Talk:The Mix

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what is the line up of this album??i thought bartos and flur had left at this point ,but they apear to be pictured in the sleeve

You could always read the article and find out! PS please sign your talk-page contributions.--feline1 15:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What kind of album is it?

The intro sentence does not confirm for The Mix to be a compilation album, but it does not seem to be an original studio album (all of the songs have been released on earlier albums, re-recorded or not) and it is neither a live album (based on the darkturquoise colour of the infobox), so according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums, it seems to be better suited to be categorised as a re-worked and re-recorded compilation album, and therefore use the darkseagreen infobox colour. --Andylkl ^(talk) 19:17, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

With all due respect, you don't sound like you've even heard the album in question?

THE MIX an album of completely new recordings, not a compilation of old recordings. (That is what a compilation album is: a collection of existing *recordings* which have ALREADY BEEN RELEASED on various other albums, singles, etc ) Ralf Hütter like to call it a "live album", as it was very similar to their way of performing the songs on stage at that time (although of course, it was not performed live, but painstakingly and laboriously programmed - mostly by Karl Bartos, if you believe his little bitchy comments ;-)--feline1 21:09, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

No I have not heard the album yet, so I'll trust your judgement on this. So, do please tell me, live album, music album, greatest hits, which one is it exactly is? --Andylkl ^(talk) 10:40, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

Well, if we must pick one of those categories, it is a music album.--feline1 10:43, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't really expect such a quick reply. :) Okay then, I'm going to change the infobox colour to orange and change the track listing format. --Andylkl ^(talk) 10:59, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

It's a "Money-for-old-rope" album – what colour infobox would that be? :-D Ricadus 18:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Label

Please stop removing Electra from the label field. The album was released by Electra in North America and EMI in the rest of the world - for the label field to display anything else would be misinforming the reader. -- Kjet 11:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I think at that time (late 80s/early 90s) EMI did not have a major presence in the US/canadian territories, so Kraftwerk's albums were lisenced to WEA group, who owned Elektra/Asylum records. Subsequently EMI gained control Astralwerks (which I think had been set up by Virgin) and now use that to release/distribute Kraftwerk and other non-mainstream European albums. Ricadus 21:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. but as the infobox is supposed to display only the original label(s), it should display both EMI and Elektra. User:Electrokinesis has edited out Elektra and reverted my attempt to rectify his error. -- Kjet 22:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

The infobox is supposed to display only the original label. No "(s)". See Template:Infobox Album#Label. --PEJL 22:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

OK then, my mistake. -- Kjet 06:15, 9 October 2007 (UTC)