) that was due to pass the Earth later that year.
A longer version of the B-side track "Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 2" (4:51 compared with the 4:29 edit on the single) was included as part of a various artists compilation, Super Group Festival, also released on the Philips label, in 1975, as a music club special edition (‘Club Sonderauflage’) sold by mail order.
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